Each year, the Humanities Research Institute recognizes excellence in humanities scholarship with its research prizes for undergraduates, graduates, and faculty. This year's recipients include two students from the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics.
Graduate Prizes
WINNER
Lázaro Garcia Angulo (Spanish and Portuguese), “An Expertly Crafted Plan: Early Twentieth-Century Trans Strategies to Outwit the Spanish Administration,” nominated by Professor Joyce Tolliver and submitted for SPAN 599: Thesis Research, directed by Professor Tolliver.
Undergraduate Prizes
WINNER
Sabrina Longo-Selvaggi (Comparative and World Literature), “Dying to Have Children: Breastfeeding and Necropolitics in Fascist Italy,” nominated by Robin Turner and submitted for GWS 250: Gender and Representation, taught by Robin Turner.
HRI will be celebrating this year's recipients at their Prize Ceremony and Year-End Reception on Thursday, May 7, 4:00–6:00 p.m. at Levis Faculty Center, Room 422. Prizes will be awarded at 4:15 p.m. and the reception follows.