Congratulations to the eight MLA members among the winners of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships announced in April 2023. Many fellows’ projects directly respond to issues like the lasting effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, democracy and policing, scientific innovation, climate change, and identity. Noting the impact of these annual grants, Edward Hirsch, president of the Guggenheim Foundation, said, “The new class of fellows has followed their calling to enhance all of our lives, to provide greater human knowledge and deeper understanding. We’re lucky to look to them to bring us into the future.”
Fellowships
Michael Berry, University of California, Los Angeles
Field of study: Translation
Stefani Engelstein, Duke University
Field of study: European and Latin American Literature
Gretchen H. Gerzina, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Field of study: Intellectual and Cultural History
Petra Kuppers, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Field of study: Theatre Arts and Performance Studies
Heather Love, University of Pennsylvania
Field of study: Literary Criticism
Deborah Lutz, University of Louisville
Field of study: English Literature
Tanya Pollard, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Field of study: Early Modern Studies
Michael Rothberg, University of California, Los Angeles
Field of study: Literary Criticism