The Trustees have approved the following awards to individuals under schemes administered by their Research Awards Advisory Committee:

Research Fellowships

Ruth Abbey PhD, Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Kent, Varieties of liberalism; Peter Ainsworth D. de Litt. Fr., Professor of French and Director of Research, Arts and Humanities Division, University of Sheffield, A manuscript in context: Besançon 864-865; Richard Aldrich PhD, Professor in the School of Politics, University of Nottingham, The politics of secrecy, transparency and anonymity; David Allan PhD, Reader in History, University of St Andrews, England’s readers and the Scottish Enlightenment; Edmund Amann PhD, Senior Lecturer in Development Economics, University of Manchester, Globalisation and structural change in Brazil; Anthony Baines PhD, Reader in Molecular Cell Biology, University of Kent, Functional analysis of the membrane skeleton; Neil Baker, Formerly coffee farmer, Tanzania birds atlas, completion of fieldwork; Louise Barrett PhD, Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool Baboon ontogeny and life history; Tina Beattie PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Cultural Studies, University of Surrey Roehampton, Personhood, priesthood and the redemption of woman; Rebecca Bull PhD, Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Representation and retrieval of number information; David Burns PhD, Professor of Pure Mathematics, King’s College, University of London, Equivariant Tamagawa numbers and related topics; Stephen Busby DPhil, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, Locating activators on bacterial genomes; Fiona Candlin PhD, Lecturer in Museum Studies and Lifelong Learning, Birkbeck College, University of London and The British Museum Art and the emotional senses: new approaches to understanding museum collections; Sabine Carey PhD, Lecturer in Politics, University of Nottingham, Intra-state conflict in Africa; Anna Carrdus PhD, Lecturer in German, University of Bristol, Festival and school drama in German towns, 1660-1715; Richard Catling MA, Assistant Editor, Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, University of Oxford, Sparta: pottery from the Menelaion sanctuary; Patricia Chelley-Steeley PhD, Senior Lecturer in Finance Aston University, Using accounting information to explain why UK firms engage in share repurchase activity; Mark Clapson PhD, Visiting Research Fellow, University of Westminster, American influences on the post-war British city; James Clark DPhil, University Lecturer, Department of Historical Studies, University of Bristol, Classicism in England, c.1370-1440; Matthew Clayton DPhil, Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Warwick, Justice and legitimacy in upbringing; James Cohen PhD, Reader in Cellular Neurobiology, King’s College, University of London, Neuropilin: cell adhesion molecule interactions; Hugh Compston PhD, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Cardiff University, Long-term trends and the future of public policy; Neil Cox PhD, Senior Lecturer in Art History and Theory, University of Essex, Violence as culture: a surrealist history of art; Terence Cox PhD, Reader in Sociology, University of Strathclyde, State and society in contemporary Hungary; Philip Davies PhD, Deputy Director, Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University, Comparative analysis of intelligence in the UK and USA; Trevor Dean DPhil, Professor in Medieval History, University of Surrey Roehampton, A history of crime and justice in Renaissance Italy; David Demeritt PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Science and Public Policy, King’s College, University of London, Property and the production of nature in the Maine Woods; John Dold PhD, Chair of Applied Mathematics, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Continuum modelling of discrete biological behaviour; Paul Edwards PhD, Professor of English and History of Art, Bath Spa University College, Reality and justice in modernist discourse; Francis Frascina BA, Professor, School of American Studies, Keele University, “September 11”: images, texts and debates; Patrick French MA, Writer and Biographer, Primary research in V S Naipaul archive; Yibin Fu PhD, Professor of Applied Mathematics, Keele University, Characterization of edge waves on general piezoelectric plates; Berys Gaut PhD, Senior Lecturer, Department of Moral Philosophy, University of St Andrews, A philosophy of cinematic art; Alan Grafen DPhil, Professor of Theoretical Biology, University of Oxford, A general Darwinian model of social interactions; Paul Gready PhD, Lecturer in Human Rights, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, Keywords of political transition; Tag Gronberg PhD, Senior Lecturer, History of Art and Design, Birkbeck College, University of London, Vienna - city of modernity, 1890-1914; Ian Hamley PhD, Reader in Physical Chemistry, University of Leeds, New approaches to the study of nanoscale ordering in soft materials; Anne Henke DPhil, Lecturer in Pure Mathematics, University of Leicester, Structural patterns of Schur algebras; Alasdair Houston DPhil, Professor of Theoretical Biology, University of Bristol, Optimisation and constraint in biology and architecture; William Huff PhD, Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Glasgow, Globalization and migration in Asia, 1880-1939; Grace Ioppolo PhD, Lecturer, School of English and American Literature, The University of Reading, Digitisation of Henslowe-Alleyn manuscript archive at Dulwich College; Geraint H Jenkins PhD DLitt FBA, Professor and Director, University of Wales, Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, The bardo-druidic vision of Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg); Peter Jones MSc, Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Newcastle, Toleration, disagreement and difference; Aristotle Kallis PhD, Lecturer in European Studies, Lancaster University, Fascism and ‘elimination’ in interwar Europe; Yuen Foong Khong PhD, John G Winant Lecturer in American Foreign Policy, University of Oxford and Fellow, Nuffield College, America’s“Natural allies and natural adversaries"; Steffen