On Monday, April 21st we hosted the 2025 Department of History Awards, celebrating the research & hard work of our best & brightest students. Enjoy the gallery below for highlights of the ceremony. Congratulations to all of these amazing historians!
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- Full House
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- Dr. Gigova gives welcoming remarks
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- Dr. Jestice and Dr. Gigova
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- Lexi presents her research, “The History of Menstrual Shame in the United States: 1930s to Today”
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- Lexi Dowd
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- Menstrual Shame
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- Madison presents her research, “The Scottish Perspective: Popular Protest During the Anglo-Scottish Union, 1603-1707”
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- The Unions
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- Madison McKnight
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- Kaitlyn presents her research, “T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness: Analyzing Queerness in the Harlem Renaissance”
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- Kaitlyn Roemer
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- Kaitlyn Roemer
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- Harlem Renaissance
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- Will presents his research, “Relics and Clerics in the High Middle Ages: Changes, Concerns, Use, and Abuse”
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- Will Spencer
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- Will Spencer
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- Kelli Ryan is our Outstanding History Student
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- Dominic accepts his William Moultrie Cup and certificate
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- Dominic Ciccarelli
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- Eliza accepts her Douglas and Elizabeth Clark Scholarship
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- Khadija accepts the Hartman Scholarship
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- Khadija Boutchich
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- Khadija and Jillian accepting Winthrop Study Abroad Scholarships
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- Jake accepts his Simonds Special Merit Award
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- Jake Castino
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- Chase accepts his Alexander C. Dick Pre-Law Scholarship
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- Chase Bowers
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- Madison accepts the Heltai Award
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- Madison McKnight
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- Madison’s faculty mentor, HSS Dean Dr. Jason Coy, gifts her with a book for winning the Heltai Award — a longstanding departmental tradition.