WLC Faculty Receive Prestigious NEH Awards
WLC Faculty Receive Prestigious NEH Awards
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded prestigious NEH Fellowships to three faculty members from the UT College of Arts and Sciences. Two of these three NEH Fellowships for UT went to faculty in World Languages and Cultures: Dan Magilow and Mary McAlpin.
Daniel Magilow, professor of German, was selected for his project “Disinformation and the Illustrierter Beobachter, 1926-1945.” He will use his fellowship to produce a book on the Nazi Party’s official press organ, Illustrated Observer, and techniques of disinformation in German print media.
Mary McAlpin, professor of French, was selected for her project “Rationalizing Rape: The New Logic of Sexual Violence in Enlightenment France.” McAlpin will use her fellowship to produce a book on the scientific, literary, and philosophical discourse on sexual violence during the French Enlightenment.
UT is one of just two universities to receive three NEH fellowships in 2023, a reflection of the high quality of work being conducted there in the humanities. The competitive awards are granted to individual scholars pursuing projects that embody exceptional research, rigorous analysis and clear writing.
UT’s 2023 NEH Fellowship recipients are receiving a total of $150,000 in awards to conduct research and produce books that will add value to humanities scholars and general audiences.