Daniel Leon, Assistant Professor of Classics, has been awarded the prestigious Arnold O. Beckman Research Award for his project "Disability and Monarchy in Ancient Macedonia." This award comes with a substantial budget to conduct field work and research in Greece on this fascinating book project.

 

Leon’s main area of research is Greek and Roman historical narrative, particularly as it reflects intercultural relations and the political uses of the past. 

 

In 1980, Dr. and Mrs. Arnold O. Beckman initiated the Beckman Research Endowment with a major gift to the Campus Research Board and a challenge to the U of I to develop matching private support. In the course of the regular review process, the Board selects projects of special distinction or promise for designation as Arnold O. Beckman Awards.