Richard W. Lyman Award
Encyclopedia
The Richard W. Lyman Award was presented for five years, from 2002 to 2006, by the National Humanities Center
. It recognized scholars who have advanced the humanities
through the use of information technology
.
The award was named after Richard Wall Lyman
, and was given only to male recipients.
National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center is an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities. It is the only major independent institute for advanced study in all fields of the humanities in the United States. The NHC operates as a privately incorporated nonprofit and is not part of any...
. It recognized scholars who have advanced the humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
through the use of information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
.
The award was named after Richard Wall Lyman
Richard Wall Lyman
Richard Wall Lyman is an American educator, historian, and professor at the Stanford University School of Education.He served as the provost of Stanford University between 1967 and 1970. He then served as president of Stanford University from 1970 to 1980...
, and was given only to male recipients.
Award recipients
- 2002 Jerome McGannJerome McGannJerome McGann is a textual scholar whose work focuses on the history of literature and culture from the late eighteenth-century to the present.-Career:Educated at Le Moyne College , Syracuse University Jerome McGann (born July 22, 1937) is a textual scholar whose work focuses on the history of...
- 2003 Roy RosenzweigRoy Rosenzweig-References:* * * Memorial website-External links:* Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media**...
- 2004 Robert K. Englund
- 2005 John M. Unsworth
- 2006 Willard McCarty
External links
- Lyman Award, National Humanities Center