Grant for Graduate Research
This grant was established in 1986 by the Sagan Family to recognize an outstanding research project in the field of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. All Brandeis graduate students in any program are eligible to apply.
Prize amount: $1,000
Recent Award Recipients
Prize Year | Recipient | Paper |
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2019-20 | Sari Fein PhD Near Eastern and Judaic Studies |
"Conceiving Motherhood: The Reception of Biblical Mothers in the Early Jewish Imagination." |
2017-2018 | Diana Filar PhD English |
“Naming the System: Literary Onomastics in the Post-1980 U.S. Immigrant Novel” |
2016-2017 | Natalie Cornett PhD History |
“Empowering Women Through Love and Letters: Narcyza Zmichowska and the Enthusiasts of Nineteenth-Century Poland” |
2014-2015 | Cassandra Berman PhD History/Joint MA WGS & History |
“Motherhood, the Law, and the Court of Public Opinion: Contesting Maternity in America, 1776-1865” |
2013-2014 | Celene Lizzio PhD Near Eastern and Judaic Studies/Joint MA NEJS & History |
“Gender and Islamic Medicine in America” |