History Announces Bratman Prizes for Fall 2016
The Department of History is delighted to announce the latest recipients of the Nancy Bylan Bratman Excellence in Writing Awards. These prizes recognize the promising work of entry-level majors in the “Doing History” class (History 202) and more accomplished projects by History juniors and seniors enrolled in the History colloquia 496 and 497.
Fall 2016 Prizes
- Andrew Grafton won first prize in the upper-level category for his History 496 paper “Fighting for Their Livelihood: The Distinctive Nature of American Privateering Culture During the War of 1812.”
- Shavonne Gilkey won second prize in the upper-level category for her History 496 paper “Black and Indian? An Account of African Americans’ Attempts at Obtaining Freedom through Indianness.”
- Jared Kunkel was recognized for his History 202 paper “The Importance of Government Censorship and the Press in Murder Cases.”
The prizes were established last year by a generous gift fron Ben Bratman and David Bratman to honor their mother, Nancy Byland Bratman, who earned her U-M History BA in 1951. Last winter term’s winners were Rachana Gudipradi, Eric Morgel, and Julia Kropa.