Project on the Australian experience of constitutionalism and its US links, conducted at Melbourne University’s School of Law. Jones is a Columbia University and Harvard Law School graduate.
Awardee Database
Awardees
Mille Guldbeck
Project: to create 40 landscape-inspired diptychs inspired by the desolate landscapes of the island of Møn. While in Denmark, painter Guldbeck exhibited her work in a group show with some of Denmark’s contemporary artists; in 2007-08, the show traveled to her home campus of Bowling Green State University.
Katherine Wilson
Materials study of wood and other materials at the Helsinki University of Technology. At the time a graduate student at the University of Virginia, Wilson also designed and built a chair while in Helsinki.
Liesl Yamaguchi
Project on female Finnish political leaders. At the time, Yamaguchi was a graduate student at Columbia University.
Ben Steele
Studies on indigenous rights and treaty issues, leading to a Master’s degree in anthropology at Columbia University. Steele then became Second Secretary in New Zealand’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Georgina White
Studies on traditional New Zealand woven cloaks at New York University, culminating in a Master’s degree in Museum Studies focusing on cultural heritage. After earning her MA, White returned to New Zealand to work as an Exhibition Developer at the Auckland Museum.
Anne Bersagel
Project on Norway’s efforts to enlist NGOs in public and cultural diplomacy
Amelia Bidwell
Project on local community and politics in medieval Scandinavia, part of the Transformation Project at the University of Oslo’s Centre for Viking and Medieval Studies. Bidwell graduated from Smith College in 2003.
Deborah Jones
Awarded for her work in Uzbekistan, “maintaining educational cultural ties and staff morale in an openly hostile climate.”
Victoria Sloan
In recognition of her work in Kazakhstan, with “significant contributions to educational and cultural diplomacy while leading and mentoring American and national colleagues.”
Robert Persiko
In recognition of two decades as chief of ECA youth programs and his “leadership in developing and sustaining new models of youth exchange programs.”
Lyubomir Nikolov
For his translation of the The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
Edwin A. Cranston
For the second volume of his monumental anthology and annotated translation of Japanese court poetry from the mid-9th to the late 11th century, entitled: A Waka Anthology, Volume Two: Grasses of Remembrance.
Julie Scott Meisami
For her translation of Haft Paykar (Oxford Press), a medieval Persian romance written by Nizami of Ganja, who died around 1209.
Marie‐Claude Pasquier
For her translation of The Piano Tuner, by Daniel Mason.
Bethany Usher
Project on how the cemetery of Tirup conveys information about medieval social organization. At the time, anthropologist Usher was at SUNY Potsdam.
Jennifer Hartel
Project on how the knowledge domains related to hobbies are built into library systems. At the time, Hartel was at UCLA.
Patty Huang
Project on computer simulations of spaces for musical performances. At the time, acoustical engineer Huang was at Stanford University.
Venu Nadella
Project on language and ethnic dynamics in Helsinki. At the time, Nadella was at Harvard University.
Blake Boulerice
Project on Old Norse philology, exploring this language that is a key component in the development of Germanic languages and provides a window into medieval history. At the time, linguist Boulerice was at Harvard University.
Elise Carlson
Project on the experience of Kurdish women in Sweden.
*The Prix Coindreau Prize, The Jeanne Varnay Pleasants Prize for Language Teaching, and the CASVA-Henry & Judith Millon Award are currently inactive.