Grants & Awards Received

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Fiscal Year 2001 Awards

A listing of KU humanities scholars awarded grants and fellowships by external agencies as a result of applications submitted between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001 follows. We will continue to learn results of applications submitted in Fiscal Year 2001 through early spring of 2002.

Individual Awards

Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka, Theatre and Film and Women's Studies: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), "Women Write Wars - 1950-1990: A Critical Analysis of Women's Writings about Wars and Nationhood."

Frank Baron, Germanic Languages and Literatures and Max Kade Center: TransCoop Program/Humboldt Foundation "Alexander von Humboldt’s Travel Narrative (Relation Historique) and a Digital Library."

Robert Basow, Journalism and Mass Communications: Fulbright Award to China.

Steven Bozarth, Geography: American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grant, "Opal Phytolith and Pollen Analysis of pre-Hispanic Fields at Blue Creek, Belize."

Karl Brooks, History: United States Supreme Court Judicial Fellow for 2001-02.

Walter Clark, Music and Dance: Program for Cultural Cooperation Between Spain's Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and United States Universities.

Luis R. Corteguera, History: American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship, National Humanities Center Fellowship, and travel support from the Consulate of Spain in Chicago, "Before God and King: Ordinary People in Politics in Early Modern Spain."

Tamara Falicov, Theatre and Film: Rockefeller Archive Center Research Grant, "The Good Neighbor Policy between the United States and Latin America."

Sherry Fowler, History of Art: Association for Asian Studies Grant and Japan Foundation Fellowship, "Muroji: A Contextual Analysis of the Temple and Its Images."

Patricia Graham, Center for East Asian Studies: Asian Cultural Council, "Art and Material Culture in Japanese Religious Traditions."

James Michael Hall, Music and Dance: United Musical Instruments In-Kind Contribution, "Adapting, Embellishing and Recording Corelli’s Solo Violin Sonatas for Alto trombone, Harpsichord and Double Bass."

Tanya Hartman, Art: Puffin Foundation Grant, "An Imagined Survival/A Conjured Identity;" and Virginia Center for Creative Arts Artist-in-Residence Grant, "Rhyming the Lines."

Thomas Heilke, Political Science: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend, "Thy Kingdom Come: The Political Thought of J. H. Yoder."

David M. Katzman, American Studies: Fulbright Award to Japan.

Jill Kuhnheim, Spanish and Portuguese: Tanner Humanities Center Fellowship, "Poetry and Culture in Late Twentieth Century Spanish America."

Leonie Marx, Germanic Languages and Literatures: Danish Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Fellowship, "Art and Politics: Ernst Toller in Scandinavia."

Amy McNair, History of Art: The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Grant, "Chinese Art History, Buddhist Sculpture."

Eric Rath, History: Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies, "Cuisine in Early Modern Japan;" and American Historical Association Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grant, "History of Kyoto Cuisine and Restaurants."

Anton Rosenthal, History: University of Florida Libraries, "Syndicalism in Latin America during the Early 20th Century."

Marjorie Swann, English: Huntington Fellowship, "'Without Conjunction': Desire, Society, and Anti-Fruition in Renaissance England."

John F. Sweets, History: Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies Travel Grant, "Vichy and the French People."

William M. Tsutsui, History: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship, "Landscapes in the 'Dark Valley': Toward an Environmental History of Wartime Japan."

F. María Velasco, Art: Kansas Arts Commission Kansas Artist Fellowship, "Side-Long Glances/Miradas Cruzadas."

Marta Vicente, History and Women's Studies: Program for Cultural Cooperation Between Spain's Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and United States Universities, "Clothing the Spanish Empire: Artisan Families and the Industrial Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Barcelona."

Institutional Awards

Maria Carlson, Center for Russian and East European Studies: Haskell Indian Nations University, "Community Based Drinking Water Assessment--A Cooperation Between Gorno-Altaisk State University and Haskell Indian Nations University."

Maryemma Graham, English: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Program Grants for Libraries, Museums, or Special Projects, "Speaking of Rivers: Taking Poetry to the People."

F. Allan Hanson, Anthropology: National Science Foundation, "The Impact of Information Technology on the Taxonomic Organization of Knowledge."

Gwynne Jenkins, Anthropology: Bertarelli Foundation, "Decision-Making in Multifetal Pregnancies."

Elizabeth Kuznesof, History and Center of Latin American Studies: Tinker Foundation Research Grant.

Andrea S. Norris, Spencer Museum of Art: The Price R. and Flora A. Reid Foundation.

David Norman Smith, Sociology: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Collaborative Research Grant (with Kevin Anderson, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb), "Marx's Late Writings on Non-Western and Pre-Capitalist Societies."

John Edgar Tidwell, English: The Kansas Humanities Council Humanities Program Grant, "Poetry in Motion: Reading and Remembering Langston Hughes."

William M. Tsutsui, History: Japan Foundation.