Congratulations to Professor David Hoffman on winning a 2023 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Professor Hoffman's fellowship project is World War II Memory in the Soviet Union and Putin’s Russia in the category of European and Latin American History.

In 1925, Senator Simon Guggenheim and his wife, Olga, established the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in memory of their late son, a promising young scholar who died at the age of 17. In his first letter of gift, Senator Guggenheim wrote that the organization’s aim was to “add to the educational, literary, artistic, and scientific power of this country.” The Guggenheim Foundation offers fellowships to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation of any artform, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.

The Foundation receives approximately 3,000 applications each year. Approximately 175 Fellowships are awarded annually. A list of the 2023 Fellows is available here.

Congratulations, Professor Hoffmann!