Luther professor Freeman receives grant

Luther College professor of classics Philip Freeman has received a $29,455 fellowship from Harvard University's Loeb Classical Library Foundation to complete his work on a new edition of the Latin letters of St. Patrick and early Irish literature on Patrick.  Freeman's book is schedule for publication in 2011 by the Catholic University of America Press.

The Loeb Foundation Fellowship award is for the 2010-11 academic year.   Freeman will be on sabbatical from his teaching duties at Luther College while he completes the project.

The Loeb Classical Library Foundation awards grants to qualified scholars to support research, publication and other projects in the area of classical studies. Grants may be used for a wide variety of purposes, including publication of research, enhancement of sabbaticals, travel to libraries or collections, dramatic productions, excavations, or cost of research materials.

Grants are competitive and range from $1,000 to $35,000. A special selection committee chooses the persons to whom grants are to be awarded and recommends the amount of the grants.