Congratulations to the eight MLA members who were awarded 2026 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowships! In a statement about this year’s fellowship recipients, Edward Hirsch, the president of the Guggenheim Foundation, said, “Our new class of Guggenheim Fellows is representative of the world’s best thinkers, innovators, and creators in art, science, and scholarship.”
Marlene Daut, Yale University
Field of Study: European and Latin American History
Christopher Kempf, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Field of Study: Poetry
Joseph Luzzi, Bard College
Field of Study: General Nonfiction
Sarah McNamer, Georgetown University
Field of Study: Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Sean Metzger, University of California, Los Angeles
Field of Study: Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Emily Ogden, University of Virginia
Field of Study: General Nonfiction
Nicole R. Rice, Saint John’s University, NY
Field of Study: English Literature
Andrew Stauffer, University of Virginia
Field of Study: English Literature