The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced $24.7 million in grants for 208 humanities projects across the country this week. Of those, two grants were awarded to faculty in the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts at UCSB.
Professor Anthony Barbieri (History), was awarded $60,000 to support work on translation and critical annotations of a Han Dynasty manuscript called the Discourses on Salt and Iron, dating from the first century BCE. Professor Sherene Seikaly (History), was also awarded $60,000, in support of research and writing leading to a book that uses the life of Naim Cotran (c.1877–1961) to understand Levantine mobility and the challenges faced by Palestinian upper middle classes at the turn of the twentieth century.
“These NEH grants will support educators and scholars in enriching our understanding of the past and enable cultural institutions from across the country to expand their offerings, resources, and public programming, both in person and online,” said NEH Acting Chair Adam Wolfson. “We look forward to the many new insights and discoveries that these 208 exemplary projects will make possible.”
HFA congratulates Professors Barbieri and Seikaly on receiving these prestigious grants.
For more information, visit: https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-announces-247-million-208-humanities-projects-nationwide.