People

Doctoral Fellows

  • Priyamvada Nambrath

    Ph.D. Candidate, South Asia Studies

    Project: Constructed and Structural Impartialities: On Truth Claims around Medieval Kerala Mathematics

    Priya Nambrath is a PhD Candidate in the Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Her dissertation research focuses on the applied practice of mathematics and astronomy in the sociocultural... (more)

  • Tiffany Nguyen

    Ph.D. Candidate, Classical Studies

    Project: The Choice of Clemency: Nero's Tyranny in On Mercy

    Tiffany Nguyen is a PhD candidate in Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She specializes in Latin literature, particularly in the early Roman Empire. Her research interest revolves around exploring... (more)

  • Austin Svedjan

    Ph.D. Candidate, English

    Project: TruTrans?: Trans Autobiography, Sexological Paratext, and Medical "Truth"

    Austin Svedjan is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of English at the University of Pennsylvania. Their writing appears or is forthcoming in venues such as TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, Postmodern Culture... (more)

  • Eleanor Webb

    Ph.D. Candidate, History

    Project: Between Studium and Accademia: Education, Science, and Censorship in Early Modern Italy

    Eleanor Webb is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania where she specializes in early modern European history. Her research interests center on intellectual history and the... (more)