9名研究人员获得了艺术和人文学科的资助
The funding provides support for studies about ancient Turkey, 西班牙语方言, PFAS暴露和更多.
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for 研究 and the Institute for the 艺术 and 人文学科 have awarded grants to nine UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members.
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以下是今年的获奖名单:
Benjamin Arbuckle, professor in the anthropology department, 文理学院
Arbuckle’s team will begin an archaeological project exploring the deep histories of urbanism and animals in the ancient Near East, 特别是土耳其.
Emily Baragwanath, professor in the classics department, 文理学院
The grant will support a 2025 gathering in Greece for Baragwanath and other colleagues around the world who study the issues surrounding politics and religion in relation to Socrates and his trial.
Lucia Binotti, professor in the Romance studies department, 文理学院
Binotti’s team will study the dialectal superdiversity in the Tetuán district of Madrid, emphasizing the coexistence of numerous 西班牙语方言 from Central and South America and the formation of a “pan-Spanish Koine.”
Scott Kirsch, professor in the geography and environment department, 文理学院
Kirsch will study what we can learn from 克雷斯 buildings – produced in the early- to mid-20th century to house the S.H. 克雷斯 & Company’s thriving 5-10-25 cent stores – about changing infrastructures of consumption in U.S. 城市.
LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant, 非洲教授, 非裔美国人和侨民研究系, 文理学院
Manigault-Bryant’s project will visually document several consecrated locations in Anguilla, which is best known for its tourist economy and is home to nearly 50 churches, 墓地和其他圣地.
William Payne, assistant professor in the School of 信息 and 图书馆学
Payne’s team will collaborate to develop and evaluate tactile graphics – raised line prints – for teaching music concepts to visually impaired learners and find ways for music educators to incorporate them into their practice.
大卫码头, 非洲的副教授, 非裔美国人和侨民研究系, 文理学院
Pier will write a book to illuminate a rustic conservatism and populism specific to Uganda and the ethnic Buganda region, 起源于该地区的前殖民时期, 殖民和后殖民历史.
考特尼瑞瓦德, assistant professor in the English and comparative literature department, 文理学院
Rivard’s team will create an oral history archive that documents how North Carolinians understand PFAS exposure, how they connect PFAS to their local environment and community, and what motivates individuals to take action in response to these exposures.
Yurika田村, assistant professor in the Asian and Middle Eastern studies department, 文理学院
Tamura will write a book investigating environmental art scenes in the aftermath of the Fukushima triple disaster of 2011 and Japan’s release of radioactive wastewater into the ocean.
