Name Name School Subject Year Undergraduate College Dissertation Title Faculty Advisers
Andy Horowitz Andy Horowitz Yale History 2013-2014 Yale College

The End of Empire, Louisiana: Disaster and Recovery on the Gulf Coast, 1915-2012

Glenda Gilmore (chair), John Mack Faragher, Kai Erikson
Julia Elsky Julia Elsky Yale French 2013-2014 Barnard College

French and Foreign: Émigré Writers in Occupied France

Alice Kaplan
Colin Chamberlain Colin Chamberlain Harvard Philosophy 2013-2014 University of Toronto

The Self-Body Problem in Descartes and Malebranche

Alison Simmons, Jeff McDonough, Samuel Newlands
Leonard Neidorf Leonard Neidorf Harvard English 2013-2014 New York University

The Origins of Beowulf: Prehistory, Composition, and Transmission

Joseph C. Harris, Daniel G. Donoghue
Jenna Leving Jacobson Jenna Jacobson Chicago Romance Languages, Comparative Literature 2013-2014 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Confessing Exile: Rupture and Redemption in the Narratives of the Cuban (Re)encuentro

Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, Mario Santana, Dain Borges
Jolyon Thomas Jolyon Thomas Princeton Religion 2013-2014 Grinnell College

Japan's Preoccupation with Religious Freedom

Jacqueline Stone
Megan Nutzman Megan Nutzman Chicago Classics 2013-2014 Hillsdale College

A Hotbed of Healing: Ritual Cures in Roman and Late Antique Palestine

Chris Faraone
Tyler Whitney Tyler Whitney Columbia German 2012-2013 Haverford College

Spaces of the Ear: Literature, Media, and the Science of Sound, 1886-1928

Stefan Andriopoulos
Stella Diakou Stella Diakou Bryn Mawr Classical & Near Eastern Archaeology 2012-2013 University of Cyprus

Lapithos: the Upper Geometric Cemetery

Professor J. C. Wright
Daniel Tober Daniel Tober Princeton Classics 2012-2013 Brown University

The Autobiographical Community: Local Historiography in Classical and Hellenistic Greece

Nino Luraghi, Michael Flower, Anthony Grafton
Gilad Cohen Gilad Cohen Princeton Music 2012-2013 The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

Dragon Mother / Expansive Rock: Large-Scale Structure and Style in Pink Floyd music

Scott Burnham
Ross Lerner Ross Lerner Princeton English 2012-2013 Haverford College

Framing Fanaticism: Religion, Violence, and the Literature of Self-Annihilation across the Reformation

Jeff Dolven, Daniel Heller-Roazen, D. Vance Smith, Nigel Smith
Marian E. Schlotterbeck Marian E. Schlotterbeck Yale History 2012-2013 Oberlin College

Everyday Revolution: Grassroots Movements, the Revolutionary Left (MIR) and the Making of Socialism in Chile, 1964-1973

Gilbert M. Joseph
Thomas Koenigs Thomas Koenigs Yale English, Comparative Literature, American Literature 2012-2013 Johns Hopkins

"Founded in Fiction": Fictionality and the History of the Novel in America, 1780-1860

Michael Warner (Chair), Caleb Smith, Jill Campbell
Andrew Dombrowski Andrew Dombrowski Chicago Slavic Languages and Literatures, Linguistics 2012-2013 University of Chicago

Phonological Aspects of Language Contact Along the Slavic Periphery

Victor Friedman, Lenore Grenoble, Salikoko Mufwene, Alan Yu
Sam Rosenfeld Sam Rosenfeld Harvard History 2012-2013 Columbia University

A Choice, Not an Echo: Polarization and the Transformation of the American Party System

Lizabeth Cohen
Angela Mercedes Becerra Vidergar Angela Mercedes Becerra Vidergar Stanford Comparative Literature 2012-2013 Baylor University

Fictions of Destruction: Post-1945 Narrative and Disaster in the Collective Imaginary

Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Ramon Saldivar, Amir Eshel, Ursula K. Heise
Han van Wietmarschen Han van Wietmarschen Stanford Philosophy 2012-2013 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Reasonable Disagreement: Liberal Citizens and Epistemic Peers

Michael Bratman
Andrew Brock Kraebel Andrew Brock Kraebel Yale English 2012-2013 Dartmouth College

The Study of the Bible in Oxford, c. 1370-1420: Academic Discourse and Its English Translation

Alastair Minnis, Jessica Brantley, Ian Cornelius
Jenna Phillips Jenna Phillips Princeton History 2012-2013 University of California, Berkeley

Thirteenth-century Rumors: Voices of Conquest and Revolt in France, Sicily, and Flanders.

William Chester Jordan
Alexandra Kieffer Alexandra Kieffer Yale Music 2012-2013 Grinnell College

Mediating Sound: Inscriptions of Listening in Early Twentieth-Century French Music

Brian Kane
Scott Bartling Scott Bartling Stanford Slavic Languages and Literatures 2012-2013 University of Wisconsin - Madison

The Reinvention of Life: Viktor Shklovsky, Estrangement, and Silver Age Aesthetics

Monika Greenleaf, Gabriella Safran
Mira L. Siegelberg Mira L. Siegelberg Harvard History 2012-2013 Columbia University

Statelessness: An International History, 1921-1961
Meredith Schweig Meredith Schweig Harvard Music 2012-2013 Harvard

The Song Readers: Rap Music and the Politics of Storytelling in Taiwan

Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Carrie Robbins Carrie Robbins Bryn Mawr Art History 2012-2013 Grinnell College

Credulous Spectatorship from Zeuxis to Barthes

Dr. Steven Z. Levine
Daniel A. Stolz Daniel A. Stolz Princeton Near Eastern Studies 2012-2013 Harvard

Astronomy and Islamic Authority in Late Ottoman Egypt

Muhammad Qasim Zaman
Rachel Jans Rachel Jans Chicago Art History 2012-2013 Bennington College

Art on the Border: Galerie René Block in 1960s and 70s Berlin and New York

Christine Mehring, Reinhold Heller, Darby English
Suzanne Taylor Suzanne Taylor Chicago English 2012-2013 McGill University

Character, Action, Virtue

James Chandler, Arnold Davidson, & Heather Keenleyside
Kristin Primus Kristin Primus Princeton Philosophy 2012-2013 Stanford University

Causal Independence and Divine Support in Spinoza and Leibniz

Daniel Garber
Katharine Holt Katharine Holt Columbia Slavic Languages and Literatures 2012-2013 Harvard University

Explorers, Evangelists, and Emissaries: Cultural Agents of Soviet Central Asia, 1921-1939

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