The 19th Annual History of Art and Architecture Student Symposium and Essay Prize
Student Symposium and Essay Prize Announcement
5:30PM Friday, March 15th, 2024
The Department of History of Art and Architecture sponsors an annual Student Symposium and Essay Prize, which bring greater visibility to the excellent academic work conducted by our students. These events also demonstrate the unique sense of community between students, faculty, and friends of the department.
This year’s symposium will be held in Arts & Letters room 103, followed by a reception on the 4th floor in the seating area by the windows. The schedule includes 1) short, conference-style PowerPoint presentations based on longer senior theses written by students in the majors-only, senior Capstone course, 2) a distinguished alumnus is recognized and comments on all the student presentations, 3) the awarding of an essay prize for the best paper written for the Capstone course, and 4) the awarding of an essay prize for the best paper written for any 200-level or 300-level HAA course taken between Winter Quarter 2023 and Autumn Quarter 2023, including Art Historical Theory and Methodology (HAA 290), Newberry Seminars directed by HAA faculty, and Independent Studies.
Capstone Essay Prize Submission Guidelines
To be considered, please submit a clean copy of your final Capstone paper. The submission must include endnotes/footnotes, a bibliography, and properly cited illustrations. Failure to include any of these components will result in disqualification. Submissions are due March 4, 2023.
Non-Capstone Essay Prize Submission Guidelines
To be considered, please submit a clean copy of a final paper written on any art history topic for a 200-level or 300-level History of Art and Architecture course taken between Winter Quarter 2023 and Autumn Quarter 2023, including Art Historical Theory and Methodology (HAA 290), Newberry Seminars directed by HAA faculty, and Independent Studies. The submission must include endnotes/footnotes, a bibliography, and properly cited illustrations. Failure to include any of these components will result in disqualification. Submissions are due March 4, 2023.
Submissions will be judged by the Annual Essay Prize Committee, which consists of faculty in the Department of History of Art and Architecture. The selection of essay prize winners will be based on clarity and fluency of prose, strength of argument, soundness of methodology, and adherence to submission instructions.
Winners of the essay prize will be announced at the symposium. Attendance at the symposium is not required to submit a non-capstone paper to the competition.
To make a submission, please email your paper to
Joanna Gardner-Huggett. Please include the course, instructor, academic quarter, and if this is a capstone or non-capstone essay.