Top, left to right: Sophie Hunt, Hakem Al-Rustom, Amanda Repess; middle, left to right: Emma Thomas, Kathryn Babayan, Adam Fulton Johnson, David Spreen; bottom, left to right: Jacqueline Antonovich, Paula Curtis, Andrew Rutledge.

 

The Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies has awarded fellowships to two faculty members, six graduate students, and one postdoctoral scholar for 2017-18. The institute also named its graduate student liaison for the next academic year.

Recipients will join faculty and graduate students from history and other departments for a series of lectures, workshops, and symposia. These ten fellows join more than 150 others who have earned Eisenberg fellowships since the institute’s inception in 2006. The institute announces its annual fellowship program in December and issues the awards in spring. The faculty, graduate student, and liaison award terms are July 1 to June 30; the postdoctoral award term is September 1 to August 31. These awards have been made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.

2017-18 Faculty Fellowship

  • Hakem Al-Rustom, Assistant Professor, Alex Manoogian Professor of Modern Armenian History, University of Michigan
  • Kathryn Babayan, Associate Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan

2017-18 Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • Sophie Hunt, History, University of Michigan

2017-18 Graduate Student Research Fellowship

  • Jacqueline Antonovich, PhD Candidate, History, University of Michigan
  • Paula Curtis, PhD Candidate, History, University of Michigan
  • Adam Fulton Johnson, PhD Candidate, History, University of Michigan
  • Andrew Rutledge, PhD Candidate, History, University of Michigan
  • David Spreen, PhD Candidate, History, University of Michigan
  • Emma Thomas, PhD Candidate, History and Germanic Languages & Literatures, University of Michigan

2017-18 Graduate Student Liaison

  • Amanda Respess, PhD Candidate, Anthropology and History, University of Michigan