Princeton University Society of Fellows

The Princeton Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts, comprised of recent Ph.D. recipients in the humanities, and in selected social and natural sciences, seeks to promote innovative interdisciplinary approaches to scholarship and teaching. Postdoctoral (Cotsen) Fellows are appointed for three-year terms to pursue research and teach half-time in their academic department, in the Program in Humanistic Studies, or in other university programs. The generosity of Charter Trustee Lloyd E. Cotsen, an alumnus and long-time supporter of Princeton, made possible the creation of this program in fall 2000.

The Society is directed by Leonard Barkan, Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature, and includes Princeton faculty members as Faculty Fellows. The Cotsen and Faculty Fellows meet regularly for informal and formal discussion, seminars and lectures. Together, the Fellows constitute a center that increases opportunities at the University for interdisciplinary teaching and learning and fosters a closer exchange among undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. The Society is based in the Joseph Henry House, a historic building at the center of campus named after its designer, the eminent scientist and Princeton professor, Joseph Henry (1797-1878). The Joseph Henry House is part of the Andlinger Center for the Humanities at Princeton.

Director

Leonard Barkan, Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Comparative Literature

Executive Director

Mary Harper

Faculty Fellows 2008-09

Esther da Costa Meyer, Associate Professor of Art and Archaeology

Paul DiMaggio, Professor of Sociology

Simon Gikandi, Professor of English

Sarah Kay, Professor, and Chair of French and Italian

Rena Lederman, Associate Professor of Anthropology

Anson Rabinbach, Professor of History; Director, Program in European Cultural Studies

Carol Rigolot, Executive Director, Council of the Humanities; Lecturer in French and Italian

Gideon Rosen, Chair, Council of the Humanities; Professor of Philosophy

Susan Stewart, Annan Professor of English

Society of Fellows Staff

Susan Coburn, Office Coordinator

Cass Garner, Department Manager

Penny Stone, Administrative Assistant

Old Dominion SOF Faculty Fellows

April Alliston, Professor of Comparative Literature

Daniel Garber, Professor, and Chair of Philosophy

Martha Himmelfarb, Professor of Religion

Robert Kaster, Professor of Classics, and Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin