Furman History Professor Receives NEH Grant
March 23, 2009
GREENVILLE, SC – March 23, 2009 – Furman University history professor Monica Black has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to travel and do research in Germany and Austria.
Black is researching the role that folklore played in German history in the 20th century, focusing specifically on the life of prominent Sudeten German folklorist Alfred Karasek (1902-1970).
An assistant professor of history, Black began the project last summer.
Her NEH funding is a summer stipend to continue the work full-time for a two-month period.
The NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the U.S.government. Itsupports research, education, preservation and public programs in the humanities. Recipients of the grants produce articles, books or other materials useful to both scholars and general audiences.
Black has been a member of the Furman faculty since 2007. She received a Fritz Stern Prize in 2007 for having one of the two best doctoral dissertations in the field of German history that year. She has also been awarded a Dr. Richard M. Hunt Fellowship for the Study of German Politics, Society and Culture from the American Council on Germany.
A 1998 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in history from the University of Virginia.
For more information, contact the Furman News and Media Relations office at 864-294-3107.
