List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 2013: 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]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Abeles | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| luciana achugar | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Kim Adams | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Kati Agócs | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Diana Allan | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Siemon Allen | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Elizabeth S. Anderson | Humanities | Philosophy |
| L.S. Asekoff | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Marcos Balter | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Leigh Behnke | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| James Bever | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Philip Boehm | Humanities | Translation |
| Philip Bohlman | Humanities | Music Research |
| Philippe Bourgeois | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Yomi Braester | Social Sciences | Film, Video & Radio Studies |
| Benjamin Broening | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Brian Brooks | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Nathan Brown | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| D. Graham Burnett | Humanities | History of Science, Technology & Economics |
| Hui Cao | Natural Sciences | Engineering |
| Peter Clote | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Cora Cohen | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jean-Louis Cohen | Humanities | Architecture, Planning & Design |
| Jennifer Cole | Humanities | African Studies |
| Jon Coleman | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Scott Conarroe | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Erin Courtney | Creative Arts | Drama and Performance Arts |
| Brian R. Crane | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Cathy Lee Crane | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Bryan J. Cuevas | Humanities | Religion |
| Tom Daniel | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Kate Daniels | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Erik Demaine | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Martin Demaine | Creative Arts | Computer Science |
| Kiran Desai | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Kathleen Donohue | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Faye Driscoll | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Aaron Einbond | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Lee Epstein | Social Sciences | Law |
| Gary W. Evans | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Stuart Firestein | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Kate Fodor | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Joshua Foer | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Alessandro Forte | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Jerold C. Frakes | Humanities | Medieval & Renaissance Literature |
| Max Paul Friedman | Humanities | European & Latin American History |
| Andrew Frisardi | Humanities | Translation |
| Robert D. Fulk | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Juliana (Coco) Fusco | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Charles Gaines | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Lynn Garafola | Humanities | Dance Studies |
| André Gaudreault | Humanities | Film, Video, & Radio Studies |
| Ross Gay | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Bruce Gilden | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Kathy Goodell | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jessica Green | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Richard Grossman | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Sonali Gulati | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| David L. Haberman | Humanities | Religion |
| Maggie Hadleigh-West | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| J.C. Hallman | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Barbara Hammer | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Amy Harmon | Natural Sciences | Science Writing |
| Kyle Harper | Humanities | European & Latin American History |
| Sharon Harper | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Bill Hayes | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Guy Hedreen | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Susannah Heschel | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| John Hibbing | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Jennifer Homans | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Channa Horwitz | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Major Jackson | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Joel Janowitz | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Maya Jasanoff | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Adam Johnson | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Bill Johnston | Humanities | Translation |
| Troy Jollimore | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Kimsooja | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Robert Klitzman | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Amer Kobaslija | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Michael Kolster | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Harriet Korman | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Samuel Kou | Natural Sciences | Statistics |
| Judith F. Kroll | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| Norah Krug | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Rachel Kushner | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Jane Landers | Humanities | European & Latin American History |
| Deana Lawson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Ben Lerner | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Michael Lesy | Humanities | Photography Studies |
| Zhongjie Lin | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Lilla LoCurto | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Marie Losier | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Julia Reinhard Lupton | Humanities | English Literature |
| Deborah Luster | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Catherine Lutz | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Natalie Mahowald | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Jeff Malmberg | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Jon Marans | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Ben Marcus | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Cleopatra Mathis | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Elaine Tyler May | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Patricia McAnany | Social Studies | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| David McDonald | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| David Means | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Myra Melford | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Alexander Merkurjev | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Robin Miller | Humanities | European & Latin American Literature |
| Elijah Millgram | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Carman Moore | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Paul Moravec | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Carrie Moyer | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Sylvia Nasar | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Kevin Ohi | Humanities | Literary Criticism |
| Ian Olds | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Patti Oleon | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| William Outcault | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Scott E. Page | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| David Parker | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Laura Parnes | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Christian Patterson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Catherine Peichel | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Indira Peterson | Humanities | South Asian Studies |
| Ann Pibal | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Joanna Picciotto | Humanities | English Literature |
| Jean-Michel Pilc | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Claire Porter | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Narong Prangcharoen | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Leah Price | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Charan Ranganath | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Leonardo Rastelli | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Richard L. Roberts | Humanities | African Studies |
| Carlin Romano | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Harry Roseman | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| David Rosenberg | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Mathew Rosenblum | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Sophia Rosenfeld | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Susan Rotroff | Humanities | Classics |
| Philip Round | Humanities | American Literature |
| Ira Sachs | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Leigh Schmidt | Humanities | Religion |
| Gary Schneider | Creative Arts | Photography |
| David Scott | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Daniel Sharfstein | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Brenda Shaughnessy | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| M. Rahim Shayegan | Humanities | Classics |
| Nancy Sherman | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Sheila Silver | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Mike Sinclair | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Elena Sisto | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Greg Smith | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Chris Sollars | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Alec Soth | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Valerio Spada | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Jacqueline Stevens | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Kristen A. Stilt | Social Sciences | Constitutional Studies |
| Karen Sullivan | Humanities | Medieval & Renaissance Literature |
| Terese Svoboda | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Ann Taves | Humanities | Religion |
| Nora Taylor | Creative Arts | Theatre Arts |
| Leslie Thornton | Creative Arts | Film-Video |
| Thomas Travisano | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Marc Van De Mieroop | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Marten H. van Kerkwijk | Natural Sciences | Astronomy-Astrophysics |
| Mary Jo Vath | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Richard von Glahn | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| Anne Waldman | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Brett L. Walker | Humanities | History of Science, Technology, & Economics |
| Susan Wanklyn | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Joshua Weiner | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Robert Weller | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| Colson Whitehead | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Ann Zabludoff | Natural Sciences | Astronomy-Astrophysics |
| Dongping Zhong | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation is a private foundation formed 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, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated distinguished accomplishment in the past and potential for future achievement. The recipients exhibit outstanding aptitude for prolific scholarship or exceptional talent in the arts.