Six Princeton Faculty Members Named 2008 Guggenheim Fellows (news item)

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<p>Guggenheim</a> Foundation Press Releases</p>

<p>Guggenheim</a> Foundation 2008 Fellows</p>

<p>“Edward Hirsch, the president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, announced today that in its 84th annual competition for the United States and Canada the Foundation has awarded 190 Fellowships to artists, scientists, and scholars, with awards totaling $8,200,000. The successful candidates were chosen from a group of more than 2,600 applicants.</p>

<p>“Guggenheim Fellows are appointed on the basis of stellar achievement and exceptional promise for continued accomplishment.</p>

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<p>Nationally, Princeton had the second largest number of Guggenheims this year with three faculty members, two lecturers and one lecturer/curator receiving the prestigious award. Princeton shared second place with Columbia and U.C. Berkeley while the University of Michigan led the nation with seven awards.</p>

<p>2008 Guggenheim Awards</p>

<p>7—University of Michigan
6—Princeton, Columbia, Berkeley
5—Northwestern, UCLA, U. of Chicago
4—U. of Wisconsin
3—Harvard, MIT, NYU, Ohio State, U.C. Irvine, U. of Iowa & U. of Minnesota</p>

<p>Princeton’s award winners were in the fields of economics, anthropology, religion, English, the visual arts and numismatics.</p>

<p>Yacine Ait-Sahalia, Otto Hack 1903 Professor of Finance and Economics, Princeton University: The econometrics of jumps and volatility.</p>

<p>João Biehl, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Princeton University: Transcendental values and political life in postcolonial Brazil: The Mucker War. </p>

<p>Martha Himmelfarb, William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, Princeton University: Jewish eschatology and Christian empire.</p>

<p>Sean Keilen, Lecturer in English, Princeton University: Imitation and tradition in Renaissance poetry.</p>

<p>Alan M. Stahl, Curator of Numismatics, Princeton University: The nexus of wealth and power in medieval Venice. </p>

<p>Christian Tomaszewski, Lecturer in the Program in the Visual Arts, Princeton University: Fine arts; Artist, Brooklyn, New York;</p>

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<p>The Ivy League was also represented by Brown and UPenn with two awards each followed by Dartmouth and Yale, each of which had one.</p>

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<p>Here is a link to the Daily Princetonian’s article about this year’s Guggenheim winners.</p>

<p>Six</a> professors chosen for Guggenheim Fellowships - The Daily Princetonian</p>