Difference between revisions of "Kellett Fellowships"
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*[[Christopher Dell]], career diplomat; current US ambassador to Tanzania | *[[Christopher Dell]], career diplomat; current US ambassador to Tanzania | ||
*[[Eric Foner]], historian of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction | *[[Eric Foner]], historian of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction | ||
| + | *[[Steve Fuller]], philosopher and sociologist | ||
*[[David Lehman]], poet | *[[David Lehman]], poet | ||
*[[Norman Podhoretz]], a foundational figure of the neoconservative movement | *[[Norman Podhoretz]], a foundational figure of the neoconservative movement | ||
*[[Norman F. Ramsey]], winner of the 1989 [[Nobel Prize]] in Physics | *[[Norman F. Ramsey]], winner of the 1989 [[Nobel Prize]] in Physics | ||
| + | *[[James Russell]], Armenian Studies scholar | ||
*[[David Shapiro]], poet | *[[David Shapiro]], poet | ||
*[[Thomas Sugrue]], historian of twentieth-century U.S. and civil rights | *[[Thomas Sugrue]], historian of twentieth-century U.S. and civil rights | ||
*[[Lionel Trilling]], literary critic | *[[Lionel Trilling]], literary critic | ||
*[[Leon Wieseltier]], literary editor for the New Republic | *[[Leon Wieseltier]], literary editor for the New Republic | ||
| − | *[[Sean Wilentz]], historian of nineteenth-century U.S. and music critic | + | *[[Sean Wilentz]], historian of nineteenth-century U.S. and music critic |
===Recorded history of winners=== | ===Recorded history of winners=== | ||
Revision as of 21:46, 15 November 2007
The Euretta J. Kellett Fellowship is a prestigious prize awarded to two graduating seniors a year at Columbia College. The prize enables up to two years of study at either Oxford or Cambridge Universities.
It is rumored to have been begun as a consolation prize for seniors failing to win either a Rhodes or a Marshall Scholarship.
You can begin the application process at the Fellowships Office.
Winners
Past notable winners
- Barry Bergdoll, art historian and Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- John Berryman, poet
- José A. Cabranes, judge on the US Court of Appeals; first Puerto Rican to sit in a US District Court
- Christopher Dell, career diplomat; current US ambassador to Tanzania
- Eric Foner, historian of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction
- Steve Fuller, philosopher and sociologist
- David Lehman, poet
- Norman Podhoretz, a foundational figure of the neoconservative movement
- Norman F. Ramsey, winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics
- James Russell, Armenian Studies scholar
- David Shapiro, poet
- Thomas Sugrue, historian of twentieth-century U.S. and civil rights
- Lionel Trilling, literary critic
- Leon Wieseltier, literary editor for the New Republic
- Sean Wilentz, historian of nineteenth-century U.S. and music critic
Recorded history of winners
- 2007: Tim Shenk and Susanna Berger
- 2006: Rachel Lesser and Jacob Stulberg
- 2005: Jacob Hupart and Alexander Zachary
- 2003: R.J. Jenkins and Jonathan Manes
- 2002: Toby Lee and David Kagan
- 2001: Luke Leafgren and Charles Yackulic
- 1979: Steve Fuller
- 1977: Barry Bergdoll
- 1974: James Russell
- 1972: Joseph Pope
- 1963: Eric Foner
- 1951: Joseph Rothschild
- 1950: Norman Podhoretz
- 1949: Emanuel Chill
- 1948: Robert Mills
- 1938: Richard Rowland
- 1936: John Berryman
- 1925: Lionel Trilling
