University of Richmond French Professor Awarded NEH Fellowship

December 16, 2003

Julie C. Hayes, professor of French and chair of the modern languages and literatures department at the University of Richmond, has been awarded a $40,000 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for 2004-05.

Hayes will use the award to complete her research project "Translation, Subjectivity and Culture in France and England, 1600-1800." Her study examines the work of British and French translators in the 17th and 18th centuries. She is examining more than 250 translators' prefaces and related documents for a book she is writing on historical translation theory and practice.

"The project speaks to a wide range of issues in the humanities:" Hayes says, "the relationship of past to present, the evolution of the notion of authorship, the place of women in the literary marketplace, the role of language in the expression of national identity, and the ways in which translation mediates our relationships with cultural others."

The NEH grants support individuals pursuing advanced research in the humanities that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the general public's understanding of the humanities.