A few days ago I received some good news that, now that I've arranged for a leave of absence from my university, I'm in a position to share. I've been awarded one of two Templeton Foundation Research Fellowships at the University of Oxford (yes, the Oxford) for next year. I'll be a fellow in resident from (roughly) Oct 2010 through June 2011, where I will conduct research on a new book project on free will. Further details on the fellowship can be found here, and my project proposal is here.
Allison and the children will be going with me for the year. We're still working out a lot of the details, both here (e.g., what to do with our house) and there (e.g., which of the colleges I'll be appointed in). But we're really excited about the opportunity, and I confess to being humbled that I was selected.
Congratulations Kevin... well deserved. I'm looking forward to when it becomes a book. Seems like an area that is under investigated (save a few, e.g. Katherine Rogers, Rowe, Sennett, you of course).
Congratulations, Kevin, I think that you're going to have a fantastic time. You're going to the best Oxford. Oxford, MS is highly overrated, in my opinion, and I've never seen it rated highly.
Wow, what an opportunity! Congrats!