{"id":3411,"date":"2014-04-04T15:18:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T19:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=3411"},"modified":"2014-04-04T15:38:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T19:38:34","slug":"3411","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2014\/04\/04\/3411\/","title":{"rendered":"Purdue University Libraries Awards 2014 Library Scholar Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if !mso]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Purdue University Libraries recently awarded faculty members with 2014 Library Scholar Grants. \u00a0The grant recipients were recognized at an honorary luncheon in which several past Library Scholar grant recipients spoke about the impact and significance of the research made possible through their grants.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">2014 Library Scholar Grant Recipients:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"width: 337.8pt\" width=\"450\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Decker.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3415\" alt=\"Decker\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Decker.jpg?resize=90%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"90\" height=\"136\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Alicia Decker<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Assistant Professor of History<\/span><\/em>, West Lafayette<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Public Secrets: A Gendered History of Enforced Disappearance in Post-Colonial Africa&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Johnston.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3416\" alt=\"Johnston\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Johnston.jpg?resize=90%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"90\" height=\"136\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Michael Johnston<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Assistant Professor of English<\/span><\/em>, West Lafayette<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Reading Nation in the Age of Chaucer&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Mitchell.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3417\" alt=\"Mitchell\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Mitchell.jpg?resize=90%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"90\" height=\"136\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Silvia Mitchell<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Assistant Professor of History<\/span><\/em>, West Lafayette<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Spain under Mariana of Austria: Court, Dynastic, and International Politics in Seventeenth-Century Europe&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Pitts.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3418\" alt=\"Pitts\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Pitts.jpg?resize=90%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"90\" height=\"136\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Yvonne Pitts<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Assistant Professor of History<\/span><\/em>, West Lafayette<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8221; &#8216;Vile Characters&#8217; and Property Law: Regulating Prostitution and Creating Property in Civil War Era Nashville, 1860-1868&#8243;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Zimmer.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3419\" alt=\"Zimmer\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/04\/Zimmer.jpg?resize=90%2C136&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"90\" height=\"136\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: .75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Michael Zimmer<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences<\/span><\/em>, Calumet<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Biography of John F. Enders and His Contributions to Microbiology&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">2014 Presentations by Past Grant Recipients:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">[2012] Jennifer Foray, Associate Professor of History, West Lafayette, &#8220;Imperial Aftershocks: The Legacies of Decolonization in the Netherlands&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">[2013] Jonathan Swarts, Associate Professor of Political Science, North Central, &#8220;Friends and Allies: The Greek Military Junta and the United States&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">About the Library Scholars Grant Program:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><br \/>\nThe Library Scholars Grant Program was established in 1985 by the 50th anniversary gift of members of the Class of 1935, and the class has been continuously supportive of this fund for the past 29 years. This program supports access to unique collections of information around the country and the world for untenured and recently tenured Purdue faculty in all disciplines from the West Lafayette, Calumet, Fort Wayne, IUPUI and North Central campuses. The grants cover expenses associated with the cost of transportation, lodging, meals and fees charged by the library or other collection owner. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purdue University Libraries recently awarded faculty members with 2014 Library Scholar Grants. \u00a0The grant recipients were recognized at an honorary luncheon in which several past Library Scholar grant recipients spoke about the impact and significance of the research made possible through their grants.\u00a0 2014 Library Scholar Grant Recipients: Alicia Decker Assistant Professor of History, West [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13,70,4829],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-rsrch","category-scholcomm"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sT6ms-3411","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3411"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3423,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions\/3423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}