New NEH Grants

The NEH has announced many new grants, including the following that I selected that seemed particularly relevant here. Congratulations to all the winners, and good luck on these interesting projects!

New Haven

Yale University Outright: $20,000

[Collaborative Research]

Project Director: Jacqueline Vayntrub

Project Title: The Lasting Impact of Martin Luther’s Anti-Judaism on Biblical Studies

Project Description: Planning and hosting an international workshop exploring the

impact of German theologian Martin Luther’s anti-Judaism on biblical scholarship,

from the 15th century to the modern era.

Atlanta

Georgia Tech Research Corporation Outright: $25,000

[Collaborative Research]

Project Director: David Citrin

Project Title: NEH-BSF: Revealing Hidden Texts of Manuscript Fragments in

Medieval Spanish Book Bindings Using Terahertz Imaging

Project Description: Planning a project to use new technology to access fragments of

Jewish texts hidden in medieval manuscripts.

Cambridge

Harvard University Outright: $23,249

[Collaborative Research]

Project Director: Vladimir Olivero

Project Title: NEH-BSF: A New Comprehensive Grammar of Late Biblical Hebrew

Project Description: Planning the development of an updated grammar of Late

Biblical Hebrew (587– 200 BCE).

Princeton

Princeton University Outright: $300,000

[Scholarly Editions and Translations]

Project Director: Eve Krakowski

Project Title: NEH-BSF: Living with Death in Medieval Egypt: Editions and

Translations of a Cairo Geniza corpus

Project Description: Preparation for print and digital translation of a collection of

medieval Jewish documents about death, from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Judeo-Arabic.

Raleigh

North Carolina State University Outright: $244,367

[Collaborative Research]

Project Director: Timothy Stinson

Project Title: Mysterious Manor Court Rolls: Unlocking Agricultural and Health

Secrets through the DNA-based Analysis of Parchment Skins

Project Description: Research and writing leading to articles on parchment

production, agricultural practices, and the emergence of disease in medieval and

early modern England as revealed through textual and DNA analysis of public

documents (ca. 1300–1799).