Morton Prizes
Louis Morton Memorial Prize in American History: Awarded annually to the student who has written the best essay dealing with United States history for courses offered by faculty of the History Department.
The 2020 recipient: Alexander Chao '20, "The Neoconservative Human Rights Movement, the Carter Administration, and Beyond," written for Professor Golnar Nikpour in HIST 96.33.
Louis Morton Memorial Prize in European History: Awarded annually to the student who has written the best essay dealing with European history for courses offered by faculty of the History Department.
The 2020 recipient: Rushil Shukla '20, "Render Unto God or Mammon?: Bosch as Bourgeois Moralist," written for Professor Walter Simons in HIST 96.31.
Louis Morton Memorial Prize in Asian, African or Latin American History: Awarded annually to the student who has written the best essay dealing with Asian, African or Latin American history for courses offered by faculty of the History Department.
The 2020 recipient: Olivia Gish '20, "National Parks in South Africa: The Exclusion of Local Communities from 1910-1994," written for Professor Douglas Haynes in HIST 76.
Louis Morton Memorial Prize in Interregional or Comparative History: Awarded annually to the student who has written the best essay dealing with a topic of interregional or comparative history for courses offered by faculty of the History Department.
The 2020 recipient: Livy Scott '21, "Witchcraft in the 'Isle of Devils': Puritan-Provoked Witchcraft Hysteria in Bermuda," written for Professor Paul Musselwhite in HIST 96.21.