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Joshua Bennett
Joshua Bennett is an American author, professor and artist. He is a Professor of Literature and Distinguished Chair of Humanities at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Bennett's research and teaching interests include 20th and 21st century African American literature, animality studies, affect theory, black poetics, and environmental studies. Bennett is a Guggenheim Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellow and has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, the Ford Foundation, and the Harvard Society of Fellows, Society of Fellows at Harvard University. Education Bennett earned a Bachelor of Arts in both English and Africana Studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 2010. Bennett then completed an M.A. in Theatre Performance Studies at the University of Warwick in the UK, where he was a Marshall Scholar in 2011. From Princeton University, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. in English, in 2013 and 2016, respectively. Caree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation issues awards in each of two separate competitions: * One open to citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada. * The other to citizens and permanent residents of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Latin America and Caribbean competition is currently suspended "while we examine the workings and efficacy of the program. The U.S. and Canadian competition is unaffected by this suspension." The performing arts are excluded, although composers, film directors, and choreographers are eligible. The fellowships are not open to students, only to "advanced professionals in mid-career" such as published authors. The fellows may spend the money as they see fit, as the purpose is to give fellows "bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |