Preparation for print and online publication of 13th-century philosopher Henry of Ghent’s Questiones ordinariae (Summa), articles 63-67. (12 months)

The critical edition of the works of Henry of Ghent, the most important medieval philosopher in the last quarter of the thirteenth century, is a project coordinated by Leuven University in Belgium. This edition fits into the large scheme of historical research in which the humanistic and intellectual roots of our institutions, ideas, and values, many of which have medieval origins, are developing. Forty-five volumes are anticipated in the series; twenty-three are in print and others are in preparation by a multinational team. This proposal is for three years (2021-2023) for G. Wilson, G. Etzkorn, and B. Goehring to research one specific volume: Quaestiones ordinariae (Summa), art. 63-67. The end product will be a printed volume in the Henry of Ghent series, and the Latin text will be placed on the Henry of Ghent web site https://philosophy.unca.edu/engage/henry-of-ghent/. Because Leuven University Press is committed to printing volumes in the series, publication is assured in advance.

Preparation for digital publication of volume 4 of the papers of three South Carolina statesmen: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746-1825), Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), and Charles Pinckney (1757-1824). (24 months)

We request two years of final funding to complete all editorial work for the 4-volume publication of a born-digital selective scholarly edition of the papers of the revolutionary era Pinckney statesmen—brothers Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825) and Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828 , and their cousin Charles Pinckney (1757–1824)—to develop plans for the transfer of all digital materials created by staff during the editorial process to an appropriate research institution for long-term preservation and access; and to partner with a Pinckney-related national park and state park to develop interpretive strategies for civic engagement at their sites drawing on the edition.

Preparation for publication of volumes 8 and 9 of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. (24 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Seven volumes will be in print by the beginning of the proposed grant period; the eighth will be completed during the first year of the proposed grant; and the final volume will be the work of years 2 and 3 of the grant period. The editors have published four additional volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom. The project's website provides both documents and interpretive material.

Preparation for publication of an English translation of the 15th-century Tibetan philosophical text Synopsis of the Middle Way by Gorampa Sonam Senge (1429-89). (12 months)

We are completing the first English translation of the 15th-century Classical Tibetan text, "Synopsis of the Middle Way." This encyclopedic text was composed by the renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar-monk Gorampa Sonam Senge, and presents not only his own views on a range of philosophical topics including metaphysics, logic, epistemology, and ethics, but also catalogs the positions of dozens of other Indian and Tibetan Buddhist philosophers. The primary concern of the Synopsis is the nature of knowledge: what does it mean to know, and what kinds of knowledge are the most important? Gorampa is well-known in Tibetan Buddhism and this text is his most extensive philosophical work. The translation of this text will benefit scholars of Buddhism, as well as those interested in the nature of knowledge more broadly. Work was previously supported by an NEH Summer Stipend. The complete translation will be submitted to Wisdom Publications for publication in September 2021.

Preparation for publication of a critical edition and translation of two medieval Iberian texts: the 13th-century verse romance Libro de Apolonio (Book of Apollonius), and Vida e historia del rey Apolonio (Life and Story of King Apollonius), the latter printed in 1488 and illustrated with 35 German woodcuts. (12 months)

The late antique romance of Apollonius of Tyre is central to the pre-modern literary imagination. Fictional king Apollonius loses and gains lands, riches, and family members across the Mediterranean in a series of twists and turns that riveted medieval audiences in Latin and vernacular languages. We propose to edit and translate two extant versions in Spanish: the thirteenth-century Libro de Apolonio (Book of Apollonius), a masterpiece of medieval European romance little known beyond the confines of Iberian literary history, and the fifteenth-century Vida e historia del rey Apolonio (Life and Story of King Apollonius), in which the same story is reshaped in print for humanist tastes. As the importance of medieval Iberia to the formation of European and Mediterranean cultures becomes increasingly recognized, these versions remain particularly relevant to our understanding of medieval vernacular reception and transformation of ancient culture.

