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<span class="" style=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span class="" style="">Meghan J Pepin <<a href="mailto:mjpepin@mit.edu" class="">mjpepin@mit.edu</a>><br class="">
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<span class="" style=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span class="" style=""><b class="">2020 History Undergraduate Writing Prize</b><br class="">
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<span class="" style=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span class="" style="">May 1, 2020 at 12:28:13 PM EDT<br class="">
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The History Faculty is soliciting nominations for 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.<br class="">
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<b class="">Eligibility: </b><br class="">
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MIT undergraduate students and non-MIT students who have taken a 21H subject in 2019-20 taught by an MIT History Faculty member may submit entries.<br class="">
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<b class="">Requirements: </b>
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<div class="">This academic year we have decided to open the contest to both traditional written submissions and alternative formats, including video-recorded speeches and presentations, web sites, digital maps, and social media projects (e.g., extended Twitter
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<div class="">Submissions from non-21H subjects are not eligible unless the instructor has a joint appointment with the MIT History Faculty.</div>
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<div class="">Papers should be roughly 10 pages or more, double-spaced.</div>
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<div class="">Video and audio recordings should be roughly 15-20 minutes or more in length. </div>
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<div class="">Other formats should reflect an equivalent investment of effort; the committee will apply these criteria flexibly in the interests of including the largest possible number and variety of submissions.</div>
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<div class="">All submissions must exclude your name, subject number, subject title, and image (if submitting a visual project).</div>
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<p class=""><strong class="">How to apply: </strong></p>
<p class="">Send completed <a href="http://history.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/2016%20History%20Prize%20Entry%20Form-6_2.pdf" class="">entry form</a> and paper as a PDF file to <a href="mailto:mjpepin@MIT.EDU" class="">mjpepin@mit.edu</a></p>
<p class=""><strong class="">Due date:</strong></p>
<p class="">Monday, May 18, 2020, 11:59pm, EST. No late entries accepted.</p>
<p class=""><strong class="">Evaluation Criteria:</strong></p>
<p class="">A History Faculty committe will evaluate entries based on excellence in historical analysis, research, and writing.</p>
<p class="">Winners will be notified by email and their names will appear on the history website by June 8, 2020.</p>
<p class="">For more information, contact <a href="mailto:mjpepin@mit.edu" class="">Meghan Pepin</a>. Also visit <a href="https://history.mit.edu/news/now-accepting-entries-2020-history-undergraduate-writing-prize" class="">https://history.mit.edu/news/now-accepting-entries-2020-history-undergraduate-writing-prize</a></p>
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