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ARC-GS Thesis Prize

National Prize for Best Social Science Master Thesis in Gender and Sexuality Studies

Silva Harmsen was awarded the 2022 MSc Thesis Prize for the thesis, “What’s identity got to do with it? The social life of sexual identity” (Research Master Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam). The jury found this thesis on how queer people in the Netherlands’ self-understanding has shifted over time and as part of political, social, and linguistic changes to be beautifully written, theoretically courageous, and analytically sophisticated. This thesis weaves together complex queer and sexuality theory with oral histories to convincingly illustrate how non-heterosexual identity categories have evolved and been contested, narrated, and claimed through different generations as a historical and cultural process. Harmsen engages in a nuanced and compassionate way with their interlocutors, in a way that shows the complexities of gender and sexual expressions over time.

The jury nominated two other excellent theses as finalists for this prize. Lara Fizaine’s thesis, “Pink Networks: An exploratory study of queer older adults’ use of queer joy, practical kinship, and care relationships to do relatedness in the Dutch context,” (Research Master Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam) illustrates the urgency of scholarly attention to queer aging as part of life course and beautifully captures the unique care and queer kinship networks that older adults construct and navigate. Thijmen Oosterbaan’s thesis, “Bending the Linguistic Binary: A Comparison of How Italian-Speaking and Dutch-Speaking Nonbinary People Navigate Gendered Language,” (Sociology Department, University of Amsterdam) powerfully explores the relationships between society, gender, and language through a well-developed, multi-sited theoretical lens and intimately delves into the complexities of negotiating everyday practices of gender identities.

Prisca Pfammatter was awarded the 2021 MSc Thesis Prize for the thesis, “Beyond Farming Women. Queering Gender, Work, and Family Farms” (Rural Sociology Department, Wageningen University). The jury found this thesis on the (un)doing of gender at queer farms in Switzerland to be beautifully written, courageous in style and ability to be vulnerable, with a very sophisticated use of theory. The thesis elegantly weaves together a narrative blending theory, methodological reflection, diary entries, observation, and interview data and in so doing, offers a convincing illustration of the multiple and often subtle ways in which gender is undone (or not-done) on the farms included in the study, while done with a vengeance outside these spaces. 

• Read the award-winning thesis here
• Watch a film in which Prisca describes the winning thesis here

An honorable mention was awarded to Fatma Patricia Escalante Pliego , for the thesis “Resistencia. Influence of Mexican Indigenous Women in the Fight Against Structural and Symbolic Violence” (Sociology, master track Gender and Sexuality, University of Amsterdam). The jury considered this to be a well-written thesis on a highly relevant topic of indigenous women’s experiences and violence, with rich empirical data which was collected in difficult circumstances. The theses carefully considers questions of positionality and power relations within knowledge production thus not only investigates decolonisation struggles but contributes to the process of decolonizing knowledge.

Read Fatma’s thesis here

Fabian Holle was awarded the 2020 ARC-GS MSc Thesis Prize for the thesis “Queer creations between a rock and a hard place. Art practicing LGBTQ+ forced migrants unsettling Dutch hegemony”. Holle’s thesis turns away from the worn trope of forced migrant as victim, placing instead an emphasis on the way in which the art practicing LGBTQ+ forced migrants actively challenge assumptions and blind spots about migrants like themselves. The Jury was particularly impressed with the focus on creative productions as a space for agentive action.

Anna Wallis's thesis ' Niet gay genoeg?’ deals with the construction of borders around ‘credible’ queerness in Dutch LGBTI asylum interview preparations’ explores the construction of narratives of queerness in LGBTI asylum interview preparation in the Netherlands and how symbolic borders – of who is gay enough – are created in this context. The Jury thought this was a crucial topic, in particular in a national context that so often prides itself on the sexual progressiveness and ‘tolerance’ of its people and policies.

Loes Oudenhuijsen's thesis “‘You Have to Know How to Play, Otherwise They Will Catch You’. Young Women and the Navigation of Same-Sex Intimacies in Contemporary Urban Senegal"   explores how same-sex intimacies are navigated by young women in Dakar, Senegal, drawing on six months of ethnographic fieldwork. The jury was impressed by the thesis and unanimously argued that this is a blueprint for MA theses. The thesis challenges mainstream thinking about LGBTQI politics and coming out by focusing on a context that is understudied in sexuality studies. It shows how Africans themselves understand their sexual identities from the bottom up instead of the top down.

