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Congratulations to Scott Lyons,
Associate Professor in
American Culture, Native American Studies, and English Language & Literature, 

who was awarded a 2013-14 Hunting Family Fellowship at the
University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities! 

Read about his project in the Record Update: http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/130516/ifhfellows

Institute for the Humanities awards faculty and graduate student fellowships for 2013-14

By Stephanie Harrell
Institute for the Humanities

The Institute for the Humanities has awarded fellowships to nine faculty and eight graduate students to support research projects they will pursue during 2013-14.

Scott Lyons, associate professor of American culture, English language and literature; Hunting Family Fellow

"Touching the Pen: Encountering Modernity in Native American Literature"

Since the American civil rights era, students of Native American literature have read both written and oral texts for signs of traditionalism, resilience and resistance, but what does that literary history have to say about modernity, desire and assent? This study examines Indian encounters with modernity in Native American writing from the removal era to the present. Textual sites include travel writing in the 19th century, educational narratives in the age of assimilation, crime and courtroom fiction during the rise of tribal sovereignty, and engagements with the natural world throughout.

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Read the full story on the Record Update website

Anne Curzan was recently featured in the "Mini-Lectures Series" section on LSA's website. In this segment of the feature, Curzan continues her look at the finer points of the English language.

The first segment can be viewed here.
The second segment can be viewed here.
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We are happy to announce the winners of the various awards we give Honors graduating seniors.  Many thanks to all of you who wrote letters and compiled packets to nominate students, and encouraged them to submit their theses for the Voss awards.  The amount of superb work that students do here is stunning: over and over we were impressed with the very high quality of thought, research, and writing presented to us.  Thank you for fostering and guiding that work, and for bringing it to our attention. 

We will present these awards at our Honors Awards Celebration on Thursday, May 2, 2013.  The ceremony begins at 7:30 pm in the Hussey Room of the Michigan League and will be followed by a reception in the Michigan Room.  If you would like to join us for the festivities, please do.

Virginia Voss Awards:  Named for the late Virginia Voss and sponsored by her family, these are certificates and monetary prizes in various amounts, given to Honors women for writing in separate categories of academic writing, imaginative prose, poetry, and journalism.  We had no journalism entries this year.  Awardees in the remaining categories are:

        Academic writing:

        Celeste Carruth, Physics

        Julia Field, Anthropology

        Meredith Luneack, Political Science

        Laura Torp, English

        Mary Walle, History

       Creative Writing: Paula Guro, Caitlin Kiesel, both of the English/Creative Writing

       Journalism:  Jennifer Xu

Goldstein Prizes:  Generously supported by the Goldstein family, these prizes are named for alumni/ae and associates of the University in nine different areas of endeavor:

The Robert Hayden Humanities Award – Austin Bradley Schwartz, History

The Jerome and Isabella Karle Award in Physical Sciences– Jonathon Hunacek, Physics and Benjamin Levin, Chemistry

The Stephen Smale Award in Mathematical Sciences -- Charles Stibitz, Mathematics

The Marshall Nirenberg Award in Life Sciences - Rebecca Gleit, Mathematics

The Marshall Sahlins Social Science Award – Austin Kozlowski, Sociology

The Gerald Ford Public Policy and Service Award – Leah Burgin, Anthropology

The Arthur Miller Arts Award – Joshua Duval, English/Creative Writing

The Raoul Wallenberg Humanitarian Award – Savannah Sisk, Sociology

The Sidney Fine Teaching Award – Nicholas Triantafillou, Mathematics

Kennedy Awards:     John P. Kennedy, an alumnus of the Honors Program, has provided generous gifts for two awards, named for his father and mother. 

Patricia Kennedy Award, to recognize excellent writing and scholarship in English literature or women’s issues: Kaitlyn Delbene, English

John J. Kennedy Award, to recognize excellence in creative and scholarly work in literature: Emily Martin, Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish)

Executive Secretary Karly Mitchell continues the tradition of excellence among English staff members and her work is among the most recent to be recognized by the LSA Staff Spotlight commitee. Read her profile on the LSA website.

Other Contest and Prize Winners

The Andrea Beauchamp Prize

Rachel Hoiles Farrell

The Frank and Gail Beaver Script Writing Prize

Camille Duet

The Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing

Nathaniel Go

Melinda Misener

The Helen J. Daniels Prize

Brita Thorne

The Geoffrey James Gosling Prize

A. L. Major

The Paul and Sonia Handleman Poetry Award

Haley Patail

The Robert F. Haugh Prize

Caitlin Michelle Kiesel

The Kasdan Scholarship in Creative Writing

A. Brad Schwartz

The Dennis McIntyre Prize

Allison Brown

Milena Westarb

The Meader Family Award

Kenzie Allen

Jeremiah Childers

The Arthur Miller Award

Tyler Dean

The Leonard and Eileen Newman Writing in Fiction

Chris McCormick

The Naomi Saferstein Literary Award

Matthew Montgomery

The Stanley S. Schwartz Prize

Matthew Pollock

The Helen S. and John Wagner Prize

Lauren Clark

The John Wagner Prize

Maya West