List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2011: Guggenheim Fellowships have been awarded annually since 1925, by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." [1] [ failed verification ]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Walter L. Adamson | Humanities | Italian History |
| David Adjmi | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Ann Agee | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Arun Agrawal | Natural Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Karen J. Alter | Humanities | Law |
| Gregory Amenoff | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Thomas George Andrews | Humanities | United States History |
| Janine Antoni | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Judith Barry | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Shahzad Bashir | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Cynthia Beall | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Sven Beckert | Humanities | United States History |
| Seyla Benhabib | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| James Mark Biederman | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Eula Biss | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Philippe Bodin | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Elizabeth Stinette Bolman | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Pascal Boyer | Social Sciences | Anthropology |
| Katherine Bradford | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Deborah Brandt | Social Sciences | Education |
| Rick Briggs | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Richard Brookhiser | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Vincent Brown | Humanities | African Studies |
| William Brundage | Humanities | United States History |
| Stephen Budiansky | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Bonnie Jo Campbell | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Beth Campbell | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Peter Campion | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Mary Cappello | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Pat Catterson | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Ananya Chatterjea | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Jeffrey Jerome Cohen | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Alon Confino | Humanities | German and East European History |
| Dalton Conley | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Brian P. Copenhaver | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Chaya Czernowin | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| John-Philip D'Agata | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Paolo D'Odorico | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Jonathan Dee | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| DD Dorvillier | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| David Eagleman | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Janet S. Echelman | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Claudia Emerson | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Jean Ensminger | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Robert Faggen | Humanities | American Literature |
| R. M. Fischer | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| David Fiuczynski | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Grace S. Fong | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Caroline Cole Ford | Humanities | French History |
| Katherine Franke | Social Sciences | Law |
| Estelle Brenda Freedman | Humanities | United States History |
| Stephen Anthony Gardbaum | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
| Charles Goldman | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Michael Gordin | Humanities | History of Science and Technology |
| Paul Guest | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Michelle Handelman | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Duncan Hannah | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Maria Hassabi | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Wil Haygood | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Jonathan Haynes | Humanities | Film, Video, and Radio Studies |
| Agnes Weiyun He | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Jeffrey Gardner Heath | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Anne Dawson Hedeman | Humanities | Medieval History |
| Ursula K. Heise | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Corin Hewitt | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Fred Ho | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Christie Anne Hodgen | Humanities | Fiction |
| Adina Hoffman | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Michael Keith Honey | Humanities | Folklore and Popular Culture |
| Don Wayne Howard | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Earl M. Howard | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| George Hutchinson | Humanities | American Literature |
| Doug Leonard James | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Kirk Richard Johnson | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Kimberly Johnson | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Ann Maret Jones | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Tom Kalin | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Benjamin Kaplan | Humanities | Renaissance History |
| Louis Karchin | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Karolina Karlic | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Kasumi . | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Patrick John Keeling | Natural Sciences | Molecular and Cellular Biology |
| Bruce A. Kimball | Social Sciences | Education |
| Matthew Kirschenbaum | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Amy Beth Kirsten | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Marwan Kraidy | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Christopher Landreth | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Lorenz Martin Lüthi | Humanities | German and East European History |
| Young Jean Lee | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Richard A. Leo | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Eleanor Lerman | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Todd Lewis | Humanities | Religion |
| Jonathan Scott Lowenstein | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Bernie B. Lubell | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Peter Lucas | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Rosemary Mahoney | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Maurice Walker Manning | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Clancy Martin | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Valerie Martin | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Andrew Masullo | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Bruce Raymond McClure | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Jennifer McCoy | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Kevin McCoy | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Tara McKelvey | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Monica Medina | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Mark Crispin Miller | Humanities | Folklore and Popular Culture |
