Congratulations to the graduate students who won 2021-’22 awards in the History Department. These awards were formally announced at the fall Department of History party on Friday, October 29. See the names of the winners and details below.
The Ross H. and May B. McLean Prize, awarded annually to the first-year student/s in history who achieved the most distinguished record for the previous year.
- 2021-’22 winners: Olivia Cocking & Alejandro Guardado
The Francis S. Benjamin Prize, awarded for the best paper written by a graduate student during their first two years in the Emory History PhD program.
- 2021-’22 winner: Ursula Rall
The Blair Rogers Major and James Russell Major Dissertation Award, given annually to the most promising student writing a dissertation in the history of Europe and of European expansion (including the British Isles), from classical antiquity to the present.
- 2021-’22 winners: Alexander L. Compton and Alexander Cors*
*As one-time special exception, due to COVID-19 and the inability to award it in 2020-21, two awards were granted in 2021-22.