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.