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Jean Corbechon\u2019s translation of Bartholomaeus Angelicus\u2019 De proprietatibus rerum, France (Paris?), 1st quarter of the 15th century.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Global Medieval Studies Best Undergraduate Essay Prize <\/strong>is awarded annually to multiple students in various categories. Students are encouraged to submit essays of over 1200 words with medieval foci from any course, regardless of whether the course in which they wrote a piece is affiliated with the Global Medieval Studies minor.<\/p>\n

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Past Winners<\/h3>\n

2025<\/h4>
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Essay in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Kal Hawley<\/b><\/strong>, \u201cThe Book of the Mutability of Fortune\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and Christine de Pizan\u2019s Male Body and Female Psyche\u201d (HI 412)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Creative Essay<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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    • Kaitlynn Cherry<\/strong>, \u201cAlexandria the Great\u201d (XL 343)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      2024-2025<\/h4>
      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

      Essays in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Madeline Cole-Short<\/strong>, \u201cAndalusi Textiles and Christian Power in 13th Century Castile\u201d (RN\/HI410),<\/li>\n
      • Alistair Josef Kelemen Holman<\/strong>, \u201cCycles of Violence: The Expulsions of the Iberian Jews and the\u00a0<\/span>Reconquista<\/em>\u201d (RN\/HI 410)<\/li>\n
      • Lara Hartle<\/strong>, \u201cThe Physicality of Language in the Gospels and Inferno\u201d (<\/em>CC102)<\/li>\n
      • Ricardo Pons-Meyer<\/strong>, \u201cHow Muslim Conquest Reshaped Iberian Musical Traditions\u201d (HI\/RN 410)<\/li>\n
      • Giovanna Rudis<\/strong>, \u201cTime\u2019s Return: Leo X\u2019s Historical Authorship Through the Arts\u201d (HI 401\/402)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Essay in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Cameron Downer, <\/strong>\u201cLas s\u00faplicas marianas en las\u00a0<\/span>Cantigas de Santa Mar\u00eda<\/em>: jerarqu\u00edas sociales y lenguaje devocional\u201d (LS 410)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Creative Essay<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

            \n
          • Cindy Lyu<\/strong>, \u201cMuslim Travelogue of a Mermaid\u201d (XL 341)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

            2023-2024<\/h4>
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            Essays in English:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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            • Brisa Bolanos<\/strong>, “Threads of Encounter: Cultural Interplay in Inka Textiles and the Western World during the Early Colonial Era” (HI 414). Major in History.<\/li>\n
            • Katie Harmon<\/strong>,\u00a0“<\/span>Alexander Three Different Ways: How the Gog and Magog Story Reveals the Author\u2019s Intentions with Alexander” (XL 343). Major in Middle Eastern & North Africa Studies, Minors in Global Medieval Studies, History, Political Science.<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Dhruv Kapadia<\/strong>,\u00a0“Janabai and Bulleh Shah: Class and Political Struggle in Devotional Poetry” (XL 225). Major in Political Science, Minors in Economics, Statistics.<\/span><\/li>\n
            • Kenneth Wong<\/strong>,\u00a0“Saint Teresa of \u00c1vila (1515-1582): Gender and Interior Spirituality in the Catholic Reformation” (RN 310). Majors in Classical Civilization, History, Philosophy and Religion; Minor in Global Medieval Studies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Essays in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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              • Morgan Devlin<\/strong>, “El prop\u00f3sito de los sue\u00f1os literarios medievales y su uso entre culturas” (LS 456). Major in Human Physiology.<\/li>\n
              • Madison Keefer<\/strong>, “El mito de semental negro, su aplicaci\u00f3n en\u00a0<\/span>Las Mil y una noches<\/i>, y sus implicaciones sociales” (LS 456). Majors in International Relations, Spanish, Minor in Global Medieval Studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Creative Essay<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

                  \n
                • Evan Kwong<\/strong>, “The Boston Alexander Romance” (XL 343). Major in Biomedical Engineering.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

                  2022-2023<\/h4>
                  <\/p>\n

                  Freshmen\/Sophomore Category:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                    \n
                  • Madison Keefer<\/strong>, “Linking Epilepsy and Corpse Medicine Through the Lens of Religion and Spirituality” (WR152). Sophomore, Majors in International Relations and Spanish, Minor in Global Medieval Studies.<\/li>\n
                  • Tanusha Tholla<\/strong>, “\u00bfAd\u00f3nde?: el mapeo espiritual entre el-Andalus y el Occidente en “On Fleeing his City” por Samuel el Nagid y otros rith\u0101\u02beal-mudun<\/em>” (LS410). Major in Medical Science, Minor in Spanish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Junior\/Senior Category:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                    • Carly McDermott<\/strong>, “La autoridad piadosa: la funci\u00f3n del lenguaje religioso en Las Cantigas de Santa Mar\u00eda<\/em>\u201d (LS 410). Major in Biology, Minor in Spanish.<\/li>\n
                    • Andrea Wetzler<\/strong>, \u201cNonlinear Fictionality:\u00a0<\/span>Makura no s\u014dshi\u00a0<\/span><\/i>as Trauma Narrative\u201d (LJ 480). Major in Comparative Literature, Minors in Persian Cultural Studies and Global Medieval Studies.<\/span><\/li>\n
                    • Alita White<\/strong>, \u201cJoan of Navarre: Understanding her Life\u201d (HI 412). Major in History.
                      \n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                      Creative Paper (Honorable Mention):<\/strong><\/p>\n

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                      • Kauther Mohammed<\/strong>, “The Proper Conduct in the Case of Eddard Stark Lord of Winterfell” (HI 207).\u00a0 Major in Chemistry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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                        2021-2022<\/h4>
                        <\/p>\n

                        Freshman\/Sophomore Category:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                          \n
                        • Madison Keefer<\/strong>, “Ensayo Sobre La Classificaci\u00f3n de Don Quijote de La Mancha<\/em>” (LS350). Freshman, Majors in International Relations and Spanish.<\/li>\n
                        • Salvatore Cordova Quijano<\/strong>, “Dante’s Commedia<\/em>: A Consistent Notion of Justice and Divine Punishment” (CC 102). Freshman, Majors in Physics and Philosophy, Minor in Mathematics.<\/li>\n
                        • Emily Yoder<\/strong>, “Nation-Building by Alexander the Great in Medieval Persian and European Alexander Romances: Chivalry, Justice, and Statesmanship” (XL343). Sophomore, Major in Comparative Literature, Minors in History and Latin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                          Junior\/Senior Category:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                            \n
                          • Iris Fitzsimmons Christensen<\/strong>, “El papel de Elvira y Sol: Las hijas deshumanizadas y martirizadas en el Poema de mio Cid<\/em>” (LS456). Junior, Majors in International Relations and Spanish.<\/li>\n
                          • Dina Famin<\/strong>, “Looking the Gift Horse in the Mouth: The Conspicuous Absence of Bucephalus in the Persian Alexander Romances” (XL343). Junior, Majors in Biology, Comparative Literature, and History and Minor in Global Medieval Studies.<\/li>\n
                          • Magdalene Farren<\/strong>, “Transforming the Human Body in Marie de France’s Yonec<\/em>” (EN722). Senior, Major in English, BA\/MA Program in English.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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