Preparation for print and digital publication of six volumes of medieval literary texts (13th to 15th centuries) and implementation of an updated digital interface to enhance and expand user access. (36 months)

The Middle English Text Series (METS) is now in its 29th year of providing affordable and open-access critical editions of medieval texts for researchers and students. Ninety-five volumes have been published as of fall 2019. This proposal requests funding to support the print and digital publication of 6 volumes, and implementation of a re-designed digital edition to enhance and expand user access, support, and interaction. The primary purpose of METS is to make available for scholarly use critical editions of the textual tradition of medieval Britain. The focus of this project is upon vernacular texts from the 13th to the early-16th centuries that move beyond the ‘canonical’ authors, expanding our understanding of and access to the multilingual and multicultural culture of a vibrant and global British Isles. With its digital and print editions, the series has a global reach and influence, with users from the U.K., France, Italy, and Germany to China, Korea, India, and Australia.

Preparation for publication of a bilingual scholarly edition and translation, from Spanish to English, of the only known autobiography written by a woman artist during the early modern period, Estefanía de la Encarnación (ca. 1597-1665). (21 months)

“The Autobiography of a Seventeenth-Century Painter and Nun, Estefanía de la Encarnación” brings together an art historian and a literary scholar to make available the first known autobiography by a woman artist—a text that has never been published. We are producing a complete bilingual (English and Spanish) critical edition of the autobiography for The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe, which publishes primary sources by and about women from the period. The Vida, as the text is known, has major significance for several interlocking domains of inquiry: art history, religious history, and gender studies. The author reveals the confluence and the conflict between her painting and her spiritual devotion, raising questions about the function and limits of religious imagery at the height of the Catholic Reformation. She also provides rare insight into the training of female painters and the social pressures they faced in an age when few women were deemed capable of artistic creation.

Preparation for publication of volumes 20, 21, and 22 of the papers of John Adams (1735-1826) and volumes 15, 16, and 17 of the Adams Family's correspondence. (24 months)

The Adams Papers Editorial Project at the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is the authoritative scholarly edition of the diaries, letters, official records, public writings, and literary miscellanies written by three generations of the Adams family of Massachusetts, including Abigail Adams, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams, and their families. Based on the Adams Family Papers collection at the MHS and supplemented by Adams manuscripts in other archives, this family record charts the changes that transformed American life between the American Revolution and the Civil War. Since 1956, the project has published 55 volumes, with 47 freely available online. Editors are focused on the founding generation’s efforts to establish the American union, a complex saga that will unfold in 20 more volumes by 2040. The Adams Papers has received the aid of the NEH continuously since 2003, and we seek further support to make this unparalleled resource accessible to all.

Completion of an open access digital edition of Volume 3 of Vetusta Monumenta (Ancient Monuments), an 18th-century collection of engraved prints and essays published by the Society of Antiquaries of London from 1718 to 1906. (12 months)

This proposal seeks funding to support the completion and publication of a pioneering digital scholarly edition, a portion of which is already online at vetustamonumenta.org. Forty-four of the 169 prints that appeared before 1800 in the series Vetusta Monumenta remain to be completed. We are remediating these copperplate engravings, editing the original text that accompanied them, and making them accessible through scholarly commentary. This peer-reviewed scholarly edition has so far engaged more than 100 researchers in the task of reevaluating the history and significance of antiquarianism, the techniques and politics of preservation, and the visual and technical remediation of artifacts.

