Seven Princeton faculty members are among the 186 artists, scholars
and scientists selected from more than 3,000 applicants for 2005
Guggenheim Fellowships.
Each Guggenheim Fellow, appointed on the basis of distinguished
achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future
accomplishment, receives a grant to support his or her work. The John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation selected this year's recipients
for awards totaling $7,112,000.
The Princeton faculty members and their proposed projects are:
• Leonard Barkan, the Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative
Literature and director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts,
for research on "The Analogy of Poetry and Painting."
• Yannis Kevrekidis, professor of chemical engineering and the Program
in Applied and Computational Mathematics, for research on
"Equation-free Studies of Complex Systems."
• Philip Nord, professor of history, for research on "Institutional and Cultural Reform in the Modern French State, 1930-1950."
• John Pinto, the Howard Crosby Butler Memorial Professor of the
History of Architecture and professor of art and archaeology, for research on "Architecture and Urbanism in
Rome, 1680-1780."
• Valerie Smith, the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and
director of the Program in African American Studies, for research on
"The Civil-Rights Movement in Cultural Memory."
• Vance Smith, associate professor of English and director of the
Program in Medieval Studies, for research on "The Relation Between
Language and Death in Middle English Literature."
• Bruce Western, professor of sociology, for research on "The Growth and Consequences of American Inequality."
