The Koonja Mitchell Memorial Prize will be awarded to a student in any Ph.D. Program at the Graduate Center working on a dissertation concerned with issues of social justice. Special consideration will be given to work on militarism and trauma.

To be considered for the prize, candidates must submit a 10-page dissertation prospectus and a CV to csws@gc.cuny.edu. A letter of recommendation from the student’s advisor should be sent to the same address, with the student’s name and award name in the subject line.

The deadline for proposals is February 15th, 2021.

The amount of the award is $500.

2019 Recipient
Natalie Haziza, “Traces of Absence: How the trauma of the Yemenite, Mizrachi and Balkan Children Affair is present in photographs and home movies”
2018 Recipient
Arinn Amer, “Tar and Feathers: Colonial Culture and the Making of Patriot Violence” 

Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women and Society

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