English PhD student launches grant-funded project documenting LGBTQ+ histories in Athens

davemarr on January 12, 2026

A man with dark hair and a beard, wearing a light denim shirt, stands in front of a black lamppost on a city street lined with historic buildings.

Saurabh AnandA man with short dark hair and a beard stands in front of a black lamppost on a sunny street lined with historic buildings. A rainbow flag is visible above in the background., a PhD student in the department of English and Willson Center Graduate Research Awardee, has received a grant from the LGBTQ+ Heritage Alliance through the NYC LGBTQ Historic Sites Project for his project Traces and Triumphs: Documenting Queer Histories in Athens, Georgia, which explores pre-1980 queer histories in Athens. This is only the latest of Anand’s many accomplishments – congratulations to him, and you can read more about his project in this profile from The Red & Black.