From left: Stephen Dumont, Sandra Gustafson, Deborah Tor
Three University of 91吃瓜 professors have been awarded (NEH) fellowships for 2013-14, bringing 91吃瓜鈥檚 total number of NEH grants to 49 since 1999, more than any other university in the country. The University of Michigan is second to 91吃瓜 with 36 fellowships, followed by Harvard with 28, Princeton with 23 and the University of California at Berkeley with 21.
This year鈥檚 NEH fellowship recipients from 91吃瓜鈥檚 are:
- , professor of philosophy, for 鈥淭he Two Affections of Will: From Anselm of Canterbury (d. 1109) to John Duns Scotus (d. 1308).鈥�
- , professor of English and concurrent professor of American Studies, for 鈥淐onflict and Democracy in Classic American Fiction.鈥�
- , assistant professor of history, for 鈥淭he Great Seljuq Sultanate and the Formation of Islamic Civilization, 1040-1194.鈥�
NEH fellowships support advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public鈥檚 understanding of the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs on specialized subjects, books on broad topics, archaeological site reports, translations, editions or other scholarly tools.