The Pozen Center’s annual Human Rights BA Thesis Award recognizes excellence in writing about human rights, awarding three cash prizes of $500 each to current University of Chicago College students who are human rights majors or minors.
Criteria
- Submissions must come from human rights majors or human rights minors.
- Any piece of writing used for a BA Thesis is eligible. The thesis can be written for any major, so long as it takes up a human rights subject.
- Submissions will be judged by the content and clarity of the writing.
Eligibility
Only human rights majors and minors at the University of Chicago are eligible.
How to Apply
- Applications are closed and will open again in Winter 2024.
Learn More
For more information contact Deputy Director Adam Avrushin.
Award Recipients
2024
Emma Kreisler, Thesis Title: "A Person's a Person, No Matter How Small: Race, Religion, and Nazi Children's Literature"
Natalie Manley, Thesis Title: "From Inside to Insiders: The Unique Social and Human Capital Formerly Incarcerated People in Chicago Bring to, and Barriers They Face in, Criminal Legal System-Related Fields"
Adowa Nkansah, Thesis Title: "The Politics of Afromexicanidad: Diaspora and the (re)Construction of Blackness in Mexico"