University of Richmond professor wins American Philosophical Society fellowship for Uganda research

March 19, 2007

The American Philosophical Society has awarded Carol Summers, professor of history at University of Richmond, a sabbatical fellowship to support her research and writing on colonial Uganda.

Each fellow is given a $30,000-$40,000 stipend, which Summers will use during her 2007-08 sabbatical to finish her book, tentatively titled "Restless Tongues: Radical Politics in Late Colonial Uganda." It examines the moral claims and political values of Uganda's 1940s and 1950s opposition activists.

The society awards about 20 sabbatical fellowships annually out of hundreds of applications and has granted fellowships in the humanities and social sciences since 1998.