Claudine T. Ang (History) was awarded a grant to conduct research in France. Her project focuses on "The Mekong Plains in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries," and her research this summer pays specific attention to French missionaries in Cochinchina.

Camille Barchers (City and Regional Planning) will research "The Changing Urban Periphery of Rome." Her award will support research in Italy.

Michael Bobick (Anthropology) will travel to Moldova for pre-dissertation research and language study. His project “Securing the Periphery: Borders, Security, and Sovereignty in Moldova” will look at changing notions of territory, security, and sovereignty as they relate to Transnistria, a separatist region in Moldova. He is particularly interested in Moldova’s Soviet past and how it informs the present.

Mohit Chandna (Romance Studies) will research "Spatial Boundaries in the Works of Jules Verne, Patrick Chamoiseau and Sa'adat Hasan Manto." Funding from this award will help support research costs while in France.

Adriana Chira (Anthropology) will travel to Romania to research "Between Culture and the Nation: Bureaucratic Structures and Social Movements in Postsocialist Romania."