Willson Center supports help lift up English faculty member’s research, leading to major UK grant
Susan Rosenbaum, associate professor of English, along with her research partner Jonathan Ellis of the University of Sheffield, received a $351,000 grant from Britain’s Arts and Humanities Research Council for a 27-month project to develop an edited collection of Elizabeth Bishop’s postcards for general readership, a second scholarly book, and exhibitions of Bishop’s postcards at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Sheffield, UK.
Rosenbaum’s work on Bishop has received support from the Willson Center in multiple forms – a Faculty Research Fellowship, a Faculty Research Grant, a Research Cluster, and funds for travel and exhibition – as well as from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the department of English.
“UGA support made this project possible – without it we would not have gotten it off the ground,” Rosenbaum said. “The initial exhibition supported by the Willson Center led to the entire larger grant project, so the Center provided the crucial grant money at the critical moment for this project. I am truly grateful for the support of the Willson Center over these many years – it’s the engine of creative scholarship here at UGA and it’s been the key place to support those of us interested in forging connections across disciplines.”
[Image: Susan Rosenbaum and an exhibition of Elizabeth Bishop’s postcards she co-curated at the Elizabeth Bishop House and Garden in Key West, FL in spring 2025.]