This year the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) granted Senior Thesis Grants to 12 rising seniors from five disciplines to travel and conduct research in seven European countries.
Yousuf Bakshi (Government, 2023)
Research on the Blockchain in Estonia
Henry Bellew (History and Government, 2023)
The Effects of Political Appeals by British Far-Right Leaders in the Early 20th Century
Florian Bochert (Government, Secondary Field in European History, Politics and Societies, 2023)
An Invisible Wall: Reasons for the Political Divide Between Eastern and Western Germany
* Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant Recipient
Eli Frankel (Social Studies, 2023)
Father of the New Left or Apostle of Chaos: Marcuse and the Ethics of Revolution
Katharine Heintz (Government, 2023)
Public Opinion Regarding European Integration in Norway
Taehwan Kim (Social Studies, 2023)
Conceptions of Lacit Among Liberal Secularists in France
Abigail LaBreck (Government, Secondary Field in European History, Politics and Societies (EHPS), 2023)
The Intersection of Religion and Politics: Compulsory Religious Education in Alsace-Moselle
Oliver Riskin-Kutz (History, 2023)
The Bear in the
Boat: An Environmental History of 18th-Century Louisiana
* Recipient of the Thomas Temple Hoopes Prize for 2022-2023
Mercedes Sapuppo (Social Studies, 2023)
Democratic Backsliding during Covid-19 in Central and Eastern Europe
Dharma Seda Gonzalez (Romance Languages, 2023)
The Women of Las Ventas Prison: Carceral Testimony as a Subversive Literary Practice
* Real Colegio Complutense Grant Recipient
Thuan Tran (Social Studies, 2023)
Black Notes on Saigon