List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1999. U.S. and Canadian Fellows Chris Aiken, Choreographer and Dancer, Minneapolis; Teaching Specialist in Theatre Arts and Dance, University of Minnesota: Choreography. Jonathan Ames, Writer, New York City: Fiction. Barbara Watson Andaya, Professor of Asian Studies, University of Hawaii: A gendered history of early modern Southeast Asia. C. Edson Armi, Professor of History of Art, University of California, Santa Barbara: The first Romanesque architecture. Jon Robin Baitz, Playwright, New York City; Co-Director, Dramatic Writing Program, Juilliard School: Play writing. Peter Balakian, Professor of English, Colgate University: A family memoir. Lillian Ball, Artist, New York City: Visual art. Mary C. Beckerle, Professor of Biology, University of Utah: The molecular mechanism of cell movement. Robin Behn, Poet, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Associate Professor of English, University of Alabama: Poetry. Andrea Belag, Artist, New York City; Instructor in Drawing, School of Visual Arts: Painting. David Beratan, Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh: Energy transduction schemes in biology. Janet Catherine Berlo, Susan B. Anthony Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and Professor of Art History, University of Rochester: Graphic arts of the 19th-century Plains Indians. Derek Bermel, Composer, Brooklyn, New York: Music composition. Ben S. Bernanke, Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University: Economic policy and the Great Depression. David Biale, Koret Professor of Jewish History and Director, Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California: Blood as a symbol and a substance in Western culture. Roger Bilham, Professor of Geological Sciences and Associate Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences(CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder: Global urbanization and seismic risk. Sheila S. Blair, Independent Scholar, Richmond, New Hampshire: A survey of Islamic calligraphy. Caroline H. Bledsoe, Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern University: Body contingency and linearity in the history of Western obstetrics. Andrea Blum, Artist, New York City; Associate Professor of Art, Hunter College, City University of New York: Sculpture and public art. David Bottoms, Poet, Marietta, Georgia; Professor of English, Georgia State University: Poetry. Rogers Brubaker, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles: Ethnicity and nationalism in a Transylvanian town. Stephen G. Brush, Distinguished University Professor of the History of Science, University of Maryland, College Park: A comparative study of theory evaluation in different sciences. Steven M. Burke, Composer, Hopewell Junction, New York: Music composition. Jacqueline Carey, Writer, Missoula, Montana: Fiction. Susan Carey, Professor of Psychology,