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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="">Deadline Extended - History Undergraduate Writing Prize</b><br class="">
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<span class="" style=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span class="" style="">May 18, 2020 at 1:32:02 PM EDT<br class="">
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The deadline for the 2020 History Undergraduate Writing Prize has been extended until Monday, May 25, 2020. If you could share this with your undergraduates, it would be much appreciated!<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.</div>
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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.</span><br class="" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); text-decoration:none">
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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 threads).</div>
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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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Papers should be roughly 10 pages or more, double-spaced.</div>
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Video and audio recordings should be roughly 15-20 minutes or more in length. </div>
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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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All submissions must exclude your name, subject number, subject title, and image (if submitting a visual project).</div>
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<strong class="">How to apply: </strong></div>
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Send completed <a href="http://history.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/2016%20History%20Prize%20Entry%20Form-6_2.pdf" target="_blank" class="">entry form</a> and paper as a PDF file to <a href="mailto:mjpepin@MIT.EDU" target="_blank" class="">mjpepin@mit.edu</a></div>
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<span class="" style="color:rgb(255,0,0)">Monday, May 25, 2020</span>, 11:59pm, EST. No late entries accepted.</div>
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<strong class="">Evaluation Criteria:</strong></div>
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A History Faculty committe will evaluate entries based on excellence in historical analysis, research, and writing.</div>
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Winners will be notified by email and their names will appear on the history website by June 15, 2020.</div>
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more information, contact </span><a href="mailto:mjpepin@mit.edu" target="_blank" class="" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:auto; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:auto; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Meghan
Pepin</a><span class="" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); text-decoration:none; float:none; display:inline!important">. Also
visit </span><a href="https://history.mit.edu/news/deadline-extended-2020-history-undergraduate-writing-prize" class="" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:auto; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:auto; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">https://history.mit.edu/news/deadline-extended-2020-history-undergraduate-writing-prize</a><span class="" style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; word-spacing:0px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); text-decoration:none; float:none; display:inline!important"></span>
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