FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
June 2, 2005
GUGGENHEIM LATIN
AMERICAN
AND CARIBBEAN
FELLOWSHIP
AWARDS, 2005
The John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation has awarded thirty-six
Fellowships with a total grant allocation of $1,188,000 to artists,
scholars, and scientists from Latin America and the Caribbean,
according to Edward Hirsch, Foundation president. There were
492 applicants. Countries represented this year by the new
Fellows include Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador,
Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
The Foundation grants Fellowships through two annual
competitions: one for citizens and permanent residents of the
United States and Canada; the other for citizens and permanent
residents of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Fellowships
are awarded to persons who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for
productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.
Decisions are based on recommendations from hundreds of expert advisors
and are approved by the Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
The diversity of the 2004 Fellows is worth noting. The new
Fellows range in age from the 27 year old Cuban artist, Wilfredo
Prieto, to the the 77 year old Argentinian poet, Hugo
Padeletti. The 36 new Fellows are diverse not only in age,
but also in their interests, as the following samples show:
Lucía A. Golluscio’s study of the grammar and
texts of the endangered Argentine indigenous language Vilela; Todd
Gulick’s research on Peter Minshall and the Carnival of
Trinidad, 1974-2003; Karen Hallberg’s real-time simulations
of nanoscopic systems; Jaime Luis Huenún’s
compilation of the cultural narratives of fifteen Mapuche elders; Luisa
Margolies’ study of the missionaries, evangelism, and the
indigenous cultural change in Venezuela; and Dante Minniti’s
research on stellar populations of nearby galaxies.
In
its selection process, the Foundation consults with distinguished
scholars and artists regarding the accomplishments and promise of the
applicants and presents this evidence to the Committee of
Selection. This year's Committee of Selection consists of
Guillermo Jaim-Etcheverry, Professor of Cell Biology and Histology, and
Rector, University of Buenos Aires; Sabine MacCormack, Professor of
History, University of Notre Dame; Sylvia Molloy, Albert Schweitzer
Professor in the Humanities, New York University; María
Teresa Ruiz, Professor of Astronomy, University of Chile; and Peter H.
Smith, Professor of Political Science and Simon Bolivar Professor of
Latin American Studies, University of California, San Diego.
The due date for applications in the competition for Latin America and
the Caribbean is December 1st of each year.
Persons interested in applying should write to the Foundation at 90
Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 for information and forms.
The full list of all 2005 Fellows, including those named in the United
States and Canadian competition, is on the World Wide Web at http://www.gf.org.
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