Grants & Awards Received

Fiscal Year 2004 Awards

A listing of KU humanities scholars awarded grants and fellowships by external agencies as a result of applications submitted between July 1, 2003 and June 30, 2004 follows. We will continue to learn results of applications submitted in Fiscal Year 2004 through early spring of 2005. Please click on a faculty member's name to read a brief project summary.

Individual Awards

Edith Clowes, Slavic Languages and Literatures: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), "Remembering the Holocaust: Babii Iar in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture."

Kathryn Conrad, English: Kansas Humanities Council, "Joyce's Ireland: A Celebration of the Bloomsday Centenary."

Brian Donovan, Sociology: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship, "Trials of the First Sexual Revolution: Consent and Coercion in the Early 20th Century." 

Joseph Harrington, English: Fulbright Scholar Program, "Globalization in U.S. Literature and Culture."

Peter Herlihy, Geography: Fulbright Scholar Program, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi (UASLP), Mexico.

Christopher M. Johnson, Music and Dance: Fulbright Scholar Program, Universidade Nova Lisboa, Portugal.

Mechele Leon, Theatre and Film: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship, "Molière and the French Revolution." 

Elizabeth MacGonagle, History: Fulbright Scholar Program, "From the Edge of the Arctic to South of the Sahara: Teaching African History in Iceland."

Rex Martin, Philosophy: Miller Institute of Political Economy (declined); National Humanities Center, "Rawls on Economic Justice."

Keesha Middlemass, Political Science/Government: Vera Institute of Justice, "Retributive Punishment: Felons Denied the Right to Vote After Time Served."

Mehrangiz Najafizadeh, Sociology: American Philosophical Society (APS) Franklin Research Grants, "Azerbaijan at the Crossroads: Women and a Nation in Transition."

Hagith Sivan, History: Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study & Conference Center, "Communities of Conflict: A History of Palestine in Late Antiquity."

Charles Stansifer, History: Huntington Library Fellowship, "E. George Squier in Honduras, 1853-1860."

John Staniunas, Theatre and Film: Fulbright Scholar Program, Lithuanian Academy of Music and the Opera Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Tara Welch, Classics: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend, "Tarpeia: History of a Myth."

Norman Yetman, American Studies and Sociology: Fulbright-University of Salzburg Distinguished Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2004-05.

Institutional Awards

Rex Clark, Germanic Languages and Literatures: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, "Alexander von Humboldt in Literature and Culture."

Susan Earle, Spencer Museum of Art: National Endowment for the Arts, "Aaron Douglas and the Harlem Renaissance."

Maryemma Graham, English: National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Faculty Humanities Workshop, "Language Matters II: Reading and Teaching Toni Morrison, the Cardozo Project Model."

Elizabeth Kuznesof, History and Center of Latin American Studies: U.S. Department of Education Fulbright, "Seminar on Childhood for K-8 Teachers and Education Faculty in Guatemala."

Dorothy Pennington, African & African American Studies: Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission, "African American Churches in Early Lawrence: Citadels of Faith, Hope, and Community."

John Staniunas, Theatre and Film: The Kansas Arts Commission, Operational Support for University Theatre.

William Tsutsui, History: The Freeman Foundation Undergraduate Asian Studies Funding Initiative, "High School Asian Studies Funding Initiative."