Undergraduate Essay Prizes – new deadline
Noting that many of our members were likely to have been participating in the UCU Marking and Assessment Boycott (MAB) at the end of the last academic year, the ASMCF postponed its two Undergraduate essay prizes during the usual summer months. When the MAB commenced on the 20th April 2023, many of our members faced difficult decisions. This period affected the grading process for end-of-year assessments and semester two assessment items. On Wednesday 6th September 2023, the UCU suspended the MAB after consultation with members.
As such, we would now like to invite all members to submit their Undergraduate work from last academic year (2022-23) to the Brian Darling Memorial Prize and the Douglas Johnson Memorial Prize. The deadline for both of these prizes for this year will be 31st October 2023. However, please do keep us posted if your internal deadlines are after this date, and we can then review the deadline to ensure that all excellent Undergraduate work can be considered. The details for the two prizes are below:
Brian Darling Memorial Prize:
The Brian Darling Memorial Prize was established in memory of the late Brian Darling, the founding Secretary of the Association. The prize, to the value of £250, is awarded for an undergraduate essay or dissertation of distinction, which explores any theme/s relevant to the Association’s remit (French history, politics, culture, society, literature, thought, film since 1789, as well as the relations between France and other countries, including those in the French-speaking world). The work may be written in either French or English and should not normally exceed five thousand words.
Douglas Johnson Memorial Prize:
The Douglas Johnson Memorial Essay Prize was established in memory of the late Douglas Johnson, the first Honorary President of the Association.
The prize, to the value of £250, is awarded for an undergraduate essay or dissertation of distinction, which explores any theme/s relevant to the Association’s remit (French history, politics, culture, society, literature, thought, film since 1789, as well as the relations between France and other countries, including those in the French-speaking world).
The work may be written in either French or English and should be over five thousand words, but not exceed ten thousand words.
For more information, please see our prizes pages: https://www.asmcf.org/funding-prizes/