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Florence, Helmut Newton

Scholarly Work

While here the Frankel Institute, Fellows worked diligently on a variety of projects related to their respective Institute theme years. Listed below are a few examples of the work published as a result of this research.

  • Sara Blair curated a photography exhibit at the U-M's Institute for Humanities gallery entitled "The View From Below: Photography, Innovation, and the Lower East Side." This project was an outgrowth of her tenure as 20008-2009 fellow.
  • J.P. Dessel was awarded Awarded an NEH 2012-13 fellowship for his book project, Acting Locally: Rethinking the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age I From a Village Perspective. The project is an outgrowth of the work he did while a fellow participating in the 2009-2010 Culture of Jewish Objects.
  • Oren Gutfeld published Ramla Excavations North of the White Mosque (part of the QEDEM series of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) as a result of his 2009-2010 fellowship.

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