History Undergraduate Awards, 2007-08

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Department Prizes:

• Harrington Prize ($500) for the best undergraduate thesis by a history major.
  • Jesse Zarley, “Settling the Mapuche Question: Concessionary Colonization in Chile, 1900-1912” (Faculty: Florencia Mallon)
  • Honorable Mention for Harrington Prize - Carolyn Arena, “The Hat Act of 1732: The Emergence of American Manufacture in Atlantic Markets” (Faculty: John Sharpless) - Justin King, “Partners and Rivals: Political Economy and American Diplomacy, 1969-1974” (Faculty: Jeremi Suri) - Alex Leites, “Myth and Restoration in the Axial Age” (Faculty: Marc Kleijwegt)

• Baensch Prize ($400) for best essay on Wisconsin History.
  • Ann Babe, “The Wisconsin Idea:  Origins and Development, 1870-1920” (Faculty:  John Sharpless)

• William F. Allen Prize ($200) for historical essay of term-paper size and scope.
  • Adam Sitte, “Military Women of the Vietcong” (Faculty: Alfred McCoy)
  • John Vanek, “Augustus and the People of Rome” (Faculty:  Marc Kleijwegt)
  • Sarah Reis, “World War II Voluntary Censorship:  A Study of Local Wisconsin Newspapers” (Faculty:  James Baughman)

• Andrew Bergman Prize for the best undergraduate paper written for a history course.
  • First Prize ($1000) - Theodora Narus, “Urban Renewal in Madison, WI:  The Uprooting & Disenchantment of the Poor from 1950 to 1979” (Faculty: John Sharpless)
  • Second Prize ($500) - Marissa Floyd, “The Compatibility of Christianity & Socialism in the Context of the Kress Controversy of 1905 in Milwaukee” (Faculty:  Tony Michels

• Curti Prize:* $200 prize awarded for the best historical essay of term-paper size and scope, written by an undergraduate non-major.
  • Alec Luhn, “The Moon Hoax:  Interpreting Falsehood in the Penny Press” (Journalism major) (Faculty:  James Baughman)