PhD candidate, Jonathan Tavares, was awarded a renewal of his Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellowship to continue research and writing for his dissertation on the Victorian arms, armor, and curiosity dealer Samuel Luke Pratt (1805 - 1878) and to prepare portions for publication.

PhD candidate, Pengliang Lu, was awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship to conduct research towards a comprehensive study of bronzes from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368).