the Chester D. Tripp Professor in Philosophy and the College, published Le perfectionnisme de Nietzsche, translated by Pascal Duval (Amazon Kindle, 2012). He also received a 2012–13 research leave fellowship from the Lichtenberg-Kolleg at the University of Göttingen, delivered the Inaugural Lecture of the Voltaire Lecture Series, and participated in a conference at the University of Bonn titled “Perspectives on the Work of James Conant.”

the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, Philosophy, and the College, published Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation (Polish Edition, Fundacja Agusta Hr. Cieszskiego, 2013) and edited Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts (Yale University Press, 2013). He also received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Assistant Professor in Art History and the College, cocurated the exhibition Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints with Anne Leonard at the Smart Museum of Art, which was named one of the “Ten Best Art and Design Shows of 2012” by Time Out Chicago. She also received the Meiss/Mellon Author’s Book Award from the College Art Association for her forthcoming In Search of Images: Kano Hogai and the Making of Modern Japanese-Style Painting (University of Chicago Press, 2014).

the Harrie A. Vanderstappen Distinguished Service Professor in Art History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College, edited Tenth-Century China and Beyond: Art and Visual Culture in a Multi-Centered Age (Art Media Resources, 2013), 2011 Bali Conversations: Knowledge Production in Contemporary Art (Lingnan Art Publishing House, 2012; in English and Chinese), and coedited "Sarcophagi," issue 61/62 of the journal Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics with Visitng Professor of Art History Jas' Elsner.

Professor in Art History, Romance Languages and Literatures, and the College, edited an edition of the journal AREA Chicago entitled "Home Fronts, Housing Struggles" (issue #13).

the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor in Germanic Studies and the College, published Theorie der Form: Gerhard Richter und die Malerei des pragmatischen Zeitalters (Theory of the form: Gerhard Richter and the art of the pragmatic age; Carl Hanser Verlag, 2012).

Associate Professor in Music and the College, received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Society for Music Theory and was invited by the Society's President to lead the inaugural Peer-Learning Program workshop at their 2013 Annual Meeting.

University Professor in Music and the College, published "Resounding Earth" along with several other compositions. She also was awarded the Order of Lincoln, a prize recognizing local "contributions to the betterment of humanity" from the Lincoln Academy of Illinois in conjunction with the state governor.

the Mary Werkman Distinguished Service Professor in Music and the College, published Hanns Eisler: “In der Musik ist es anders” (Hanns Eisler: “in music, it’s different”; Hentrich & Hentrich, 2012), which he coauthored with Andrea Bohlman, and Revival and Reconciliation: Sacred Music in the Making of European Modernity (Scarecrow Press, 2013).

the Frank J. McLoraine Distinguished Service Professor in Linguistics and the College, published a Mandarin edition of his 2001 book The Ecology of Language Evolution (Cambridge University Press; translation by the Commercial Press Beijing, 2012).