Cold War Archival Research (CWAR) Fellows have recently won a slew of prizes and awards for their theses, which they developed through the CWAR project.
Spencer Cohen won Departmental Honors from the Department of History for his thesis A Century of Naval Mythmaking in Tokyo: Remembering the Battle of the Sea of Japan, 1905-2005. The Department of History awards departmental honors to no more than 10% of the graduating class on the basis of an excellent senior thesis, exceptional coursework in History, and a high GPA. Spencer will be going on to the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies at the University of Tokyo in the Fall.
Edward Crouse won the 2018 Albert Marion Elsberg Prize for his thesis "Upheld by Force": Sylvia Pankhurst's Sedition of 1920. Established by Mrs. Albert Elsberg in memory of her son, Albert Marion Elsberg, this prize may be awarded to a Columbia College senior who has demonstrated excellence in modern history. Edward will be going on to attend Stanford Law School in the Fall.
Tinatin Japaridze was awarded Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, and membership to the Columbia GS Honor Society for her excellent academic work. Tinatin will be continuing the second year of her MA at the Harriman Institute.
Sarah Roth will be competing in the 2018 Master's SynThesis Competition with her thesis Operation Focus: The Controversial Role of Print Propaganda in the Lead-Up to the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. The GSAS Master's SynThesis Competition showcases the thesis research of twelve to fifteen outstanding finalists, all of whom present their theses without the use of notes in five minutes and four slides.
