Five new scholars have joined Princeton University’s Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts this fall. The society is an interdisciplinary community of postdoctoral fellows and Princeton faculty members that encourages innovation in scholarship and teaching.
Established in 1999 by a gift from the late charter trustee Lloyd Cotsen and the Humanities Council’s leadership, and now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the society offers outstanding scholars with a recent Ph.D. the opportunity to enhance their teaching and research over a three-year term.
“The members of this year’s cohort bring new ideas and perspectives to the society and the Princeton community at large,” said Yelena Baraz, director of the society. “They are starting conversations with faculty and graduate students, and their innovative classes are attracting undergraduates.” Baraz is the Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Princeton and professor of classics.
The full cohort of 14 Cotsen postdoctoral fellows is drawn from a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and humanities-related social sciences — and includes one astrophysicist. Fellows hold appointments as lecturers in their academic host departments and in the Humanities Council. They teach half-time while conducting their own research.
The new Cotsen fellows of the 2024-27 cohort are:
- Dimitrios Halikias, lecturer in the Department of Politics, the Program in Humanistic Studies and the Humanities Council.
- Kelsey Henry, lecturer in the Department of African American Studies and the Humanities Council.
- Chloe Howe Haralambous, lecturer in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Humanities Council.
- Sara Kang, lecturer in the Department of History and the Humanities Council.
- Timothy Loh, lecturer in the Department of Anthropology and the Humanities Council.
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Learn more about the new cohort on the Society of Fellows website.
