art. James J. Sheehan, Dickason Professor in the Humanities and Professor of History, Stanford University: A history of sovereignty in 20th-century Europe. S. Murray Sherman, Leading Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior, State University of New York at Stony Brook: The thalamic relay of visual signals to the cortex. Jocelyn Penny Small, Professor of Art History and the Library, Rutgers University: Narrative in classical art. Bruce Smith, Poet, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Associate Professor of English, University of Alabama: Poetry. Rebecca Solnit, Writer, San Francisco: Photography and the invention of the present. John Stembridge, Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan: Combinatorial aspects of root systems and Weyl characters. Judy Stevens, Artist, New York City: Sculpture. Frank H. Stewart, Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem: The customary law of the Sinai Bedouin. Robert Blair St. George, Associate Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania: Spoken language and oral poetics in early New England. Kristine Stiles, Associate Professor of Art and Art History, Duke University: Documentary photography of the nuclear age. Gwen Strahle, Artist, Dayville, Connecticut; Member of the Adjunct Faculty in Art, Rhode Island School of Design: Painting. Z. S. Strother, Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University: The relationship of art to power in central Africa. Richard Talbert, William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of History and Adjunct Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Cartography and world-view in ancient Rome. Julie Taylor, Professor of Anthropology, Rice University: Argentine tango and the aesthetic of violence. Maria Todorova, Professor of History, University of Florida: Nationalism and hero worship in the Balkans. Stephen Tourlentes, Photographer, Somerville, Massachusetts; Visiting Associate Professor of Photography, Massachusetts College of Art: Photography. Robert Trivers, Professor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University: Genetic conflict within the individual. Amanda Vaill, Writer, New York City: A biography of Jerome Robbins. David J. Vayo, Composer, Bloomington, Illinois; Associate Professor of Composition and Theory and Coordinator, New Music Activities, Illinois Wesleyan University: Music composition. Elizabeth Vierling, Professor of Biochemistry and of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona: Gene-mapping for agricultural productivity at high temperatures. Darla Villani, Choreographer, Brooklyn, New York: Choreography. Mike Wallace, Professor of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York: A history of New York City since 1898. Wen I. Wang, Thayer Lindsley Professor of Electrical Engineering, Columbia University: Semiconductor heterostructures for information technologies.