National Endowment for the Humanities
NEH FELLOWSHIP AWARDS, 2010–2011
Division of Research Programs
Awarded: November 2009
 
Ameriks, Karl
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Philosophy
Kant’s Elliptical Path: On the Stages, Limits, and Aftermath of His Philosophy
Anderson, Virginia
University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, CO
American History
The Martyr and the Traitor: Choosing Sides in the American Revolution
Baker, Cynthia
Bates College
Lewiston, ME
Jewish Studies
“Jew”: A Multidimensional Study of a Key Identity Term
Ballinger, Pamela
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Anthropology
Forgotten Refugees: Decolonization, Displaced Persons, and the Reconstruction of Italy, 1945−1960
Barletta, Barbara
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Classics
The Temple of Athena at Sounion and Early Classical Ionic Architecture
Beizer, Janet
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
French Literature
Alexandra David–Neel and the Culture of Fugue in France (1870−1940)
Benamou, Catherine
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Film History and Criticism
The Electronic Embrace: Transnational Television and Its Latina/o Diasporic Audiences
Bogel, Cynthea Jean
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Art History and Criticism
A History of Japanese Woodblock Prints (Ukiyo–e)
Brandt, Deborah
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI
Composition and Rhetoric
Writing Now: New Directions in Mass Literacy
Brennan, James
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Latin American History
Days of Destruction: Political Violence and Its Legacies in Argentina’s “Dirty War”
Browers, Michaelle
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC
Political Science
Arab Shi’i Political Thought since 1958: A Generation’s Politicization
Brown, Pamela
University of Connecticut, Stamford
Stamford, CT
British Literature
Extravagant Stranger: The Foreign Actress and Shakespearean Drama
Burke, Patrick
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Music History and Criticism
What’s My Name?: Rock, Race, and Revolution in the 1960s
Campbell, John
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Humanities
Causation in Psychology
Candelaria, Lorenzo
University of Texas, Austin
Austin, TX
Music History and Criticism
Music in Mexican Catholicism
Carawan, Edwin
Missouri State University, Springfield
Springfield, MO
Classical History
The Athenian Amnesty of 403 BC and the Reforms of the Restored Democracy
Carnevale, Nancy
Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NJ
American History
African Americans and Italian Americans in Suburban and Urban New Jersey, 1900−1960s
Challu, Amilcar
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
Latin American History
The Political Economy of Hunger in Bourbon Mexico
Charrad, Mounira
University of Texas, Austin
Austin, TX
Sociology
Modernity within Islam: The Politics of Progressive Family Law Reform
Chittick, William
SUNY Research Foundation, Stony Brook, Melville Library
Stony Brook, NY
History of Religion
Divine and Human Love in the Islamic Tradition
Civantos, Christina
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Comparative Literature
“The Gathering Place of Secrets”: The Critical Introduction and Translation of a Lebanese Novel
Clayman, Dee
CUNY Research Foundation, Graduate School and University Center
New York, NY
Classical Languages
A Biography of Queen Berenike II
Coldiron, Anne
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
British Literature
Printers Without Borders: Translation, Transnationalism, and Early English Print Culture
Cummings, Kathleen
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Humanities
Citizen Saints: Catholics and Canonization in American Culture
Davidson, Ronald
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
Asian Studies
Imperial Buddhas, Tantric Origins: The Emperor Arising from the Buddha’s Turban
DeGrazia, David
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Ethics
A Philosophical Consideration of Genetics, Reproduction, and Quality of Life
DeRoo, Rebecca
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Art History and Criticism
Agnes Varda, Feminism, and The New Wave
Erzen, Tanya
Ohio State University, Main Campus
Columbus, OH
American Studies
Faith Based Prisons and the Politics of Transformation
Faletra, Michael
Reed College
Portland, OR
Medieval Studies
The Itinerarium Kambrie of Gerald of Wales: An Edition of the First Version
Frank, Barbara
SUNY Research Foundation, Stony Brook, Melville Library
Stony Brook, NY
Art History and Criticism
Marks of Identity: Reconstructing the History of an African Ceramic Tradition
Franko, Mark
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
Dance History and Criticism
From Antifascism to Myth in the Work of Martha Graham (1938−1953)
Gerassi Navarro, Nina
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Latin American Literature
Science, Politics, and Aesthetics: Privileged Discourses in the Americas, 1840−1880
Gerhard, Jane
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
American History
Straight to the Heart: Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, and the Power of Popular Feminism, 1970−2003
Gilmore, Glenda
Yale University
New Haven, CT
American History
The Homeland of His Imagination: Romare Bearden’s Southern Odyssey
Golden, Janet
Rutgers University, Camden
Camden, NJ
American History
Infants and Infancy in 20th–Century America
Gordon, Carol
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
Philosophy
“A Peaceful, Silent, Deadly Remedy”: The Ethics of Economic Sanctions
Graybill, Andrew
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Lincoln, NE
