The Program in Global Early Modern Studies pleased to announce that the Graduate Student Essay Prize  for this year is now open to receive applications.  The Program in Global Early Modern Studies (GEMS) offers an annual award of $300.00 for an essay on a Renaissance or early modern topic written by a student at the Graduate Center, CUNY. The purpose of the prize is to encourage future Early Modern scholarship by recognizing scholarly promise in a doctoral student.

To be eligible, students must:

1) Be matriculated in a Ph.D. program at the CUNY Graduate Center at the time of writing and submission of the essay; and

2) Be registered in the GEMS Certificate Program.

Previous winners of the prize are not eligible. The essay must be written in English, including English-language translations of foreign material, and must deal with a topic within the chronological period 1350-1700. Submissions should be 15-30 pages in length, double-spaced. The essay may be a seminar paper or part of a dissertation.

Submissions for the prize must be approved by a CUNY doctoral faculty member who has taught at least one Ph.D. course in early modern studies at the Graduate Center.

Essays will be judged on the following criteria:

1) contribution to scholarship

2) originality of insight and research

3) clarity and eloquence

4) effectiveness of documentation.

For the 2019-2020 academic year, applications and supporting material must be submitted and uploaded here by March 20, 2020, 11:59pm.

Faculty members will be sent a separate email from us asking to approve the student’s submission.

Essays will be judged by a panel of three CUNY faculty members. The winner will be contacted via email.

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