The National Humanities Alliance awarded $35.63 million in grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support 258 humanities projects nationwide, including several in the field of anthropology. These grants will support individuals in their research and writing, while increasing access to their work.
NEH funding is vital to help support the research, teaching, and publicly engaged humanities work in the field of anthropology. The following are grants awarded to AAA members:
University of Chicago
John Lucy
Research Infrastructure: Expanding Chicago’s Mesoamerican Language Collections
The creation of a dynamic repository for a growing collection of materials at the University of Chicago that document the Indigenous languages of Mesoamerica.
Grant: $225,169
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Geoff Emberling
Urbanism in Ancient Kush: Archaeological Investigation of Settlement at Jebel Barkal, Northern Sudan
Archaeological investigations of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Jebel Barkal in northern Sudan, one of the most important urban centers of the ancient kingdom of Kush.
Grant: $149,782
New York University Abu Dhabi
Nathalie Peutz
Forced Migration and Displacement in Yemen and the Horn of Africa in the Twenty-First Century
Writing and revisions toward a book analyzing the experiences of refugees and migrants in the Red Sea region.
Grant: $6,000
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Derek Handley
Mapping Racism and Resistance
Research and writing leading to an article about African American resistance to restrictive covenants and housing discrimination in mid twentieth century Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Grant: $6,000
San Diego State University
Sureshi Jayawardene
‘We are Ceylon Africans!’: Africana Culture, Politics, and Identity in Sri Lanka
Research and writing for a historical and ethnographic study of the Ceylon African community in Sri Lanka.
Grant: $6,000
College of William and Mary
Michelle Lelievre
Reclaiming Indigenous Communities from Colonial Archives: Analysis of a Public-Facing Digital Data Dissemination Project from Mi’kma’ki
Research and writing leading to an article on how researchers of Indigenous or other marginalized communities can effectively work with historical archives in which these peoples have been erased, misrepresented, or obscured.
Grant: $6,000
Dartmouth College
Maron Greenleaf
Cities of Trees: Reforesting the Birthplace of Industrial Capitalism
Ethnographic fieldwork toward a study of a large, contemporary reforestation project in North England.
Grant: $6,000
Pomona College
Joanne Nucho
Decentralization, Climate Change, and the Future of Energy in Rural America
Research and writing leading to a book on how the rise of localized energy grids fueled by sustainable energy sources is disenfranchising rural communities in California.
Grant: $6,000