• Announcing the Winners of the IPRH Prizes for Research in the Humanities 2018–19

    Apr 25, 2019 2:45 pm

    The IPRH Prizes for Research in the Humanities allow us to celebrate excellence in humanities scholarship. These prizes recognize outstanding humanities research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with awards given at the student and faculty levels. The awards will be presented at a reception at 4:00 on May 2, 2019 in the IPRH Lecture Hall at the Levis Faculty Center. Please join us in congratulating this year's prize winners.

    FACULTY PRIZES

    Winner:

    A. Naomi Paik (Asian American Studies), “Between Rights and Rightlessness: Haitian Migrants and the Elusive Promises of Humanitarianism,” emisférica 14, no. 1 (2018).

    Honorable Mentions:

    Lindsay Rose Russell (English), “Toward a Feminist Historiography of Lexicography,” Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America. 39, no. 1 (2018): 167-183.

    Renée Trilling (English), “Health and Healing in the Anglo-Saxon World,” Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History. Third series v. 13 (2016) [Published Dec. 2018].

    GRADUATE STUDENT PRIZES

    Winner:

    Marcelo Boccato Kuyumjian (Music), “Samba is Black: Making Race in a ‘Raceless’ Genre.” Nominated by Professor Gabriel Solis and written for MUS 576: Doctoral Projects, directed by Professor Solis.

    Honorable Mention:

    Yue Liao (Anthropology), “Creating Non-polluted Vegetable Baskets: Pesticide Governmentality and the Politics of Security in China’s Risky Society,” nominated by Professor Jeffrey T. Martin and submitted for ANTH 499: The Anthropology of Policing, taught by Professor Martin.

    UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PRIZES

    Winner:

    Emma Levine, “The Horror of It All: The Upsetting of Anthropocentric Ideals in New Horror,” nominated by Professor Trish Loughran and submitted for ENGL 391: Honors Individual Study, directed by Professor Loughran.

    Honorable Mention:

    Brittany Lundberg, “Awakening From the Dream: Satire, Science Fiction, and Dystopias,” nominated by Professor Anthony Pollock and submitted for ENGL 390: Advanced Individual Study, directed by Professor Pollock.

     

    More information about IPRH Prizes for Research in the Humanities can be found online at www.iprh.illinois.edu.