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National Humanities Center Names Fellows for 2004-05 News Release Date: April 7, 2004 Research Triangle Park, NC— The National Humanities Center has announced the appointment of 40 Fellows for the academic year 2004-05. Representing history, literature, philosophy, and half a dozen other humanistic fields of study, these scholars will come to the Center from the faculties of colleges and universities across the United States and also from Israel, Norway, and Poland. They will work individually on research projects in the humanities, and will exchange ideas in seminars, lectures, and conferences. "I look forward to welcoming this exciting group of scholars," said Geoffrey Harpham, Director of the National Humanities Center. "They represent a truly remarkable range of interests." The Center received 526 applications in its fellowship competition for 2004-05. The appointed Fellows will also include two scholars who have received Burkhardt Fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies. The National Humanities Center will grant $1.3 million to enable the 2004-05 Fellows to take leave from their normal academic duties and pursue research at the Center. Funding for these fellowships is made possible by the Center's endowment, by contributions from alumni Fellows of the Center, and by grants from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Florence Gould Foundation, the A.G. Leventis Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The National Humanities Center, located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, is a privately incorporated independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. Since 1978 the Center has awarded fellowships to leading scholars in the humanities, whose work at the Center has resulted in the publication of more than 900 books in all fields of humanistic study. The Center also sponsors programs to strengthen the teaching of the humanities in secondary and higher education. To part 2 of 2, National Humanities Center 7 Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12256 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 Phone: (919) 549-0661 Fax: (919) 990-8535 Comments and questions, contact: lmorgan@ga.unc.edu Revised: May 2004 nationalhumanitiescenter.org |