2019-20 Art History Student Research Paper Prize
This year we had a record number of submissions (18!), with papers read by a committee of six Art History faculty who have very different areas of specialization (i.e. tough crowd!). Thank you to all of these students for putting the time and effort into submitting these excellent papers during a moment of great anxiety and uncertainty. It should also be noted that some of these papers were completed at the end of the winter quarter and the start of shelter-in-place and closing of the university -- no small accomplishment!
Congratulations to all of the our students for their submissions. We certainly hope to see more from them in the future.
First Prize - Upper Division: Alex Quan
"From Copies to Curriculums: the Stylistic and Ideological Evolution of Medical Manuscripts in the Schola Medica Salernitana from the 11th to 13th centuries"
Honorable Mention - Upper Division: Gwyneth Muscott
"Christine de Pizan: A Woman in a Man's World"
Gwyneth's paper was selected to be presented at the 2020 Annual Bay Area Undergraduate Art History Research Symposium at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
First Prize - Lower Division: Hannah Hagen
"Chinese Landscape Paintings and the Human Bond with Nature"
Honorable Mention - Lower Division: Julia Maguire
"Politics and Plunging Necklines: The Role of Government and Societal Values on a Women's Clothing in China"
