Recent 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