2024 Essay Prize Winners

We are happy to announce that in 2024, three meriting students were awarded a prize for their essays in medieval courses:

Ruth Abramovitz

Ruth Abramovitz for her essay “Julian of Norwich: Pain and Suffering and God’s Divine Love”
(Prof. Julia Lamm’s THEO-3260, “Religion in Medieval England”) 

Sophie Mayle

Sophie Mayle for her essay, written in French, “Une Œuvre Hantée par le Spectre du Féminisme: Une Analyse du Livre de La Cité des Dames“
(Prof. Joseph Johnson’s FREN 4771, “Women and Gender in Medieval France”)

Mason Friesen

Mason Friesen with a  podcast titled “Fourteenth-Century Egyptian/Syrian Incense Burner” 
(Prof. Sarah McNamer’s ENG 1145, “Premodern Worlds: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural History, 500-1500”)