The department extends congratulations to the undergraduate and graduate students recognized with awards at the end-of-the-year celebration on May 1! With deep appreciation for excellent research and writing–and contributions to intellectual and social community!!
2025 Butler Prize: Rachel Yang, “An Illusory Friendship: Intermediary’s Power as Monarchical Image-Maker in the Early Modern World” (advisor: Michael Kwass)
2025 Graduate Leadership Award: Malek Cheikh
2025 Kouguell Memorial Prize: Mihan “Lillian” Liu, “The Heard and The Unheard: Repentance, Labor, and Resistance in the Magdalen Institutions” (advisors: John Marshall and François Furstenberg)
2025 Kouguell Memorial Prize Honorable Mention: Gerardo Fontes, “Chester Wickwire: Breaking Down the Ivory Tower at Hopkins and into Baltimore” (advisor: Victoria Harms)
2025 Undergraduate Leadership Award: Hilary Gallito
2024 Undergraduate Leadership Award: Zhikang “Leo” Xie
About the awards:
The Butler Prize is awarded annually to the best paper written by a first-year or BA/MA student. Each year the chair of the department appoints a faculty committee to select the winner. Papers are normally nominated by faculty sponsors. The prize was established in 1957 by Dr. Alexander Butler, a graduate of the department.
The Arthur Kouguell Memorial prize was established by the parents and friends of the late Arthur M. Kouguell ’73. The prize is awarded annually by the Department of History to the senior honors thesis that best represents Arthur Kouguell’s commitment to scholarly and humane values.
The department’s Undergraduate Leadership Award recognizes the contributions of the undergraduate history major who has contributed most to building intellectual and social community. The department’s Graduate Leadership Award recognizes the contributions of the graduate student who has contributed most to building intellectual and social community.
