2002 Jane's Essay Prize in Latin American Studies
The $500 prize will be awarded for the best paper written between April 23, 2001 and April 30, 2002 in any area of Latin American and Caribbean studies. Any substantial research paper may be submitted (including term papers, two-term senior theses, or one-semester senior essays). The competition is open to undergraduates in all concentrations and classes at Brandeis University. Submissions are limited to one paper per student.
A committee of faculty members in the Latin American Studies Program will select the winner of the competition. The award will be based on
- quality of the research
- originality of the analysis
- clarity of the writing
All entrants will be notified in writing of the competition's winner by May 8, 2002.
The submission deadline is Wednesday, May 1, at 9:00 a.m. Papers written during May 2001 or Fall 2001 may be submitted any time before the deadline; early application is appreciated. Professors may also submit their students' papers for the competition.
Papers should be sent to Marilyn Brooks, Latin American Studies Program, MS 036. If you wish to bring the paper in person and the Latin American Studies office (Olin-Sang 218) is closed, please leave it at the History office (Olin-Sang 215). For further information, please contact Marilyn Brooks, ext. 62293, or e-mail her at mbrooks@brandeis.edu.
Past Recipients of Jane's Essay Prize in Latin American Studies
2001 Prize - Tova Neugut '01 - "Grenada 'As One People, One Family' Healing Rifts of October 1983."
2000 Prize - Seth Passo '01 - "The Importance of Jews and Conversos in the History of Colonial Brazil through the Dutch Conquest."
1999 Prize - Ben Singerman '99 - "The Amazon Worlds Story."
1998 Prize - Susan Francis '99 - "Factores culturales y sociales que contribuyen a la prevalencia del parasitismo en Los Martires de Santiago de Los Caballeros, Republica Dominicana."
1997 Prize - Matthew Freeman '97 - "Tragedy at Tlatelolco"
1996 Prize - Wendy Burk '97 - "Development and the Drug Trade in Colombia."
1995 Prize - Odessa Deffenbaugh '95 - "Breaking Down the Doors of Docility: Women Workers and Corporate Impunity on the U.S.-Mexican Border."
1994 Prize - David Lawrence '94 - "Coping with 1988: Carlos Salinas and the Battle for Legitimacy."