Two emeritus faculty members from LSA have been awarded 2007 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Emeritus Fellowships to continue their work in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Recipients of the one-year fellowships are George Bornstein, professor emeritus of English language and literature, and C.V. Ludwig Koenen, the H.C. Youtie University Professor Emeritus of Papyrology.
Mellon Emeritus Fellowships are granted to faculty who, although officially retired, remain active and productive contributors to their fields. The fellowships provide up to $35,000 to support one year of research for the faculty member and up to $20,000 for the University to reimburse expenses.
“We are extremely impressed with the continued scholarship of our emeritus faculty,” says Lori Pierce, associate provost for academic and faculty affairs. “It is inspiring to see the interesting projects faculty choose to undertake, even after retirement.”
Bornstein’s work, “The Colors of Zion: Jews, Blacks, and Irish a Century Ago,” will focus on the interactions of Irish, Jewish and black cultures in the modernist period.
Koenen’s project will continue his research on Byzantine papyri from the sixth century and will be dedicated to the completion of his commentary on Petra Papyrus No. 17.
The University was able to nominate up to three projects in the spring for the national competition. The committee making the final determination on which projects would be forwarded to Mellon was so impressed with the caliber of the proposals that the provost’s office funded the work of three additional LSA emeritus faculty members.
They are:
• Frank Beaver, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus Communication Studies & Screen Arts and Cultures, whose proposal is titled “Contemporary Vietnamese Films Written and Directed by Viet Kieu (‘Overseas Vietnamese’)”
• Reynolds Farley, professor emeritus of sociology, “Revitalizing the Rust Belt: Detroit as the Quintessential Industrial and Post-industrial Metropolis.” The project will include updating and maintaining the Web site www.Detroit1701.org.
• John Pedley, professor emeritus classical archaeology and Greek, who will prepare a book-length manuscript of Learning & Leadership in America: the life and work of Francis Willey Kelsey. His project is jointly funded with LSA.
Only institutions that are invited by the Mellon Foundation may submit nominations for Emeritus Fellowships.
