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HFF Recipients (FY26)

Recipients of Humanities Facilitating Fund awards in FY26

PIProposal TitleDepartment Name
Abigail Agresta

The Rise of Quarantine in Late Medieval Spain

History
Masha BelenkyTranslating Eugenie Foa, the First Jewish Woman WriterRomance, German and Slavic Languages and
Literatures
Steven BradyIcon: The Public Life of Adlai StevensonHistory
Matthew DallekKilling the President: Assassination Attempts and 20th
Century Political Violence
Political Management
Arie DubnovDreamers of the Third Temple: Jewish Nationalism in the
Age of Imperial Federalism
History
Alexander DumbadzeJack Goldstein: All Day Night SkyArt History
Anna KimmelLegal Moves: Choreographies of Race, Law and EmpireDance
Katherine KleppingerThe Marseille Mosaic: A Mediterranean City at the
Crossroads of Culture
Romance, German and Slavic Languages and
Literatures
Melani McAlisterThe Art of Solidarity: Transnational Cultural Politics After DecolonizationAmerican Studies
Francesco SinatoraNarratives of Arab Brazilian Identity: Language, Race
and Sexuality
Classical and Near
Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Orian ZakaiMoments of Intermediality: Hebrew Literature, Israeli
Cinema and Other Media
Classical and Near
Eastern Languages and Civilizations