American History
A Mixture of So Many Bloods: A Family Saga of the American West
Gregor, Thomas
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Anthropology
Mehinaku Art: Social Change and the Evolution of an Aesthetic Tradition
Hager, Christopher
Trinity College, Hartford
Hartford, CT
American Literature
A Colored Man’s Constitution: Emancipation and the Act of Writing
Harrison, Anna
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
History of Religion
“Thousands and Thousands of Lovers”: Sense of Community Among the Nuns of Helfta
Holguin, Sandie
University of Oklahoma, Norman
Norman, OK
Humanities
The Soul of Spain?: Flamenco and the Construction of National Identity, 1800−1975
Horrigan, Brian
Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN
American History
Lindbergh and 20th–Century American Culture
Hu, Ying
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Asian Literature
The Martyr and Her Sworn Sisters: Poetry, Death, and Mourning in Early 20th–Century China
Inikori, Joseph
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
African History
Transatlantic Slaving and Socioeconomic Development in the Atlantic World: Western Africa, 1450−1900
Izenberg, Oren
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
Literature
Lyric Poetry and the Philosophy of Mind
Jain, Sarah
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Anthropology
Cancer Cultures in the United States
Jauregui, Carlos
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Latin American Languages
Going Native and Becoming Other in Latin American Literature and Film
Judson, Pieter
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore, PA
European History
Everyday Empire: A New History of Habsburg Central Europe, 1780−1948
Kilcup, Karen
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Greensboro, NC
American Literature
“Fallen Forests”: Redeeming Nature in American Women’s Writing
Kim, Marie
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud, MN
History
Law and Custom in Korea
Kinra, Rajeev
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
South Asian History
Writing Self, Writing Empire: Chandar Bhan Brahman and the Cultural World of the Indo–Persian State Secretary
Koslicki, Kathrin
University of Colorado Museum
Boulder, CO
Metaphysics
Dependence, Constituency, and Explanation
Kousser, Rachel
CUNY Research Foundation, Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
Art History and Criticism
Ancient Iconoclasm: Destroying the Power of Images in Greece, 480−31 BC
Krupat, Arnold
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
American Literature
“That the People Might Live”: A Theory of Native American Elegiac Expression
Landau, Ellen
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Art History and Criticism
Mexico and American Modernism
Landers, Jane
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
History
African Kingdoms, Black Republics, and Free Black Towns in Colonial Spanish America
Locke, Nancy
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
Art History and Criticism
Cezanne’s Shadows
Lounsbery, Anne
New York University
New York, NY
Russian Literature
Life Is Elsewhere: Symbolic Geography in the Russian Novel
Lyandres, Semion
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Russian History
The Fall of Tsarism: Untold Stories of the February 1917 Revolution: Translation and Annotations
Magliari, Michael
California State University Chico Research Foundation
Chico, CA
American History
Indian Servitude in California, 1850−1867
Mantello, Frank
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
Medieval Studies
The Sermons of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln (1235−1253)
Mazzarella, Williams
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Anthropology
The Censor’s Fist: Affect Management in Indian Film Censorship
McKinley, Michelle
University of Oregon, Eugene
Eugene, OR
Law and Jurisprudence
Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Legal Activism, and Ecclesiastical Courts in Colonial Lima, 1593−1700
McReynolds, Louise
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Russian History
Murder Most Russian: True Crime and Punishment in Late Imperial Russia
McWilliams, John
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
Comparative Literature
Revolution and the Historical Novel
Mendelsohn, Richard
Lehman College Library
Bronx, NY
Philosophy of Language
Propositions, Scope, and Reference
Meyers, Peter
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Political Science
Why Do They Hate the Jews?: A Lost Political Treatise from the Struggle against Hitler
Michaels, Paula
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
History
Lamaze: An International History
Miller, Maureen
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
European History
Clerical Clothing and Priestly Authority in Medieval Rome, 800−1200
Miller, Ian
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Far Eastern History
Animals and Empire: The Tokyo Imperial Zoological Gardens and the Making of Modern Japan
Miller, Kimberly
Wheaton College
Norton, MA
Art History and Criticism
Selective Silencing and the Shaping of Memory in Post–Apartheid South African Visual Culture
Murphy, Andrew
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
Political Science
Liberty, Toleration, and Law: The Political Thought of William Penn
Muther, Elizabeth
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
American Literature
Resistance by Design: African American Insurgency in Word and Image
Nazarea, Virginia
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
Anthropology
Milieu of Memory: Reclaiming a Legacy in the Andes
Noll, Mark
