Congratulations to James Retallack who wins two major research awards: A Killam Research Fellowship & J.S. Guggenheim
Links:
http://news.utoronto.ca/german-history-expert-receives-both-killam-and-guggenheim-fellowships
The Killam Fellowship is among the most rare and prestigious awards available to humanities scholars in Canada, giving the recipient two years release from teaching. For more information on Jim’s winning Killam project:
http://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/fellowship-winners-2015/james-retallack
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship is among the most prestigious fellowships available to humanities scholars in North America: http://www.gf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Nominations-By-Field-with-header-US2015.pdf
Winning one of these awards would be a banner achievement in itself — winning two is almost unheard of. Warm congratulations to Jim for this tribute to a distinguished record of research and publication.