NATIONAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ENDOWMENT 1100 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW FOR THE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506 HUMANITIES 202.606.8446 WWW.NEH.GOV FACULTY RESEARCH AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS IN THE HUMANITIES February 2005 ARIZONA Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Tucson Anna Shields, University of Arizona RESEARCH TOPIC: The Literature of Friendship in Late Medieval China ARKANSAS Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Hot Springs John Ashley Null, Independent Scholar RESEARCH TOPIC: An Edition of Thomas Cranmer's "Great Commonplaces": Volume One, Cranmer on Scripture CALIFORNIA Faculty Research Awards A full-term NEH faculty research award (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. An awardee may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Fullerton C. Peale, California State University, Fullerton Foundation PROJECT TITLE: References to Spanish Baroque Theater in the Royal Palace Archives Northridge Patricia Juarez-Dappe, California State University, Northridge PROJECT TITLE: Sugar Boom in Argentina: A Social and Economic History, 1876-1916 Whittier Marie-Magdeleine Chirol, Whittier College PROJECT TITLE: Gaston Kaboré: Twenty-Five Years of African Filmmaking - more - Faculty Research Awards and Fellowships in the Humanities Feb. 10, 2005 Page 2 of 20 CALIFORNIA (cont.) Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Chico Judith Raftery, California State University, Chico Foundation RESEARCH TOPIC: Teaching for Democracy: Education and Public Policy in the Philippines, 1898-1915 Matthew Looper, California State University, Chico Foundation RESEARCH TOPIC: Ancient Maya Dance Davis Smriti Srinivas, University of California, Davis RESEARCH TOPIC: Charisma, Modernity, and the Sathya Sai Baba Religious Movement Irvine Brook Thomas, University of California, Irvine RESEARCH TOPIC: Civic Myths: A Law and Literature Approach to Citizenship La Jolla Alan Houston, University of California, San Diego RESEARCH TOPIC: Benjamin Franklin and the Politics of Improvement Los Angeles Kathryn Bernhardt, University of California, Los Angeles RESEARCH TOPIC: Law and Public Opinion in Republican China John Carriero, University of California, Los Angeles RESEARCH TOPIC: A Reading of Descartes's "Meditations" Gavin Lawrence, University of California, Los Angeles RESEARCH TOPIC: Aristotle's Argument for Moral Being in "The Nichomachean Ethics" San Francisco Paul Longmore, San Francisco State University RESEARCH TOPIC: Telethons and the Construction of "Disability" in American Culture Santa Barbara Eileen Boris, University of California, Santa Barbara RESEARCH TOPIC: A History of Housekeepers, Health Aides, and Personal Attendants in the American Home Workplace Sharon Farmer, University of California, Santa Barbara RESEARCH TOPIC: Oriental Luxuries, Parisian Crafts, and the Making of Europe's Fashion Capital Santa Clara Elizabeth Radcliffe, Santa Clara University RESEARCH TOPIC: Practical Belief and the Authority of Sentiment: David Hume and Recent Humean Debates Stanford Michele Dauber, Stanford University RESEARCH TOPIC: Disaster Relief and the Origins of the American Welfare State Jeffrey Schnapp, Stanford University RESEARCH TOPIC: A Cultural History of the Concept of Velocity Faculty Research Awards and Fellowships in the Humanities Feb. 10, 2005 Page 3 of 20 COLORADO Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Boulder Christopher Braider, University of Colorado, Boulder RESEARCH TOPIC: Reason and Experience in the Age of Descartes CONNECTICUT Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Middletown Peter Mark, Wesleyan University RESEARCH TOPIC: Two Sephardic Communities in Seventeenth-Century West Africa: Portuguese Jews on Senegal's Petite Côte Joseph Siry, Wesleyan University RESEARCH TOPIC: Frank Lloyd Wright's Later Public Architecture, 1938-1959 New Britain Heather Prescott, Central Connecticut State University RESEARCH TOPIC: The History of College and University Health Services Storrs Blanca Silvestrini, University of Connecticut