Laura M. Furlan was recently awarded the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship for 2026.
The ACLS Fellowship program supports outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Furlan was awarded the fellowship for her project titled, "The Archival Turn in Native American Literature and Art." This project examines the ways contemporary Native writers and artists actively repurpose items from the colonial archive—historical photographs, documents, journals, ethnographers’ field notes, and heritage objects—in their written and visual texts. Visit Furlan's ACLS fellow profile or Furlan's UMass News Article to learn more about this project.
To learn more about Furlan's research, visit Furlan's faculty profile.