Preparation for publication of volumes 31, 32, and 33 of The Brownings’ Correspondence in print and online. (36 months)

The correspondence of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, comprising some 11,500 letters written over the years 1809–89, represent one of the most significant bodies of literary, social, and political commentary on the 19th century. The aim of The Brownings’ Correspondence is to present the complete text of all the poets’ letters with full annotations. This application requests funding to edit volumes 31-33, January 1865–May 1875. During this period, Robert Browning discusses a wide range of subjects, both private and public, including: his father’s death and the education of his son, Pen; the Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian wars; Italian unification; his masterwork, The Ring and the Book (1868–69); and contemporary art, music, and literature. With NEH support, 26 volumes of The Brownings’ Correspondence have been published. The 40th and final volume of this scholarly edition is expected in 2032. Volumes 1–26 are online at www.browningscorrespondence.com.

Preparation for print and digital publication of volumes 48, 49, and 50 of the correspondence of English author Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801–1866). (36 months)

The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle: The print publication of volumes 49 and 50 (the final volumes in the collection) of the correspondence of English author Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) and his wife, Jane Welsh Carlyle (1801–1866), and publication of volumes 48–50 together with undateds and miscellanea in an existing online archive.

Preparation for publication of five volumes in the series Music of the United States of America. (36 months)

Music of the United States of America (MUSA) is a series of scholarly editions of music that aims to represent the depth and diversity of our nation's heritage by publishing musical works of exemplary artistic quality and historical significance, for the benefit of scholars, performers, students, and the general public. Since 1993, MUSA has published 31 editions (5 are multi-volume sets) and 21 sets of associated performance parts, making its editions available world-wide for study and performance. MUSA intends to reach its goal of 40 editions in print by 2026. The AMS requests funding from the NEH for MUSA to move forward the publication of 5 new critical editions of music over 3 years. NEH funds will help pay the salary and benefits of the Executive Editor (who is responsible for executing the MUSA project) and wages for Editorial Assistant student workers at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance.

Preparation for print and digital publication of an annotated translation from Sanskrit of an influential work written by Sivanandasarasvati, a 16th-century Hindu monk and teacher. (36 months)

In the late sixteenth century, a learned Hindu monk of northern India named ivnandasarasvat attempted a grand new synthesis of teachings on yoga. Drawing on more than ninety Sanskrit sources, his erudite exegetical work, The Wish-Fulfilling Gem of Yoga (Yogacintmai), was the first major effort to integrate Patañjali’s philosophical yoga with Hahayoga, body-centered practices that anticipate the postural yoga so popular today globally. ivnanda’s magnum opus offers a unique window into the philosophy and practice of yoga in early modern India, at the height of the Mughal empire and on the eve of colonialism. His work addresses far-reaching questions that remain relevant today, such as “What is yoga?” and “Who should practice it?” A collaborative effort, this project aims to produce a critical edition and English translation of The Wish-Fulfilling Gem of Yoga on the basis of manuscripts collected from libraries across South Asia, including one copied in the author’s own lifetime.

Preparation for print publication of three volumes, along with the corresponding digital components, of the complete works of George Herbert (1593-1633), including translations of Herbert’s Latin and Greek works. (36 months)

GEORGE HERBERT: COMPLETE WORKS (GHCW) is a comprehensive scholarly edition under contract with Oxford University Press: three print volumes, with extensive textual and critical apparatus, and including original verse and prose translations of Herbert’s Latin and Greek works. Complementing the print edition is a parallel-text digital resource that captures all witnesses as archive-quality images presented alongside diplomatic transcriptions. The edited texts, apparatus, and translations are reserved for the print edition, while the digital complement captures the full textual record as a dynamic and robust searchable archive, preserving the whole of Herbert’s oeuvre for future generations of scholars, students, and general readers. The $300,000 in NEH funds sought here represent roughly 41% of the project’s total costs. The editors’ institutions are committed to providing the remaining 59%.