Caitlin Schmid's thesis “Who Cares for Equality? A comparative analysis of gender equality and intergenerational care policy in European welfare states” is a thorough study of how Gender Equality Indices lack the important dimension of elderly care, and she proposes policy recommendations on how to improve them. The bridge she erects between childcare and elderly-care is timely and warranted. The development of the indices, the applied methodology, and the reflexivity are very impressive for a Master thesis.

Dragana Stojmenovska's thesis  “Management Gender Composition and the Gender Pay Gap: Evidence from British Panel Data”  deals with a well-known but still hotly discussed topic: the gender pay gap. Even after many efforts regarding gender equality on the labour market, the average hourly wage for women in Europe is 16% lower than it is for men . This means that women in principle work nearly two months for free every year across Europe. The reasons for the gender pay gap are manifold and complex. In her thesis, Dragana addresses the problem of the gender pay gap from a very interesting and underexplored angle, namely, in how far the gender composition of an organization at the management level affects the gender pay disparities within the organization.

Stephanie Stelko's thesis “Doing Vaginismus: Activity and Self-Interpretation of Clenching Bodies”  deals with a relatively unknown, and perhaps even silenced, topic. Vaginismus, sometimes called vaginism, is a female sexual pain disorder. Affected women themselves often describe it as clenching. It is a physical condition due to vaginal tightness caused by contractions of the pelvic floor muscles, affecting a woman's ability to engage in any form of vaginal penetration.

Mirjam Fischer's thesis “Does tolerance matter? A study of same-sex unions and well-being in 9 European countries”  contains an excellent and innovative quantitative method for assessing the well-being of same-sex unions. The aim of the thesis is to find out whether there is a gap in well-being between same-sex and mixed-sex couples and how this is related to levels of tolerance in different European countries. The committee was impressed by the systematic and well-structured analysis of the methodology proposed.

The 2013 ARC-GS Thesis Prize was awarded to Zoe Neilson for her thesis  "‘She represents all that is wretched about Britain’ Folk devils and moral panic in contemporary Britain”.   The committee feels that the author has produced a thesis on a topic that has hardly received any scholarly attention, if at all, so far. The research therefore had to start afresh. The conceptual framework chosen, the concepts of folk devils and moral panics, is aptly and creatively used. The analysis is coherent and consistent. The methodology consisted of discourse analysis of a large number of sources.

Karen Vuijsters’ thesis When Will I be Loved? Regulated Sexualities amongst Intellectually Disable People is an excellent study on the regulation of the desires and sexualities of intellectually disabled persons. It is coherent and well-written and combines a thorough literature review with rich ethnographic descriptions based on primary fieldwork. The dilemmas arising from this research are well indicated, and the suggestions for further research are pertinent.

Neyir Zerey's thesis Officers of the Juridical System or Guardians of Morality Norms. Examination of Police Brutality towards Trans Sex Workers in Istanbul  deals with police brutality towards Trans Sex Workers in Istanbul. The study draws on interviews with police officers and on participant observation in their patrol cars at night. Not only did Neyir Zerey gain access to the field, she also collected police officers’ narratives on the motivation of their actions. Her solid and innovative ethnographic work generated new insights on the relation between sex workers in Turkey and state actors.

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Milo Cornelissen wins University of Amsterdam thesis prize

28 June 2023

The jury was very impressed by Milo’s fundamental research and praised its potential impact on energy supply and green hydrogen. The prize not only earns him well-deserved recognition but also a sum of 3000 euros.

In his thesis, supervised by professors Francesco Mutti (Biocatalysis) and Jan van Maarseveen (Synthetic Organic Chemistry), Milo presents two new methods for the synthesis of interlocked molecules. These can function as electron carriers and possess a unique type of asymmetry that also occurs in natural interlocked compounds. The thesis already yielded Milo a Unilever Research Prize 2022 . After his graduation, he started his PhD in the group of Roderich Süssmuth at TU Berlin, where he works on the total synthesis of natural compounds.

