The Civil Resistance Prize is awarded to two students every year by the History Department. This award is given to papers written on the history of nonviolent protest and/or civil resistance. Papers written in both History- and non-History courses are eligible and can be diverse in geographic and temporal breadth, but priority will be given to those that focus on the Global South. To learn more about the Civil Resistance Prize, click here.
2023 Recipients
Deconstructing Folk Catholicism: Combating Catholic Hegemony during the Philippines’ Colonial Era
This paper was written by Chloe Foor and was awarded the Civil Resistance Prize by the History Department in 2023. It was written for History 600: Empire and Revolution in Southeast Asia taught by Professor …
The Filipino Mafia: A Study of Filipino Solidarity in the United States Navy from the 1950s to the Present
This paper was written by Beatrice Millan-Windorski and was awarded the Civil Resistance Prize by the History Department in 2023. It was written for History 345: Military History of the United States taught by Professor …
2022 Recipients
The Body’s Cartography: on Dance, Queerness, and White Hegemonic Masculinity
This paper was written by Jackson Neal and was awarded the Civil Resistance Prize by the History Department in 2022. It was written for a class taught by Professor Christopher Walker. I started dancing in …
The Underground Railroad: David Ruggles’s Fights Against the Institution of Slavery
This paper was written by Emilie Springsteen and was awarded the Civil Resistance Prize by the History Department in 2022. It was written for History 393: Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction taught by Professor …