Preparation for print and digital publication of an edition and annotated translation of two commentaries to The Spring and Autumn Annals from classical Chinese, written by Confucius (551–479 BCE). (24 months)

Gongyang and Guliang, two of the world’s earliest written commentaries to the Spring and Autumn Annals, have exerted tremendous influence on Chinese political and intellectual life for two millennia. Instrumental in elevating Confucius to the status of one of the greatest sages of Chinese culture, they envision him as author of the Annals, who bequeathed to future generations this court chronicle containing a hidden and esoteric blueprint for world salvation. These commentaries extract from Annals patterns and rules by which to reconstruct the teachings of the True Sage. With their rigorous analytic methodology, they fashion an intricate hermeneutic as well as the world’s first systematic historiography. Through the first scholarly English translation, side-by-side with the original, accompanied by rich introductory and explanatory material, we will make these works readily available for study by early China scholars, comparatists, political scientists, philosophers, and historians.

Preparation for print and online publication of translations and annotation of all surviving Greek and Latin inscribed legislation from classical Rome. (36 months)

The project will produce the first comprehensive, accurate, scholarly, and freely-available edition of all surviving inscribed legislation from classical Rome. The corpus of Roman laws has been continually enriched through new archaeological work, and new editions have been made as the corpus has expanded. The last decades have witnessed a remarkable sequence of discoveries. The current project will nearly double the amount of Latin and Greek text contained in the last major work in the field, produced by an international team of 23 scholars between 1983 and 1996. Mobilizing the resources of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents at Oxford University, we plan to produce a new print edition and open-access repository of this important historic material, with introductions, translation, and commentary designed to appeal to students and experts alike. It will amount to a revolution in the fields of Roman history and Roman law, and all areas of endeavor wherein these matter.

Preparation for publication of two volumes and work toward the completion of three additional volumes of the papers of James Madison (1751-1836), president, secretary of state, and drafter of the Constitution. (24 months)

The Papers of James Madison is a documentary project devoted to annotating and editing the complete papers of "The Father of the Constitution” and the fourth president of the United States. The project needs to complete its publication of his papers for the years 1806-09 and 1826-36. Forty volumes are already available in letterpress and digital formats. The edition will be completed in forty-nine volumes sometime between 2028 and 2030.

Preparation for print publication of volumes 6, 7, and 8 of a scholarly edition of the letters of American author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961). (36 months)

The Letters of Ernest Hemingway is a comprehensive scholarly edition of the 6,000 surviving letters of Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), 85% previously unpublished, planned for 17 volumes. A 1954 Nobel Laureate, Hemingway made a profound impact on modern prose and still commands enormous popular and scholarly interest worldwide. The letters afford new insights into the life and work of this most influential American writer and narrate a running eyewitness history of the 20th century. With prior NEH support, Vols. 1-5 (1907-May 1934) were published by Cambridge University Press between 2011 and 2020; an electronic edition was launched in August 2020. The entire project is expected to be completed in 2044. Our proposal responds to the "A More Perfect Union" initiative. We are requesting 3-year funding to publish Vol. 6, submit Vol. 7, and begin work on Vol. 8, spanning June 1934-1942. https://www.cambridge.org/hemingway-letters; https://www.hemingwaysociety.org/hemingway-letters-project.

Preparation for print and digital publication of a translation of a travel narrative written by Ali Akbar Khatayi, a Persian merchant who travelled to China in the 16th century. (24 months)

The proposed project is an annotated translation of the Khataynameh (“Book of China”), a description of the Ming state written in Persian in 1516 for the Ottoman court by Ali Akbar Khatayi, a merchant. This book is the longest and most substantial description of China written in any non-East Asian language before the establishment of regular maritime contact between Europe and China in the mid-16th century. While no English translation has been published, the book has been translated into Turkish, Chinese, French and Persian. Most of these translations are inaccessible or poorly serve the needs of scholars. This project will make use of manuscripts with annotations so that readers will be able to see where translators changed meaning, omitted or added text. A substantial introductory chapter will provide historical and literary context. The book’s syntax and style of writing are simple, so well-chosen annotations will make it useful to a range of scholars. https://www.bookofchina.page

Preparation for publication of volumes 1 and 2 of the papers of Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), eighth president of the United States. (36 months)

The Papers of Martin Van Buren is making the eighth president's papers accessible in digital and print editions. By doing so, this project will provide fresh insight into the founding of the Democratic party, the evolution of formal politics between the War of 1812 and the Civil War, and the changes in political culture that occurred during Van Buren’s lifetime. Additionally, it will help scholars, students, and the public better understand the maturation of United States political parties and political systems during the nation's early development.

