DPDF Competition 2007

The first DPDF Program offered training in preparing dissertation research and funding proposals to student fellows.

The 12 student fellows who participated in each field were drawn from 30 universities and 20 disciplines or interdisciplinary studies (including anthropology, political science, sociology, history, geography, cultural/critical studies, art history, American studies, literature, urban planning, public policy, economics, Asian languages and cultures, African studies, Latin American studies, ethnomusicology, and conflict analysis and resolution).  The 60 fellows were selected from a total of 367 applicants.

For information about the fields, field research directors, fellow projects, and workshop agendas, please browse the links below.

DPDF Research Fields

Black Atlantic Studies

Field Directors:

• Andrew Apter, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, History/Anthropology
• Percy C. Hintzen, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, African American Studies

Rethinking Europe: Religion, Ethnicity, Nation

Field Directors:

• John Bowen, Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Anthropology
• Rogers Brubaker, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, Sociology

The Political Economy of Redistribution

Field Directors:

• Jonathan Rodden, Associate Professor, Stanford University, Political Science
• Erik Wibbels, Associate Professor, Duke University, Political Science

Visual Culture

Field Directors:

• Anne Higonnet, Professor, Columbia University, Art History
• Vanessa Schwartz, Professor, University of Southern California, History

Water Sustainability: Society, Politics, Culture

Field Directors:

• Steve Caton, Professor, Harvard University, Harvard
• Benjamin S. Orlove, Professor, University of California, Davis, Environmental Science

Research Fields