Grants & Awards Received

Fiscal Year 1999 Awards

A listing of KU humanities scholars awarded grants and fellowships by external agencies as a result of applications submitted between July 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999 follows. We will continue to learn results of applications submitted in Fiscal Year 1999 through early spring of 2000.

Individual Awards

Marie Aquilino, Art History: American Association of University Women Fellowship, "At an Improper Distance, Studies in Domestic Violence and Contemporary Visual Culture."

Victor Bailey, History: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, American Philosophical Society Fellowship, National Science Foundation Summer Stipend and Travel Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, and the University of London Institute of Historical Research Fellowship, "The Rise and Demise of Rehabilitation: Punishment, Culture and Society in Modern Britain."

David Bergeron, English: Huntington-British Academy Fellowship, "Prefatory Material in English Dramatic Texts, 1558-1642."

Edith Clowes, Slavic Languages and Literatures: National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, "The Displaced Discourse: Modern Russian Writing Culture and the Integration of Philosophy."

Jonathan Earle, History: Huntington Fellowship and American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, "The Undaunted Democracy: Jacksonian Anti-Slavery and Free Soil, 1828-1854."

Patrick Frank, Art History: American Philosophical Society Fellowship, "Los Artistas del Pueblo: Social Realism in Argentine Graphic Arts, 1918-1935."

Joseph Harrington, English: Huntington Fellowship, "Poetry and the Public: The Social Form of Modern U.S. Poetics".

Eric Love, History: Ford Foundation Fellowship, "Race Over Empire: Racism and United States Imperialism, 1865-1900."

Anna Neill, English: UCLA Center for 17th-& 18th Century Studies Ahmanson-Getty Postdoctoral Fellowship and Newberry Library Fellowship, "Worlding a Wilderness: Global Commerce, Sovereignty and British Discovery Literature, 1680-1780."

Mark Reaney, Theatre and Film: Leverhulme Fellowship, "A Re-Working of A Midsummer’s Night's Dream with VR Technology."

Hagith Sivan, History: American Philosophical Society Fellowship.

Edward S. Small, Theatre and Film: American Philosophical Society Fellowship, "History and Theory of Animation: Research at Montreal’s National Film Board."

John T. Teramoto, Art History: International Research Center for Japanese Studies Fellowship, "The Cultural History of the Body: As Seen Through Images."

Juan Velasco, American Studies: UCLA Institute of American Cultures Chicano Studies Research Center Fellowship, "Labyrinths of Self: Transnational Migrations, Hybrid Identities, and Diasporic Space in Contemporary Mexican-American Visual and Literary Culture".

Institutional Awards

Frank Baron, German Languages & Literatures / Max Kade Center: Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc., visiting professorship grant; Max Kade Foundation Grant; Austrian Institute grant.

Maria Carlson, Russian and East European Studies: U.S. Department of Education Title VI.

Beverly Mack, International Programs: U.S. Department of Education Title VI, "Enhancing Less Commonly Taught Languages and Cultures and Internationalizing Professional Schools through Internships Abroad."