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Robert B. Carlisle Research Paper Award

For a 15-25 page paper written for a 300- or 400-level History course during the 2024-2025 academic year, including a senior seminar or an independent study SYE (open to History majors and minors only, but closed to History honors projects)

Sophomore/Junior Historiographical Essay Award

For a historiographical essay written for a HIST 299 seminar during the 2024-2025 academic year.

To apply:

  • Submit an e-copy, in Word format, of the paper to Jen Berbrich by the award deadline.  Please submit as an unlinked Microsoft word document attachment only. Links to Google Docs and cloud-based files will not be accepted.
  • All submissions must have a cover page with the following information:
    • Submitter's full name
    • Paper Title
    • Course number and title
    • Submitter's contact information (including home mailing address)
  • No identifying information should appear beyond the cover page.

Each award recipient will receive a cash award.

Submission deadline has passed for Spring 2025

Winners in Spring 2025

Carlisle Award: Ethan S.R. Hu '25, for "Money as Marginalization: The Cultural Politics of Ghetto Currency (1940-1944)"

Historiography Award: Cameron M. Kennedy '26: "The Forgotten Plague: The Evolving Historiography of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic"