Many researchers from our University have won prestigious awards sponsored by government
agencies, non-profit foundations, and private institutions.
Present and previous award winners are listed below.
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 1995 |
John Ryan |
MASC |
| 2003-2004 |
Laurence Hare ** |
HIST |
| 1998 |
Elizabeth Markham ** |
HIST |
| 1995 |
Peter Pulay |
CHBC |
| 1983 |
Elizabeth Markham ** |
HIST |
| 1981-1983 |
Elizabeth Markham ** |
HIST |
British Academy
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 1984-1985 |
Elizabeth Markham ** |
HIST |
Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 1992-1993 |
Jeannie Whayne |
HIST |
| 2009 |
Ben Fagan** |
ENGL |
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2012-2013 |
Andrew Sharpley |
CSES |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 1983-1985 |
Rembrandt Wolpert ** |
HIST |
George C. Marshall/Baruch Fellowships
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2001-2002 |
Alessandro Brogi ** |
HIST |
Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2005-2006 |
Calvin White ** |
HIST |
Huntington Library Fellowships
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2004-2005 |
Beth Schweiger |
HIST |
| 1981 |
Joseph Candido |
ENGL |
Institute for Research in the Humanities
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2001 |
Rembrandt Wolpert ** |
HIST |
| 1984-1985 |
Rembrandt Wolpert ** |
HIST |
Leverhulme Research Fellow in Far Eastern Historical Musicology
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 1986-1989 |
Elizabeth Markham ** |
HIST |
National Endowment for the Arts
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2012 |
Geoffrey Brock |
ENGL |
| 2009 |
Padma Viswanathan |
ENGL |
| 2003-2004 |
Davis McCombs |
ENGL |
| 2003 |
Geoffrey Brock |
ENGL |
| 2000 |
John DuVal |
ENGL |
| 1993 |
Michael Heffernan |
ENGL |
| 1987 |
Michael Heffernan |
ENGL |
| 1984 |
Molly Giles (Emerita) |
ENGL |
| 1978 |
Michael Heffernan |
ENGL |
National Gallery of Art
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2015 |
Leo G. Mazow |
ART |
Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 1992-1993 |
Rembrandt Wolpert ** |
HIST |
Nobel Peace Institute
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2007 |
Alessandro Brogi |
HIST |
Schomberg Center for the Research in Black Culture/ Lapidus Center Fellow
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2015 |
Caree Banton |
HIST |
Smithsonian Fellowships
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 1987-1988 |
Jeannie Whayne ** |
HIST |
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2005-2006 |
Nikolay Antov ** |
HIST |
| 1995-1996 |
Joel Gordon ** |
HIST |
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2009 |
Richard Sonn |
HIST |
| 2005 |
Richard Sonn |
HIST |
Yale University Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion
| Year |
Principal Investigator |
Department |
| 2001-2002 |
Beth Schweiger |
HIST |
* - Awardee no longer at University of Arkansas (UofA).
** - Awardee received award at another university before coming to UofA.