The Radcliffe Institute for
Advanced Study, which celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this
spring, has announced its fellows for 2014-2015. The 50 men and women include creative
artists, humanists, scientists, and social scientists; 11 are Harvard faculty
members, as detailed below with the titles of their projects.
Ann Blair, Lea
professor of history, who studies the cultural and intellectual history
of sixteenth and seventeenth century Europe, including the history of
the book.
Hidden Hands:
Amanuenses and Authorship in Early Modern Europe
Matthew B. Boyle,
professor of philosophy, whose work focuses on the philosophy of mind as
well as on Kant and German idealism.
The
Significance of Self-Consciousness
Noam D. Elkies,
professor of mathematics, who studies computational number theory, among
other mathematical subjects, and is recreationally a
chess master, singer,
and composer.
Shimura Curve
Computations
Nancy E. Hill,
Murray professor at Radcliffe and professor of education at the Graduate School
of Education, who studies cultural
influences on parenting and adolescent achievement.
Authentic
Bridge Building: Families, Institutions, and the Breaking of Social Status
Replication
Lakshminarayanan
Mahadevan, England de Valpine professor of applied mathematics, renowned for
his use of math to
enhance understanding of the natural world.
On the growth and form of the brain
Erez Manela,
professor of history, who works on the history of the United States in
the world and international history.
The Eradication
of Smallpox: Collaboration Amid Conflict in the Cold War Era
Alexander
Rehding, Peabody professor music, who chairs Harvard’s department of music
and has taught
undergraduates “The Art of Listening.”
Notes on Sound:
Studies in 19th-Century Acoustics and Aesthetics
Kathryn A.
Sikkink, Ryan Family professor of human rights policy at Harvard Kennedy School
and Pforzheimer professor at
Radcliffe, who studies
international human rights, law, and policies.
Norm Diffusion
from the Global South: Latin America and the Idea of International Human Rights
Carol S. Steiker,
Friendly professor of law, who studies criminal justice.
Unpremeditated:
Capital Punishment and American Law
Felix Warneken,
associate professor of psychology, who studies how infants and children
perceive the world around them.
The Origins of
Human Cooperation in Evolution and Development
Bruce Western,
professor of sociology and Guggenheim professor of criminal justice policy, who studies
the relationship between political institutions and social and economic
inequality, including the effects of
incarceration.
Leaving Prison
and Entering Poverty: The Boston Reentry Study
For a complete list of the fellows and the specific
projects on which they will work, see Radcliffe’s
website.