RESEARCH TOPIC: A History of Health and Disease in Puerto Rico, 1898-1940 DELAWARE Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Newark John Montaño, University of Delaware RESEARCH TOPIC: The Cultural Roots of the Plantations in Ireland: Civility, Landscape, and Material Culture, 1550-1660 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Washington, D.C. Bryan McCann, Georgetown University RESEARCH TOPIC: Community and Inequality in Two Rio de Janeiro Neighborhoods Michael Ragussis, Georgetown University RESEARCH TOPIC: Ethnic Performance and National Identity in Georgian England Faculty Research Awards and Fellowships in the Humanities Feb. 10, 2005 Page 4 of 20 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (cont.) Fellowships (cont.) Washington, D.C. (cont.) Jordan Sand, Georgetown University RESEARCH TOPIC: Speculation and Memory in Late Twentieth-Century Tokyo Gayle Wald, George Washington University RESEARCH TOPIC: The Life of American Singer-Guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973) FLORIDA Faculty Research Awards A full-term NEH faculty research award (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. An awardee may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Miami Shores Bernardo Cantens, Barry University PROJECT TITLE: Evolutionary Cosmology and the Naturalism vs.Theism Debate in the Philosophy of Charles S. Peirce Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Gainesville Trysh Travis, University of Florida RESEARCH TOPIC: Contemporary U.S. Literature and the Self-Help Movement Tallahassee John Corrigan, Florida State University RESEARCH TOPIC: Religious Intolerance in America: A History of Cultural Forgetting John Marincola, Florida State University RESEARCH TOPIC: Myth, History, and Identity in Plutarch's Treatment of the Persian Wars GEORGIA Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Athens Pamela Voekel, University of Georgia RESEARCH TOPIC: Gender, Religion, and Revolution in Nineteenth-Century Mexico Atlanta Nancy Nersessian, Georgia Institute of Technology RESEARCH TOPIC: Human Creativity in Science: An Integrated Look Faculty Research Awards and Fellowships in the Humanities Feb. 10, 2005 Page 5 of 20 HAWAII Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Honolulu Karen Jolly, University of Hawaii, Manoa RESEARCH TOPIC: Two Languages at Prayer: Anglo-Saxon Bilingual Service Books ILLINOIS Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Chicago Christopher Boyer, University of Illinois, Chicago RESEARCH TOPIC: Community, Industry, and Science in Mexican Forests, 1880-2000 Jane Florine, Chicago State University RESEARCH TOPIC: The Cosquín National Folklore Festival and the Search for Argentine National Identity Sydney Halpern, University of Illinois, Chicago RESEARCH TOPIC: A History of Human Experiments with Hepatitis, 1942-1972 Chicago (cont.) Thomas Holt, University of Chicago RESEARCH TOPIC: The Problem of Race Mixture in the Americas DeKalb David Kyvig, Northern Illinois University RESEARCH TOPIC: The Age of Impeachment: U.S. Constitutional Culture since 1960 Mary Quinlan-McGrath, Northern Illinois University RESEARCH TOPIC: Art and Astrology in Renaissance Italy Evanston Christopher Herbert, Northwestern University RESEARCH TOPIC: The Indian Mutiny and the Victorian Soul INDIANA Fellowships A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Crawfordsville Robert Royalty, Jr., Wabash College RESEARCH TOPIC: The History of Heresy and the Origins of Christianity Bloomington John Bodnar, Indiana University, Bloomington RESEARCH TOPIC: The American Remembrance of World War II Faculty Research Awards and Fellowships in the Humanities Feb. 10, 2005 Page 6 of 20 INDIANA (cont.) Fellowships (cont.) A full-term NEH fellowship (9-12 months) carries a stipend of $40,000. A fellow may opt for a shorter term (6-8 months), which carries a stipend of $24,000. Bloomington (cont.) Bill Johnston, Indiana University, Bloomington RESEARCH TOPIC: A Translation of "The Coming Spring" by Stefan Zeromski Jeffrey Magee, Indiana University, Bloomington RESEARCH TOPIC: Irving Berlin on Broadway Notre Dame Alyssa Gillespie, University