Koenig PhD, Chair of Pure Mathematics, University of Leicester, From quantum groups to Schur algebras; Benedict Leimkuhler PhD, Director, Centre for Mathematical Modelling, University of Leicester, Generalized thermal baths and accelerated dynamics methods for molecular simulation; Mark Levene DPhil, Reader in Comparative History, University of Southampton, Total war and genocide, 1914-1945; Christopher Marsh PhD, Reader, School of History, Queen’s University Belfast, Popular music in England, 1550-1670; Ivor J Mason PhD, Professor of Developmental Biology, King’s College, University of London, Realtime imaging of the developing brain; Mandy Merck BA, Professor of Media Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London, Film adaptations of ‘An American Tragedy’; Peter Mitchell PhD, Honorary Research Fellow, Department of English, University of Wales Lampeter, Bodies of souls in 17th century literature; Carmen Molina-Paris PhD, Lecturer, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds, Compressible hydrodynamics in accreting systems; Michael Monoyios PhD, Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Finance, Brunel University, Optimal hedging perfo markets; Giovanna Morra PhD, Senior Lecturer, Co-ordinator of Historical and Theoretical Studies, Central St Martins College of Art and Design, The London Institute, The sensibilities of translation in the visual arts; James Morris PhD, Director of Graduate Studies and Sharjah Chair of Islamic Studies, University of Exeter, Ibn ‘Arabî’s religious and political philosophy; Stephanie Newell PhD, Lecturer, English Department, University of Sussex, Empire and sexuality: a study of J Stuart-Young; Mikhail Osipov PhD DSc, Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Strathclyde, Models of smectic phases without layer contraction; Joanna Ostapkowicz PhD, Curator, Americas Collections, Liverpool Museum, Taino wooden and cotton sculpture; Beatrice Pelloni PhD, Lecturer in Applied Mathematics, The University of Reading, The spectral analysis of odd order boundary value problems; Melissa Percival PhD, Lecturer in French, University of Exeter, Jean-Honoré Fragonard: imagination and the single-figure painting; Susanna Phillippo PhD, Lecturer in Classics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Creative processes in Greek literary influence; Oliver Phillips PhD, Reader in Tropical Ecology, Earth and Biosphere Institute, University of Leeds, Floristic and functional change in Amazon forests; Adrian Podoleanu PhD, Reader in Biomedical Optics, University of Kent, Development of en-face OCT and extension of its range of applications; David Ponsford PhD, Freelance organist, harpsichordist, lecturer and examiner, Performance practice - French Baroque organ music; Rhiannon Purdie PhD, Lecturer in Medieval English, University of St Andrews, Tail-rhyme and the anglicising of medieval romance; Gregory Radick PhD, Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Leeds, Debating the Darwinian origin of language; Robert Rawson PhD, Visiting Scholar, Music Faculty Cambridge University, The origins of the Czech “tuneful style” in the late 18th century; Susan Reid PhD, Lecturer, Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies, University of Sheffield, Everyday aesthetics in the modern Soviet flat; Oliver Richmond PhD, Lecturer, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, Peace as governance in contemporary conflict endings; Lene Rubinstein PhD, Reader in Ancient History, Royal Holloway, University of London, Volunteer prosecutors in the Greek poleis; Aki Salo PhD, Lecturer, Department of Sport and Exercise, University of Bath, Modelling of sprint starts in athletics; Wendy Scase DPhil, Geoffrey Shepherd Professor of Medieval English Literature, University of Birmingham, Literature and complaint in late medieval England; Ulf Schmidt DPhil, Lecturer in Modern History, University of Kent, Karl Brandt: Hitler’s doctor; Rachel Sieder PhD, Senior Lecturer, Politics and International Studies, Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London, Indigenous rights, decentralization and legal globalization: Mexico and Guatemala; Sarah Silve PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brunel University, Laser forming silver for making designed objects, Thoma Simaku PhD, Composition Fellow, University of York, A programme of research in composition towards further stylistic developments and crystallization of my musical language; Murray Smith PhD, Professor of Film Studies, University of Kent, Film, culture and evolutionary theory; S D Smith PhD, Lecturer, Department of History, University of York, Gentry capitalism and British colonial trade, 1680-1783; Rebecca Spang PhD, Lecturer in European History, University College London, Stuff and money in the time of the French Revolution; David Stevenson PhD, Professor of International History, London School of Economics and Political Science, Supply and logistics in World War I, 1914-18; Alison Stone DPhil, Lecturer in Philosophy Lancaster University, Luce Irigaray’s philosophy of sexual difference; Hiroko Tanaka DPhil, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Essex, Allusions in Japanese interaction; David Townend MPhil, Lecturer in Law, University of Sheffield, Securitisation of IP rights across Europe; John Vaccaro PhD, Reader in Theoretical Quantum Physics, University of Hertfordshire, Accessible quantum entanglement; Julian Weiss DPhil, Reader in Medieval and Early Modern Spanish, King’s College London, Clerical verse and social change in 13th century Spain; Howard Wheater PhD, Professor of Hydrology, Imperial College London, Modelling the scale-dependence of rainfall and runoff processes; Ralph Wilde PhD, Lecturer in Laws, University College London, Legal framework for the administration of territory by international organizations; Sarah Wilson PhD, Reader in the History of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, The visual world of French theory: intellectuals and artists in Paris after 1958;Yuwen Wu PhD, News and Current Affairs Editor, Chinese Service, BBC World Service, Examining the Tangshan earthquake in the 21st century.

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