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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[March 21

LAWRENCE J. MALLEY, associate director, University Press, beginning February 11, 1985 (NY), a t an annual salary of $46,000. JUDSON C. MITCHELL, interim assistant chancellor and director of affirmative action, in the Office of the Chancellor, Chicago, beginning February 4, 1985 ( N Y ) , at an annual salary of $43,500.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, these appointments were confirmed. Appointments to the Institute for the Humanities, Chicago

(7) T h e chancellor at the Chicago campus, on recommendation of the director of the Institute for the Humanities and with the concurrence of the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended the following appointments of senior fellows in the Institute for the Humanities for the academic year 1985-86 and for the program of research or study as indicated in each case. Senior Fellows1 JONATHAN ARAC, associate professor of English, to study American prose narrative, 1830s through 1860s. RUTH S. E L SAFFAR, research professor of Spanish, to study the way varieties of sexual polarization function to generate diverse literary texts. M. GLORIA FLAHERTY, professor of German, to study shamanism and the modern aesthetic. ANIL K. GUPTA, associate professor of philosophy, to study the role of modern logic in philosophy. PETER B. HALES, assistant professor of history of architecture and art, to study the nineteenth-century American landscape. LAUREN G. LEIOHTON, professor of Slavic languages and literatures, to study translation in Russia and America, VICTOR MARGOLIN, assistant professor of history of architecture and art, to study three graphic designers of the European avant-garde. DICK W. SIMPSON, associate professor of political science, to study the interrelation between theology and political science.

ELLIE RAGLAND SULLIVAN, associate professor of French, to study the origins of

genre in sixteenth-century France. LINDA L. WILLIAMS, associate professor of English, to study sexual difference and cinema. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , t h e s e a p p o i n t m e n t s w e r e a p p r o v e d .

Sabbatical Leave of Absence, 1984-85

(8) O n motion of Mr. Hahn, one sabbatical leave of absence recommended by the chancellor at Chicago was granted. This leave will be included in an annual compilation of 1984-85 sabbatical leaves of absence to be made a part of the board Proceedings.

Sabbatical Leaves of Absence, 1985-86

(9) The chancellors at each campus have recommended members of the faculty to be given sabbatical leaves of absence in accordance with the provisions of the University of Illinois Statutes.

1 Senior Fellows in the Institute are selected from nominees by the Executive Committee of the Institute for the Humanities. Fellowships are awarded for independent work in all fields of the social and natural sciences, the humanities, and the creative arts, so long as the work is related to the humanities. Those eligible for nomination are full-time faculty members at the Chicago campus.