2020 History Undergraduate Writing Prize Winners

The History Faculty is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 History Undergraduate Writing Prizes, honoring excellence in historical research and writing. The three awards, of $300 each, honor MIT historians John W. Dower, Pauline Maier, and Bruce Mazlish.

This year’s recipients are:

Megan McCandless ‘20
Title: Russian Officers Against Military Reforms
Class: 21H.245 – Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society: 1917 to the Present

Charlotte Minsky ‘20
Title: Noble Hills: Settler Colonialism and the Making of the Lick Observatory, 1846-1919
Course: 21H.THU – History Thesis

Elizabeth Tso ‘21
Title: Roman Relationships: Rhetoric and Reputation
Class: 21H.391- Undergraduate Independent Study