Recent Award Winners
AWARD WINNERS 2022
First-Year Seminar Essay Award
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Mary Childs Hall, "Is there Hope for the Snow Lion in a World Controlled by the Dragon: An Interpretation of the Future for Tibetan Traditions in the Face of Chinese Modernity,” History 103-6-22, Nation and Nationalism in China and Tibet, Prof. Peter Carroll, Fall 2021.
Josef Barton Research Seminar Essay Award
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Lauren Collins, “Appointment in Panama: Richard Clough Anderson, Jr. and the Estrangement of the Americas,” History 395-0-22, The Age of American Revolutions, Prof. Caitlin Fitz, Winter 2022.
The Grace Douglas Johnston Award
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Elena Andrews, "Karen DeCrow from the Barroom to the Presidency: Traversing the Radical/Liberal Divide in Feminist Activism (1960s-1970s).” Adviser: Prof. Kevin Boyle.
- Honorable mention: Chloe Bivona, "Nazi and Soviet Cross Portrayals in Propaganda Films,” Prof. Ben Frommer.
- Honorable mention: Sophia Scanlan, "'I Wasn’t Going to Wear No Shorts': Baseball and the Ideals of Mid-Twentieth Century Black Womanhood,” Prof. Brett Gadsden.
Phi Beta Kappa
The following History majors have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa for 2022.
Elected this year as seniors:
- Eleanor Ellis
- Nina Fridman
- Dorothy Gaeng
- Anthony Inhorn
- John Magloire
Elected last year as juniors:
- Elena Andrews
- Abigail Roston
Elected this year as juniors:
- Samuel Rosner
- Laurisa Sastoque
AWARD WINNERS 2020
Josef Barton Research Seminar Essay Award
- Xinyang Zhou – “Becoming the ‘New People’: A Discussion on the Abolition of Prostitution in Shanghai from 1949 to 1958.” History 395-0-24 Shanghai: Modernity and Modernism in 20th Century China, Professor Peter Carroll, Fall 2019
Jacob Lassner Prize
- Netta Keesom – “‘Our Dear Nations’: Esther Azhari Moyal and the Silhouette of an Arab-Jew.” History 393-0-24 Ottoman Jews in the Age of Nationalism, Professor İpek Yosmaoğlu, Fall 2019
First-Year Seminar Essay Award
- Eman Akhtar – “‘I Had Joined the Struggle Like One Joins a Religion’: Religion, Gender, and the 1984 Family Code.” Humanities 101-6-21 Empire, Professor Daniel Immerwahr, Fall 2019
Grace Douglas Johnston Award
- Thomas Fredericks – “Conflicting Visions: How Britain, France and Germany Forged a United Europe.” Advisor: Benjamin Frommer
Phi Beta Kappa
The following History majors have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa for 2019.
Juniors:
- Seri Lee
- Claire Jeeyoung Pak
Seniors:
- Adam Chanes
- Sophie Chen
- Holly Korn
- Alex Moisa
- Jonathan Randell
- Sofie Rosenzweig
- Jessica Schwalb