Institute for European Studies - Funding - Faculty - Faculty Grant Recipients - 2005

Recipients for 2005-2006

The Institute for European Studies congratulates Faculty Research Travel Grant recipients! The awards, made possible through our U.S. Department of Education National Resource Center (NRC) grant, are intended for professional development and have been awarded to Cornell faculty to conduct research during academic year 2005-2006. Recipients are:

Mabel Berezin (Associate Professor, Sociology). Professor Berezin’s research project focuses on American intervention in democratic political socialization in post-war Europe. She will conduct this research in France during May-June of 2006.
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Bruno Bosteels (Associate Professor, Romance Studies). Professor Bosteels’ research project will take place in France in December 2005-January 2006. The research involves interviewing the French philosopher, novelist and playwright Alain Badiou. The anticipated outcome from this research will be publication of a book.
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David L. Brown (Professor, Development Sociology). Professor Brown has received funding to travel to Romania in February 2006. Romania is building its first modern motorway and his research will examine how it positively or negatively influences economic opportunities in rural communities.
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Matthew Evangelista (Professor, Government). Professor Evangelista was granted funding to participate on a collaborative project on "Security in the West" with Italian and German colleagues in spring 2006.
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Simone Pinet (Assistant Professor, Romance Studies). Professor Pinet will conduct exploratory research in France on sources for the Libro de Alexandre, both literary and cartographic, from the tenth through the thirteenth centuries. This research will take place in December 2005-January 2006.
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Hubert Zimmermann (Visiting Associate Professor, Government). Professor Zimmermann's funding will enable travel to the U.S. National Archives to locate materials related to three research projects. They are 1) European policy of the Nixon administration, 2) Germany, the United States and the transformation of monetary regimes, and 3) U.S. troop maintenance in Europe.