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2025 Senior Thesis Grant Recipients

This year the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) awarded Senior Thesis Grants to 12 rising seniors from seven disciplines to travel and conduct research in nine European countries.

Juliette Bostrom (Slavic Languages & Literatures, Germanic Languages & Literatures, 2026)

May Ayim, Black Feminist Fugitivity, and Continuations of Afro-German Literature - Research Location: Germany


Brennis Carrillo
(Government, Theater, Dance & Media, 2026)

To Fund, or Not Fund the Arts? That is the Question - Research Location: France


Maria Cheng
(Applied Mathematics, Social Studies, 2026)

The Nordic Exception: Monetary Sovereignty in Danish Political Economy - Research Location: Denmark


Camila Cruz
(Social Studies, Philosophy, 2026)

Ideological Conversations: Philosophical Underpinnings of Human Rights Discourse in the 1949 Geneva - Research Location: Switzerland


Julia Dan
(Government, Slavic Literatures & Cultures, 2026)

Studying the Segregation of Roma Students in Romanias Schools - Research Location: Romania

* Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant


Owen Guest
(History, Secondary Field in Government, 2026)

Covert Action: The Role of U.S. Propaganda and Intelligence Agencies in West Berlin during the Cold - Research Location: Germany


Hugo Hinze
(Social Studies, 2026)

No Vote but a Voice: Protest and Political Participation of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Germany - Research Location: Germany

* Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant


Allison Jones
(History, Secondary Field in Government, 2026)

A Tale of Two Nations: Parallel Histories of the Scottish Highlanders and the Cherokee Nation in Economic Dispossession, Forced Migration, and Cultural Resilience - Research Location: Scotland

* Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant


Sofia Melnychuck
(Applied Mathematics, Slavic Languages & Literatures, 2026)

Voices That Shape Lithuanian Nationality: Tracking Evolving Themes in Lithuanian Folk Songs - Research Location: Lithuania


Hana O'Looney-Goto
(Government, Economics, 2026)

Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Higher Education Affects Social Mobility in the U.S. and U.K. - Research Location: United Kingdom


Adelaide Parker
(Social Studies, Philosophy, 2026)

The Impact of Hungarian Democratic Decline on Citizens' Values: Comparative Study of Hungary/Czechia - Research Location: Hungary

* Stanley H. Hoffmann Undergraduate Research and Travel Grant


Therese Wayland
(English, Secondary Field in European History, Politics, and Societies, 2026)

The Fragment in Benjamin and Barthes; Feuilleton and Autobiography; Berlin and Paris - Research Location: Germany and France


*This information is accurate as of Commencement 2025.

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