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2008-09 Undergraduate Award Winners

Research Grant Recipients

Milstein Family Undergraduate Research Grant

  • Emily Belfer, “Popular Culture in WWI London"

College Alumni Society Board of Managers and Presidents Undergraduate Research Grant

  • Adam Mandelsberg, "A Second Look at the Election of 1976: How Jimmy Carter Resuscitated the New Deal Coalition and Why it Failed to Last”
  • Sophie Cavoulacos, “Cold War Cultural Diplomacy: Early US Policy in Europe”

HUAB Teaching Awards

The History Undergraduate Advisory Board, a student-run organization dedicated to strengthening the relationship between History Majors and Penn History Faculty, annually presents awards recognizing exceptional teaching.

Richard Dunn Award for Distinguished Teaching by Standing Faculty

  • To be Announced

Teaching Assistant of the Year

  • To Be Announced

Prizes for Research Papers & Honors Theses

The Department of History recognizes every year the best research papers written in history courses, as well as the best honors theses.

In anticipation of next year's awards, students are invited to submit research papers for consideration.

The Adolph G. Rosengarten, Jr. Prize for best thesis based on original research

  • To Be Announced

The Lynn M. Case Prize for outstanding thesis is European history

  • To Be Announced

The Hilary Conroy Prize for outstanding thesis in World history

  • To Be Announced

The Jeannette Nichols Prize for outstanding undergraduate research paper in Women's history or Social history

  • To Be Announced

Captain Victor Gondos, Jr. Prize for outstanding thesis in American military history

  • To Be Announced

The James V. Saporito Memorial Prize for outstanding thesis in intellectual or cultural history

  • To Be Announced

The Jack Reece Prize for outstanding essay in European history

  • To Be Announced

Gussie Wachs Prize for outstanding essay in American history

  • To Be Announced

Martin Wolfe Prize for outstanding undergraduate research paper in World history

  • To Be Announced