Dartmouth Fellowship granted to AUK Faculty Dr. Andrei Zavaliy
KUWAIT CITY, March 15: Upon the recommendation of the Committee on Research and Grants (CRG) at Dartmouth College, the Dartmouth Fellowship has been granted to Dr. Andrei Zavaliy, professor of philosophy, at the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at the American University of Kuwait (AUK).
Dr. Zavaliy will be completing an ongoing book project entitled “Development of Moral Guilt in the Ancient Greek Ethos: Shame, Regret and Remorse” which explores the origin of fundamental ethical notions such as moral guilt and conscience.
The primary sponsor and supervisor for this book project is Dr. Margaret R. Graver, the chair of the Department of Classics at Dartmouth College. Dr. Graver is a member of the Classical Studies society, the Society of Ancient Greek Philosophy, and a recipient of multiple awards and other recognitions in her field.
AUK president, Dr. Rawda Awwad, commented on the significance of this fellowship, “Our mutual commitment to the liberal arts, academic excellence and life-long learning has sustained and solidified this relationship for almost an entire generation. By prioritizing these educational values, our continued partnership with Dartmouth is a powerful mechanism through which we nurture international collaboration, innovation and understanding, while it also fosters a sense of continuity and predictability especially in
an educational landscape that will be characterized by rapid change. We are, therefore, exceptionally pleased of the AUK faculty’s selection of Dr. Andrei Zavaliy for the twelfth annual Dartmouth-AUK Fellowship at Dartmouth College. The program promotes research collaborations between faculty members at the two institutions and is one of several research and interinstitutional related initiatives that are currently ongoing.”
The fellowship program will run for 8 weeks in the summer of 2023, from June to August.
Dr. Zavaliy detailed his approach for this program, “The scope of my
research goes far beyond the strictly philosophical source materials. In order to understand the dominant attitudes of people who are so far removed from our own society, both culturally and temporally, it is a prerequisite to take into account all available evidence.
I heavily rely on the available poetic, historical, oratorical and philosophical materials when drawing the conclusions about the mindset of the ancients during a particular period.”
The Dartmouth Fellowship fosters a significant research output from its
AUK recipients and presents a unique professional development opportunity for members of the University’s scholarly community.
Over the course of two decades, Dartmouth and AUK have utilized their partnership through collaborations
on research, joint initiatives, mutual trust and the sharing of resources and expertise. The Dartmouth-AUK partnership has forged powerful connections with both students and faculty from different backgrounds, cultures, and traditions.