Other Prizes
There are other campus-wide prizes that History majors should consider applying for if their essays meet the criteria. Most deadlines will be in the Spring quarter.
The Harold E. Goettler Political Institutions Prize
Each paper in this competition must be clearly and significantly related to the origin, development, structure, or functioning of political institutions. Essays will be judged on the basis of the evidence which they give of the writer's ability to:
- formulate and distinguish the elements of the problem;
- assess relevant empirical and historical evidence;
- relate such elements and evidence to relevant theoretical literature;
This prize honors the memory of Harold E. Goettler, a 1914 B.S. graduate of the University of Chicago. He served during World War I with the U.S. Army Aviation Branch and was killed in action in October of 1918.
Ruth Murray Prize in Women’s Studies, Feminist Criticism, or Gender Studies
The Ruth Murray Prize will be awarded for the best essay written by a University of Chicago undergraduate or graduate student in the area of women's studies, feminist criticism or gender studies. The $500 prize sponsored is in memory of Ruth Murray who died in 1991, having served as Bibliographer for the Education, Psychology, Sociology and Women's Studies Collections at the Regenstein Library for many years. Ruth Murray had a strong interest in encouraging scholarship in women's studies and often served as a stimulus and facilitator of work by students and faculty in the area. It is the intent of the Ruth Murray Prize Committee that the essay competition sustain and encourage scholarship in women's studies, as Ruth Murray did during her lifetime.
Ignatio Martín-Baró Human Rights Essay Prizes
The Human Rights Program, in conjunction with the Center for Latin American Studies, announces the Ignacio Martín-Baró Human Rights Essay Prize. The Human Rights Program will award three (3) prizes in the amount of $250 each for the best essays in the field of human rights. The award categories are: 1) College, 2) Masters and Professional (MA, MPP, JD, MD), and 3) Doctoral students.
The prize honors the memory of Ignacio Martín-Baró, a Jesuit priest from El Salvador who earned a Ph.D. in Social Psychology at the University of Chicago. Martin-Baró taught at the Universidad de Centro America in El Salvador and was a leading scholar on social justice and human rights. In 1989, Martín-Baró and seven others were assassinated by the El Salvadorean army for their commitment to El Salvador’s dispossessed.
Nicholson B.A. Thesis Prize
The Nicholson Center for British Studies is pleased to announce a $200 prize for the best senior B.A. thesis based on the use of primary materials in the area of British Studies in any concentration or discipline. For the purposes of this competition, British Studies is broadly defined to include the British Isles or any of its former colonies. In the latter case, topics should involve the former colonial relationship in some way.Applicants should submit BOTH paper AND electronic copies of their senior essays, and should include their name, department, expected graduation date, phone number, and e-mail address on the title page. Paper copies may be mailed or dropped off, electronic copies should be e-mailed as Word attachments to klueke@uchicago.edu by Friday, April 29, 2011. The winner will receive a check for $200. University of Chicago seniors who will graduate between December 2010 and August 2011 are eligible. Please contact Kristin Lueke at klueke@uchicago.edu or 773-834-3403 with questions.
Asada Eiji Undergraduate BA Prize
The University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies sponsors an annual prize of $250.00 awarded for the best University of Chicago BA thesis dealing with topics related to East Asia (China, Japan and Korea). Starting in 2009, one prize will be awarded to a paper in the area of humanities and one in the area of social sciences. This prize is named in honor of Asada Eiji, the recipient of the first Ph.D. degree awarded by the University of Chicago in 1893. Professor Asada went on to enjoy an illustrious career at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
To apply for this prize, please provide the following:
• A cover page that includes your name, student I.D. number, department, local address and home/summer address, phone and e-mail.
• A summary paragraph of your thesis topic
• A copy of your BA Thesis
• One recommendation letter from your faculty thesis advisor
DEADLINE: May, 2011 (exact date TBD)
Materials should be submitted in person to:
Center for East Asian Studies
Judd Hall 302
5835 South Kimbark Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637