| Mark S. Mizruchi | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Isabel P. Montañez | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Jesus Mora | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Simon Morrison | Humanities | Music Research |
| Richard Mosse | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Sachiko Murata | Humanities | Translation |
| Heather Shawn Nathans | Humanities | Theater Arts |
| Eric Matthew Nelson | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Fallou Ngom | Humanities | African Studies |
| Pipo Hieu Nguyen-duy | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Lynn K. Nyhart | Humanities | History of Science and Technology |
| Fiorenzo Omenetto | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Sarah Perin Otto | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Heidi Rika Maria Pauwels | Humanities | South Asian Studies |
| Jonathan Pieslak | Humanities | Music Research |
| Kevin M. F. Platt | Humanities | Russian History |
| John M. G. Plotz | Humanities | English Literature |
| Dimitris N. Politis | Natural Sciences | Statistics |
| Bjorn Poonen | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Bill Porter | Humanities | Translation |
| Endi E. Poskovic | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| D. A. Powell | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Katherine Russell Rich | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Bruce Robbins | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Jennifer Ellen Robertson | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| Arthur John Robson | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Flash Rosenberg | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Charles Ross | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jennifer Prah Ruger | Natural Sciences | Medicine and Health |
| Karen Elizabeth Russell | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Rafe Sagarin | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Re'em Sari | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Jay Scheib | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Art |
| Betsy Schneider | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Jeffrey A. Segal | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Catherine Moira Sharkey | Social Sciences | Law |
| Marilyn Shrude | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Seth Michael Shulman | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Lisa Beth Sigal | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Manuel Sosa | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Olaf Sporns | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Alicia Elsbeth (A.E.) Stallings | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Alan Stewart | Humanities | English Literature |
| T.J. Stiles | Creative Arts | Biography |
| David Stuart | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Sanjay Subrahmanyam | Humanities | Intellectual and Cultural History |
| Kenneth Sanders Suslick | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Renee Elizabeth Tajima-Penã | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Pam Tanowitz | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Vahid Tarokh | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Steven Michael Tipton | Humanities | Religion |
| Ray Troll | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Monika Truemper | Humanities | Classics |
| Aleh Tsyvinski | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Katherine M. Turczan | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Toby Twining | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Penelope Umbrico | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Deborah M. Valenze | Humanities | British History |
| Eric J. Van Young | Humanities | Iberian and Latin American History |
| David James Vann | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Lara Vapnyar | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Vijay Vazirani | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Stephen Vitiello | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Patricia Volk | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Louis Warren | Humanities | United States History |
| Brad Watson | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Susan Verdi Webster | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Tom Wells | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Kath Weston | Social Sciences | Anthropology and Cultural Studies |
| Randy Weston | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Martin White | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| John M. Willis | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Matthew J. Zapruder | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Cynthia Zarin | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Judith Zeitlin | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| Marina Zurkow | Creative Arts | Film and Video |
| Susana Villalba | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Fransisco Urbano | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Marcelo Yanovsky | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Manuela Zoccali | Natural Sciences | Physical Science |
| Claudia Acuña | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Adriana Barenstein | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Mónica Bernabé | Humanities | Literary Studies |
| Damaris Calderón | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Tania Candiani | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Antonio Bernardo Carvalho | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology and Ecology |
| Eduardo Castaño | Natural Sciences | Medicine and Health |
| Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos | Social Sciences | Anthropology |
| Milagros de la Torre | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Fabio Ariel Doctorovich | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Matias Duville | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Raquel Gil-Montero | Humanities | History |
| Eduardo Halfon | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Mario Hamuy | Natural Sciences | Physical Science |
| Esteban Jobbágy | Social Sciences | Geography and Environmental Studies |
| Claudia Joskowicz | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Sebastián Lelio | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Natalia Majluf | Humanities | History |
| Marcus Melo | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Pedro Palou | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Gustavo Paratcha | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Pedro Querejazu | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| José Quiroga | Humanities | Literary Studies |
| Andrés Rivera | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Catalina Romero | Social Studies | Political Science |
| Alejandro Rosas | Humanities | Philosophy |
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation was founded in 1925 by Olga and Simon Guggenheim in memory of their son, who died on April 26, 1922. The organization awards Guggenheim Fellowships to professionals who have demonstrated exceptional ability by publishing a significant body of work in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the creative arts, excluding the performing arts.
Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts."