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Western's Jonathan Miran awarded grant to pursue new book project on the Red Sea

Western Washington University Professor of Global Humanities and Religions Jonathan Miran has been awarded a research grant from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung in Germany allowing him to devote time in 2021 to pursue his book project The Global Red Sea: Histories of Space, Circulation, and Exchange.  

Established in 1976, the Gerda Henkel Foundation primarily supports research in the historical humanities.