Julie Nelson Davis named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow
Share She is among 184 writers, scholars, artists, and scientists chosen as 2021 Guggenheim Fellows in the United States and Canada from nearly 3,000 applicants. Davis, considered a foremost authority on Japanese prints and illustrated books, teaches a wide range of courses at Penn on East Asian art and material culture in the greater global context. Her research focuses on Ukiyo-e, the “images of the floating world,” and the arts of Japan’s Tokugawa period (1615-1868). Her work has confronted issues of artistic identity, gender, and collaboration, and she has further expanded her res...