We are pleased to present the SLCL Dissertation Completion Fellowship awardees for this year. These fellowships provide advanced doctoral students with an academic year of support to complete their dissertations.
Evaluation criteria includes the quality of the proposal; the feasibility of the project; the potential of the project to advance the field of study in which it is proposed and make an original and significant contribution to it; the nominee’s overall academic record and potential for scholarly achievement; and prior fellowship support. Eligible candidates are nominated by their departments.
Basil Agu is a PhD candidate in the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, “Ostalgie and Crises of Witnessing: A Comparative Investigation of Selected Texts by Eastern German and Eastern Nigerian Writers” (director: Anke Pinkert)