Four faculty members from the University of Virginia’s College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences have been awarded 2026 Guggenheim Fellowships, among the nation’s most prestigious honors for scholars and artists.
History professors Erik Linstrum and Christian McMillen and English professors Emily Ogden and Andrew Stauffer will use the fellowships to pursue ambitious book projects that explore how the past continues to shape and inform contemporary life.
For the College’s leadership, the professors’ work epitomizes what makes scholarship in the humanities critical to preparing its students for the future.
“A Guggenheim Fellowship is among the most selective honors in American intellectual life, and to have four faculty selected in a single year speaks to the extraordinary caliber of scholarship in the College,” Christa Acampora, the College’s dean, said. “These awards recognize the talent and expertise of our faculty to generate knowledge that crosses traditional boundaries and engages the public in the exploration and understanding of the human experience.”
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