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Humanities Express
- Publisher: College of Humanities of The Ohio State University
- Volume IIII Issue 6
- June 2008
- Humanities Express Home
Humanities Faculty/Student Spotlight:
Morgan Liu
A faculty member and doctoral candidate from the College of Humanities have been awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Hays grant by the U.S. Department of Education. Morgan Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, is the recipient of the Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad grant, and Mark Soderstrom, from the Department History, is the recipient of the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad grant. There are only 25 faculty awards and 140 Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad awards given annually nationwide.
Mark Soderstrom
These Fulbright-Hays grant awards represent over $120,000 in research funding for 2008-2009. There are only 25 faculty awards and 140 Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad awards given annually nationwide.
Liu is only the second Ohio State faculty member to receive this highly competitive Fulbright-Hays grant since 2000. A cultural anthropologist, Liu plans to travel to Kyrgyzstan for three months to conduct research on the theme of "Central Asian Islam and Post-Soviet Societal Transformation." Liu will examine the beliefs of Muslims in Central Asia about how Islam solves systemic societal problems. The fieldwork involves Uzbek language interviews with religious and community leaders, and observation of mosque life.
Soderstrom will travel to Russia for 12 months to examine the transformation of Siberia from a peripheral colony into an "organic" part of Russia. His analysis will examine the transformation on individual, local and national levels through the eyes of Peter Slovtsov and Ivan Kalashnikov, Siberia’s first historian and novelist, respectively.
The Fulbright-Hays faculty award provides grants to fund research projects in other countries to help faculty members maintain and improve their area studies and foreign language skills. The Fulbright-Hays dissertation award provides funding for individual doctoral students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies. The Office of International Affairs administers the Fulbright-Hays program for Ohio State.
Fulbright-Hays Grant Winners Announced
Morgan Liu
Mark Soderstrom
Liu is only the second Ohio State faculty member to receive this highly competitive Fulbright-Hays grant since 2000. A cultural anthropologist, Liu plans to travel to Kyrgyzstan for three months to conduct research on the theme of "Central Asian Islam and Post-Soviet Societal Transformation." Liu will examine the beliefs of Muslims in Central Asia about how Islam solves systemic societal problems. The fieldwork involves Uzbek language interviews with religious and community leaders, and observation of mosque life.
Soderstrom will travel to Russia for 12 months to examine the transformation of Siberia from a peripheral colony into an "organic" part of Russia. His analysis will examine the transformation on individual, local and national levels through the eyes of Peter Slovtsov and Ivan Kalashnikov, Siberia’s first historian and novelist, respectively.
The Fulbright-Hays faculty award provides grants to fund research projects in other countries to help faculty members maintain and improve their area studies and foreign language skills. The Fulbright-Hays dissertation award provides funding for individual doctoral students to conduct research in other countries in modern foreign languages and area studies. The Office of International Affairs administers the Fulbright-Hays program for Ohio State.