Preparation for publication of volumes 8 and 9 of Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. (36 months)

The Freedmen and Southern Society Project is editing Freedom: A Documentary History Of Emancipation, 1861-1867, a nine-volume documentary history of the transition from slavery to freedom in the U.S. South. The edition documents a critical juncture in American history: the moment four million slaves gained their freedom. It constitutes a social history in the words of emancipated slaves and their contemporaries. Seven volumes will be in print by the beginning of the proposed grant period and the eighth will be ready for submission to the press. The final volume will be the work of the proposed grant period. The editors have published four additional volumes for general audiences and use in the classroom. The project's website provides both documents and interpretive material.

Preparation for publication of print volumes 47, 48, and 49 and digital publication of volumes 46 and 47 of the presidential papers of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826). (36 months)

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson editorial project at Princeton University is continuing work on the authoritative scholarly edition of papers by and to Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States.

Preparation for print publication of a translation and critical edition of the 1831 and 1832 Munich lectures by German philosopher Friedrich von Schelling (1775-1854). (36 months)

The purpose of this project is to provide a complete, historical-critical introduction and translation into English of Schelling's original 1831 and 1832 Munich lectures on the Philosophy of Revelation. Schelling is universally regarded as one of the great philosophers of the German tradition, whose early and middle works have been translated into countless languages. To this day, however, we still have no edition of these important lectures in English, which represent the culmination and arguably the crowning achievement of his thought. We thus propose this edition in order to fill what we see as a major lacuna in the humanities and in the study of the philosophy of religion in particular.

Preparation to publish an annotated translation from Persian into English of The Divine Tragedy (Musibat-Nameh) by Farid al-Din 'Attar (c. 1142 - c. 1221), a Sufi poet who lived in Nishapur, Iran. (12 months)

This translation offers the first English rendition of Farid al-Din 'Attar's The Divine Tragedy ("Musibat-Namah"), a text that has remained inaccessible to non-Persian audiences despite the tormented beauty of its verses, its significance in Persian and Sufi literary history, and the way it positions us to expand the horizons of our literary theorizing and embrace a more global middle ages. Composed circa 1180 CE, the epic poem guides readers through the sufferings that God subjects upon spiritual pilgrims. The Divine Tragedy is also an exploration on the nature of language and a deft reflection on "allegory" as the framework to understand not just a literary genre but Islamic conceptions of the relationship between an individual and his or her experience of the world as a tumultuous mess of matter, flesh, spirit, and deception. A critical translation is necessary to pursue these themes and share the richness of ''Attar''s work.

Preparation for publication of a critical edition in print and digital formats of Principia Mathematica (1910-1913) by British philosophers Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) and Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). (36 months)

This three-year collaboration between Western Kentucky University and the University of Iowa will produce the first-ever critical edition of Whitehead and Russell’s landmark Principia Mathematica. The resulting scholarly edition will be published in print and digital formats with Cambridge University Press in 2025. The new edition of Principia will (1) enable us to place ourselves in the mathematical context within which Principia was written by indicating the texts and authors whose theorems and proofs Whitehead and Russell logically analyzed in writing Principia, and (2) reveal the logical structure of Principia’s text for the first time, producing from a database of Principia’s starred numbers tables indicating which theorem is used where, and what is used to prove any given theorem, in simple and easily surveyed tables. This first-ever critical edition will be an important stage in the ongoing modernization and rehabilitation of Principia’s Logicist foundation for mathematics.