Raciel Cuevas and Eskil Elling Win ASA Dissertation Fellowships for 2023-2024

The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce that Raciel Cuevas (Temple University) and Eskil Elling (Northwestern University) have won the ASA Dissertation Fellowships for 2023-2024. They were selected from a very competitive field of applicants by senior members of the ASA.

Cuevas' dissertation, Hegel's Theory of Pictorial Reconciliation, is directed by Kristin Gjesdal. He received his BA in Philosophy and Art History from Loyola Marymount University. 

Eskil's dissertation, Hegel on Aesthetic Freedom, is directed by Mark Alznauer. Eskil received his BA in Philosophy and Danish from Roskilde Universitet (Denmark), his MA in Philosophy from Columbia University, and his MA in Contemporary Philosophy from École normale supérieure and École des hautes études en sciences sociales.

The ASA fellowships provide $30,000, in addition to fees and dissertation-level tuition not exceeding $5000.

This is the ninth year for the ASA Dissertation Fellowship. Previous winners:

• 2022-23: Nathan L. Smith, Duke University
• 2021-22: Jenny Judge, New York University
• 2020-21: David Collins, McGill University
• 2019-20: Kathryn Wojtkiewicz, Graduate Center-City University of New York
• 2018-19: Caitlin Dolan, University of California, Berkeley
• 2017-18: Madeleine Ransom, University of British Columbia
• 2016-17: Marilynn Johnson, Graduate Center-City University of New York
• 2015-16: David Johnson, Northwestern University

The deadline for application for the 2024-2025 Fellowships will be January 1, 2024.  Guidelines