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Philosophy
The Bible in American Public Life
Parker, Charles
St. Louis University
Saint Louis, MO
European History
The Wonders of the Wider World: Dutch Calvinism Overseas and European Protestantism, 1600−1800
Pasler, Jann
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Music History and Criticism
Music, Race, and Colonialism in France, 1880−1920
Patch, Robert
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
Latin American History
The Making of a Colonial Ruling Class: The Hispanic Elite in Merida, Yucatan, 1700−1730
Pollack, Howard
University of Houston
Houston, TX
Music History and Criticism
Marc Blitzstein and His World
Printy, Michael
Independent Scholar
Middletown, CT
History
Enlightenment’s Reformation: The Protestant Idea of Freedom in Germany, 1700−1830
Qiu, Peipei
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Asian Literature
A Study and Translation of Zhuangzi Juanzhai kouyi (Juanzhai’s Vernacular Explanations of the Zhuangzi)
Rappaport, Erika
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
British History
Tea Parties: Britishness, Imperial Legacies, and Global Consumer Cultures
Ray, Meredith
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Italian Language
Prescriptions for Women: Alchemy, Medicine, and the Renaissance Debate Over Women
Rudy, Jason
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, MD
British Literature
British Poetry and National Identity en route, 1824−1868
Sachs, Harvey
Independent Scholar
New York, NY
Music History and Criticism
Toscanini: A Biography
Sahlins, Peter
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
European History
Animal Wrongs: Animals and the Law in France Since the Later Middle Ages
Salyer, Lucy
University of New Hampshire, Durham
Durham, NH
American History
Crossing Borders: The Fenians and the Crisis over Citizenship
Sartori, Andrew
New York University
New York, NY
South Asian History
Political Economy and Social Science in Colonial Bengal
Schaeffer, John
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL
Philosophy
Vico on Natural Law: Sensus Communis, Rhetoric, and Religion
Sedrez, Lise
Califovrnia State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA
Latin American History
National Waters, Public Space: State and Environment in Guanabara Bay, Brazil, 1904−2004
Sheriff, Mary
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Art History and Criticism
Enchanted Islands: Picturing the Allure of Conquest in 18th–Century France
Smith, Jessica
University of Colorado Museum
Boulder, CO
Anthropology
Reworking Gender: Labor and Relatedness in the American West
Spruill, Marjorie
University of South Carolina, Columbia
Columbia, SC
American History
Women's Rights, Family Values, and the Transformation of American Political Culture in the 1970s
Troyan, Brett
SUNY Research Foundation, College at Cortland
Cortland, NY
Latin American History
Legitimizing Ethnic Politics: A Historical Ethnography of the Colombian State in Cauca, Colombia from 1910−1991
Tucker, Sherrie
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Lawrence, KS
American Studies
Dance Floor Democracy: The Social Geography of Memory at the Hollywood Canteen
Vees Gulani, Susanne
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
Comparative Literature
The Myth of Dresden: Origins and Manifestations of the German Victim Discourse
Vevaina, Yuhan
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
Near Eastern Languages
Denkard Book 9. The Sudgar Nask. Text, Translation, and Commentary
von Glahn, Richard
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Far Eastern History
Economic History of China from Antiquity to the 19th Century
Wald, Alan
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
American Studies
American Night: The Literary Left in the Era of the Cold War
Wang, Lingzhen
Brown University
Providence, RI
Asian Studies
Women Directing Films: History, Cinematic Authorship, and Feminisms in Modern China
Watkins, Elizabeth
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
History and Philosophy of Science, Technology, and Medicine
A Medical and Cultural History of Male Aging
Wedemeyer, Christian
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Nonwestern Religion
Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism: Rhetoric and Reality in the History and Interpretation of the Indian Esoteric
Weigert, Laura
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
Art History and Criticism
Images in Action: The Theatricality of Franco–Flemish Art in the Late Middle Ages
Weisenfeld, Judith
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Religion
Black Prophets, Gods, and Utopian Visions: Religion and Racial Identity in the Great Migration
Weiss, Roslyn
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
History of Philosophy
Philosophers by Nature, Philosophers by Design: Two Paradigms in Plato’s Republic
Whelan, Timothy
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA
British Literature
Nonconformist British Women Writers, 1720−1840
White, Sophie
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
American Studies
Trading Looks: Dress, Culture, and Racialization in French Louisiana and the Mississippi Valley, 1673−1769
Willette, Thomas
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
Art History and Criticism
The Life of Benvenuto Cellini: Art, Freemasonry, and Clandestine Publishing in the 18th Century
Wong, Edlie
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ
American Literature
From Emancipation to Exclusion: Contract, Citizens, and Coolies
Wright, Jacob
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Near Eastern History
War, Society, and Memory in Ancient Israel