NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON BRITISH STUDIES ESSAY CONTEST FOR UNDERGRADUATES AT U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Previous Winners
The North American Conference on British Studies essay contest in British Studies for undergraduates at United States universities and colleges awards six prizes of $100 each. The following guidelines should be kept in mind:
- The essay must have been written while the author was a degree-seeking undergraduate at a U.S. college or university. Essays written for courses or seminars, as theses or in other contexts are acceptable.
- Each essay must be nominated by a member of the NACBS. No individual may nominate more than one essay in any one year.
- Essays in any field of British Studies are welcome.
- Essays should be between 10 and 25 pages.
- Please submit a letter of nomination along with an electronic or three hard copies of the essay by June 1, 2009 to Professor Peter Hoffenberg, Department of History, University of Hawaii, 2530 Dole Street; Sakamaki Hall A203; Honolulu, HI 96822-2283. Email: peterh@hawaii.edu.
2006 Winners, NACBS Essay Contest in British Studies for Undergraduates in U.S. Colleges and Universities
- Mr. Tyler Akin, “The Aristocratic Crusade: Edmund Burke and the Peerage” University of Delaware
- Ms. Emily Brimsek, “Honor, Property Crime, and the Middle Class in Eighteenth-Century Edinburgh,” Carleton College
- Mr. Mark Hanin, “A (R)evolution of Political Allegiance: Elkanah Settle and Henry Care,” Yale University
- Ms. Noreen Johnson, “Richard III and the Tudor Historians,” St. Olaf College
- Ms. Natasha Luepke, “Dreams and their Meanings in English Drama, c. 1400-1700,” University of Nebraska
- Ms. Crystal Matjasic, “Political Virginity: The Representation of Elizabeth I” Baldwin Wallace College
Essays were evaluated by Professor Sandy Bardsley of Moravian College, Professor Melinda Zook of Purdue University, and Professor Charles Perry of the University of the South.
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