Charles and Myrl Hucker Undergraduate Essay Prize
This prize is awarded to one undergraduate student a year who has written the best essay on China for an Asian Studies (ASIAN) course. The prize consists of $500 and is disbursed directly to a student's account at the start of Spring term. Essay submissions from Fall and Winter courses are welcomed; the submission deadline is April 1. To be considered, email your essay to ALC-awards@umich.edu with the subject "Hucker Essay Prize Submission." The awardee will be recognized at the ALC Graduation and Awards Ceremony held at the end of April.
2023: Shao-Chi Ou
Visual Experiences in Literary and Filmic Narrative Through a Three Kingdoms Lens
2022: Kevin Yan
Exploring the Versatility of the Sword as a Metaphor in Early Chinese Discourse through Xunzi and the Zhuangzi
2021: John Decker
’Love Does Not Discriminate’: The Interaction of State Policy, Social Views, and LGBT Music in China
2020: Hanwen Zhang
How the Ancient Chinese Wisdom May Engage in the Enterprise of Global Humanities: An Examination of the Notion of “tian” in the Analects
2019: Danielle Sarns
Building China’s Soft Power: Learning from South Korean Soft Power Strategies in the Case of Idol Producer
