History Undergraduate Awards, 2006-07

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Department Prizes:

• Fred Harvey Harrington Prize ($500) for the best undergraduate thesis by a history major.
  • Isabel Esterman, “Ativisms of Authoritarian Rule: The Persistence of Human Rights Abuse in the Post-Marcos Philippines.” - Supervising Professor: Alfred McCoy
  • Honorable Mention:
    Patrick Kelly, “Of Pawns and Players: U.S.-British Politics vis-à-vis Jewish Refugees, 1945-1948.” - Supervising Professor: Thomas Archdeacon

• Paul J. Schrag Prize ($200) for best undergraduate essay in German-Jewish history.
  • Patrick Kelly, "The Politics of Tragedy: Anglo-American Foreign Policy and the Jewish Refugee, 1945-1948 - Supervising Professors: Laird Boswell and Thomas Archdeacon

• Baensch Prize ($400) for best essay on Wisconsin History.
  • Anna-Lisa Dahlgren, "The Bennett Law: Hoard's Fight for English Language Education" - Supervising Professor:John Sharpless

• William F. Allen Prize ($200) for historical essay of term-paper size and scope.
  • Joel Feingold, "Usury in the Early Modern Imagination" - Supervising Professor: Johann Sommerville
  • Jonathan Manheim, "The Problem Across the Ocean: Interdependency in Boston's Politics and News Media During the French Revolution" - Supervising Professor:Suzanne Desan
  • Amanda Fischer, "The Delta Ministry: A New Take on the Civil Rights Movement" - Supervising Professor: William Jones

• Andrew Bergman Prize for the best undergraduate paper written for a history course.
  • First Prize ($1000) - Margaret Hilliard, "Autobiography, History, and the Problem of Memory" - Supervising Professor: Rudy Koshar
  • Second Prize ($500) - Kurt Kastenholz, "Toward Reunification: How the Liberal Democratic Party Used the Japanese Supreme Court to Break Down the Separation of Religion and State"- Supervising Professor: Sarah Thal