Undergraduate students in European Studies have the opportunity to receive various prizes, including:

College

Karen Osney Brownstein Writing Prize
Awarded to a graduating senior in Columbia College who has written a single piece or a body of work so distinguished in its originality of concept and excellence of execution that it fairly demands the award, support, and recognition the prize intends. Established by Neill H. Brownstein, Class of 1966, in memory of Karen Osney Brownstein.

The Joshua A. Feigenbaum Prize in Literature Humanities
Established in 2004 by Joshua Feigenbaum and awarded to a student who is judged by the faculty to have exhibited excellence in Literature Humanities.

Wallace A. Gray Prize in Literature Humanities
Established in memory of the late Professor Wallace Gray and awarded annually to the Columbia College undergraduate who is judged by the faculty to have written the best essay in Literature Humanities.

Dean Hawkes Memorial Prize
A prize awarded annually to the member of the junior class who is judged to be the most deserving on the basis of work in the humanities. Established by a committee of the Class of 1943 in memory of Dean Herbert E. Hawkes.

Arthur Rose Teaching Assistantship
Given to a rising senior in the College to assist the work of a member of the faculty in one of the departments that contribute to the courses in Contemporary Civilization and the Humanities.

James P. Shenton Prize in Contemporary Civilization
Awarded annually to the Columbia College undergraduate who is judged by the faculty to have written the best essay in Contemporary Civilization. Established by the the Core and the Office of the Dean of the College in memory of James P. Shenton, Class of 1949 and GSAS 1955.

Caroline Phelps Stokes Prize
A prize awarded annually to a student who has been a degree candidate for at least one academic year at Columbia College or Barnard College, and who has written the best essay on any topic concerning human rights. The topic to be selected in connection with course or seminar work and approved by the Stokes Prize Committee. Established by the bequest of Caroline Phelps Stokes.

Art History and Archaeology

Senior Thesis Prize in Art History and Archaeology
Established as a gift from Philip E. Aarons, CC’73 and Law ‘76, in recognition of an outstanding senior thesis by a major in the department of Art History and Archaeology.

Classics

Douglas Gardner Caverly Prize
Established in memory of Douglas Gardner Caverly, Class of 1968, by his family and friends, and awarded for outstanding performance by a graduating major in Classics.

Earle Prize in Classics
A prize awarded annually for excellence in sight translation of passages of Greek and Latin. Only candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts may compete. Established in memory of Mortimer Lamson Earle, Class of 1886, lecturer and professor in the Department of Classics.

Benjamin F. Romaine Prize Fund
Gift of Benjamin F. Romaine to provide an annual prize for proficiency in Greek language and literature.

Economics

Sanford S. Parker Prize
A prize awarded annually, at the discretion of a special committee, to a Columbia College senior going on to graduate study in economics who shows promise of doing original work and has already demonstrated boldness of thought and a commitment to excellence, whose interests are wide and whose spirit is generous. Funded by the family and friends in memory of Sanford S. Parker, Class of 1937.

Romine Prize
A prize awarded annually to two undergraduate students who have done exemplary work in the field of economics. Established by John Romine in honor of his brother, David Estabrook Romine.

English and Comparative Literature

Charles Paterno Barratt-Brown Memorial Prize
A prize awarded to a Columbia College senior who is judged by the English Department to have excelled in critical writing in any scholarly field. Established by his parents and his sister in honor of Charles, who graduated from the College in 1983.

John Vincent Hickey Prize
Awarded annually to the Columbia College undergraduate who is judged by the Department of English and Comparative Literature to have submitted the best essay on Irish, English, or American poetry. Established by Dr. Helene J.F. de Aguilar in honor of her brother.

German

Deutscher Verein Prize in German
A prize awarded annually to the junior or senior who submits the winning essay on a prescribed topic in German literature.

History

Carl B. Boyer Memorial Prize
The Carl B. Boyer Memorial Prize in the History of Science is awarded annually to the Columbia undergraduate who writes the best essay on any topic in the history of science or mathematics as judged by a faculty committee. Established by Mrs. Carl B. Boyer in memory of her husband.

Charles A. Beard Prize
Established by the History Department for a senior thesis of superior distinction in any historical field and period.

Chanler Historical Prize

Awarded for the best essay submitted by a senior on a topic dealing with the history of American civil government.

Albert Marion Elsberg Prize
A prize awarded to a student with sophomore, junior, or senior standing who has demonstrated excellence in modern history. Established by Mrs. Albert Elsberg in memory of her son, Albert Marion Elsberg.

Herbert H. Lehman Award

Awarded to a General Studies student with an outstanding record of accomplishment in history courses at Columbia.

Lily Prize in History
Awarded by the History Department for academic achievement in the study of history other than that of the United States. Established by Professor James P. Shenton, Columbia College Class of 1949 and GSAS Class of 1955, in honor of his mother.

Garrett Mattingly Prize
Established by the History Department for a senior thesis of superior distinction in any historical field and period.

Alan J. Willen Memorial Prize

Awarded by the Departments of History and Political Science for the best seminar paper on a contemporary American political problem.

Italian

Dino Bigongiari Prize
A prize established by the former students and friends of Professor Dino Bigongiari, awarded annually to the senior who has written an outstanding essay on Italian civilization or whose work in the regular Italian courses is judged most worthy of distinction.

Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize
A prize awarded annually to an undergraduate of high academic distinction and promise in an area of study concerned with Italian culture, including art, music, comparative literature, history, economics, government, or in any other academic discipline. Established in honor of Professor Howard R. Marraro.

Peter M. Riccio Prize
Awarded to a student who is not a native speaker of Italian but who has an excellent record in the study of some aspect of Italian culture. Established in memory of Peter M. Riccio, student and professor in the College and the University and Director of the Casa Italiana from 1957 to 1966.

Political Science

Charles A. Beard Prize
A prize awarded every other year to the student who writes the best paper in political science during the academic year. Established by the Honorable Albert Levitt.

Edwin Robbins Academic Research/Public Service Fellowship
A stipend awarded each summer to four Columbia College students majoring in political science or history who intend to conduct research into important political or policy making matters, or who will be working as interns, without compensation, in a governmental office, agency, or other public service organization. Established by Edwin Robbins, Class of 1953.

Spanish and Portuguese

Susan Huntington Vernon Prize
Established to encourage young women in humanistic pursuits at the college level and awarded to a senior who has demonstrated excellence in the study of Spanish language or Latin American literatures and cultures.