Arts & Sciences

Spring 2016 Grant Recipient

Graduate Student

Linghui Zhang (Religious Studies) The research examines the presence of Tibetan Buddhist teachings and ideologies in the Xi

Fall 2017 Grant Recipient

Faculty

Sophie Osotimehin (Economics) By how much could countries raise their income per capita by adopting regulations that enhance competiti

Spring 2018 Grant Recipient Graduate Student Kamaoji (Religious Studies) This dissertation is a study of the biographies of female revenants or delok (Tibetan, 'das log).

Fall 2015 Grant Recipient

Graduate Student

Anna Eisenstein (Anthropology) My PhD research investigates the construction of trust as a way of understanding how people in

Spring 2015 Grant Recipient

Graduate Student

Samuel Plapinger(Politics) My dissertation investigates the dynamics of armed group rivalries in multiparty civil wars.

Spring 2015 Grant Recipient

Graduate Student

Nora Benedict(Spanish/Italian/Portuguese) My dissertation explores the writings of Jorge Luis Borges, an Argentinean poet,

Frederick H. Damon, Professor (Anthropology) and Cong (Ellen) Zhang, Associate Professor (History)

Simone Polillo, Associate Professor (Sociology)

Spring 2016 Grant Recipient

Graduate Student

Sheena Singh (Anthropology) Building on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in

Spring 2018 Grant Recipient

Graduate Student

Nicole Bonino (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese) Which a

Fall 2015 Grant Recipient

Faculty

Ekaterina Dianina (Slavic Languages and Literatures) This monograph-length study explores the tragic dispersal of imperial art collect

Spring 2017 Grant Recipient

Graduate Student

Holly Runde (French) My dissertation focuses on an empathetic reading of narratives about abortion by French women writers

Michelle Walsh, PhD Candidate (Religious Studies)

Spring 2018 Grant Recipient

Faculty

Mehr Farooqi and Jane Mikkelson (Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures) There are oceans of writing in Urdu and

Spring 2017 Grant Recipient

Faculty

Melvyn Leffler and William Hitchcock (History) The 2017 Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium, "U.S.

Anastasia Dakouri-Hild, Associate Professor (Aegean and Near Eastern Archaeology)

Fall 2017 Grant Recipient

Graduate Student

Abeer Saha (History) Our current crisis of climate change was preceded by the crisis of stratospheric ozone depletion and the

Spring 2015 Grant Recipient

Faculty

Peter Ochs (Religious Studies) A UVA research committee will work Summer and Fall 2015 to initiate the organization and planning of

Spring 2017 Grant Recipient

Faculty

Mark Schwartz (Politics) Housing is a central economic ($33 trillion in US housing wealth) and social (how do I make my mortgage?) i

Spring 2018 Grant Recipient

Faculty

Brantly Womack (Politics) The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, the research and training arm of Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Alison J. Murray Levine (French) Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako will be at UVA for an artist residency from April 9-13, 2015.

Fall 2015 Grant Recipient

Faculty

Allison Bigelow (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese) On 13-14 October, 2016, the Program in Latin American Studies will host a symposium

ProfessorVivian Thomsonand University of S√£o Paulo (USP) faculty colleagues will work with two Environmental Thought and Practice majors and selected USP students on a Waste Initi

Spring 2015 Grant Recipient

Graduate Student

Susan Palazzo(Anthropology) My dissertation research seeks to understand the process of changing identities in the interior

Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl, Assistant Professor of Politics, and Deena Hurwitz, Professor of Law, developed the opportunity for several undergraduates to serve as resea