B. Einhorn, Professor of Physics, University of Michigan: Quantum field theory in curved spacetime. Barbara Alpern Engel, Professor of History, University of Colorado, Boulder: Marriage and the state in late imperial Russia. Nathan Englander, writer, New York City: Fiction. Helen Epstein, writer, Brooklyn, New York: The AIDS epidemic in Africa. Daniel R. Ernst, Professor of Law, Georgetown University: The legal profession and the administrative state in 20th-century America. Margaret J. M. Ezell, John Paul Abbott Professor of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University: Authors, readers, and literary life in Britain, 1645–1714. Steven Feld, Professor of Music and Anthropology, Columbia University: The anthropology of global music industrialization. James W. Fernandez, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, University of Chicago: An ethnography of the social imagination in Spain. Teresita Fernández, artist, Brooklyn, New York: Sculpture. Carter Vaughn Findley, Professor of History, Ohio State University: D'Ohsson and his Tableau général de l'empire othoman. Kathleen Finneran, writer, St. Louis, Missouri: Essays about aunts. David Froom, composer, California, Maryland; Professor of Music, St. Mary's College of Maryland: Music composition. Kenneth M. George, Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin–Madison: Art and post-authoritarian disquiet in Indonesia. György Gergely, Professor and Department Head of Developmental Research, Institute for Psychological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest: The development of understanding other minds and intentionality in infancy. Michael Geyer, Professor of History, University of Chicago: The culture of defeat in modern German history. Samantha Gillison, writer, Brooklyn, New York: Fiction. Neil Goldberg, Video Artist, New York City: Video. Irene Good, Research and Curatorial Associate, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University: A social archaeology of textiles. Monica H. Green, Professor of History, Arizona State University: Medicine and culture in 12th-century Salerno. Ariela Gross, Professor of Law and History, University of Southern California Law School: A history of racial identity on trial in America. Ted Gup, Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism, Case Western Reserve University: America's culture of secrecy. Susan Hahn, poet, Winnetka, Illinois; Editor, TriQuarterly Literary Magazine, Northwestern University: Poetry. Langdon Hammer, Professor of English, Yale University: A biography of James Merrill. Helen Hardacre, Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society, Harvard University: The Japanese organization Science of Happiness. Thomas Allen Harris, Film Maker, Brooklyn, New York: Film making. John Haugeland, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago: An interpretation of Heidegger. Aleksandar Hemon, writer, Chicago: Fiction. Fred S. Hersch, Composer and Pianist, New York City: Music composition. David Hinton, Writer and