About the UvA Thesis Prize 

Every year, hundreds of talented students compete for the thesis prize. Faculty reading committees choose the faculty winners. From the seven finalists, the jury, consisting of the deans of the faculties, chooses the final winner. This winner receives 3,000 euros. The other (faculty) winners receive 1,000 euros each.

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Recent awards

Past undergraduate awards (mcshane, floyd, and putnam prizes), gta teaching awards, june 27, 2024.

We are pleased to recognize Louisa Liles and Valentina Zapata Castro for winning the 2023-24 Outstanding Mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. Congratulations!

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Thomas Koberda Receives Shannon Mid-Career Fellowship

June 7, 2024.

Thomas Koberda has been awarded a Shannon Mid-Career Fellowship by the Provost’s office, starting fall 2024. Congratulations!

More information and a list of 2023 Fellows is here

Catherine Cossaboom is Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

April 17, 2024.

Catherine Cossaboom, a third-year math (and cognitive science) major, has been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship , one of only two recipients this year at UVa and among 508 nationwide. Here is the UVA Today article . Congratulations, Catherine!

Darien Farnham Wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

April 8, 2024.

Congratulations to Darien Farnham , who has won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship !

Valia Gazaki Wins 2024 Alumni Board of Trustees Teaching Award

April 2, 2024.

Valia Gazaki was awarded the 2024 Alumni Board of Trustees Teaching Award , selected from nominees across the University.

David Chasteen-Boyd wins an All-University Graduate Teaching Award

April 1, 2024.

We are happy to announce that David Chasteen-Boyd, a graduate student, is one of this year’s All-University Graduate Teaching Award winners. This award honors students from all disciplines who have demonstrated exceptional achievement in undergraduate instruction and includes a $500 prize.

UVA Math PhD Weinan Zhang Wins 2023 ICCM Best Thesis Gold Prize

March 20, 2024.

2023 UVA math PhD Weinan Zhang, now a postdoc at the University of Hong Kong, will be awarded a Gold Prize for the 2023 ICCM Best Thesis Award, established by S.-T. Yau. The award, which comes with a prize of 50,000 RMB, recognizes the best PhD thesis in mathematics by a student of Chinese descent.

Ken Ono elected to the Indian Academy of Sciences

Ken Ono has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences starting 2024.

Thomas Koberda Receives Simons Fellowship

This spring, Thomas Koberda was awarded a prestigious Simons Fellowship to support his research. The Simons Fellows program extends academic leaves from one term to a full year, enabling recipients to focus solely on research for the long periods often necessary for significant research advances. Congratulations!

Louisa Liles Awarded the Roselle-Huneke Prize

March 2, 2024.

Our Ph.D. student, Louisa Liles, has been honored with the Roselle-Huneke Award (similar to the usual Dissertation Fellowships, but specifically for mathematics students). The award not only recognizes Louisa’s exceptional work in quantum topology and knot invariants but also provides support for ongoing research.

Lam Nguyen receives NSF Graduate Fellowship

August 19, 2023.

One of our incoming first-year graduate students, Lam Nguyen, has been awarded an NSF scholarship. Lam hopes to explore hyperbolic geometry and study groups acting on hyperbolic space under the guidance of Prof. Maloni. We warmly congratulate Lam on this significant accomplishment and look forward to witnessing his contributions to the field.

David Winters gets Graduate Fellowship

May 31, 2023.

We are thrilled to announce that our Masters student, David Winters, has secured second place among the recipients of the Terrill Graduate Fellowship. The Phi Sigma Kappa Foundation sponsors this scholarship competition and will supplement David’s student fellowship that he will receive from Georgia Tech. David will be continuing his Ph.D. studies in mathematics at Georgia Tech.

David recently graduated from the University of Virginia, where he earned a Master’s degree in Mathematics. His thesis, “4-dimensional 2-handlebodies and topological invariants,” was completed and successfully defended under the guidance of You Qi.

We extend our heartfelt congratulations to David on this achievement and wish him every success as he continues his academic journey.

2023 Undergraduate Award Winners

April 26, 2023.

The Mathematics Department is pleased to announce the following prize winners for the 2022-2023 year:

• Zachary Carlini
• Catherine Cossaboom
• Samuel Goldberg
• Tanner Leonard
• Harry (Jicheng) Li
• Declan Stacy

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Zac Carlini Awarded NSF Graduate Fellowship and McShane Prize

Our graduating senior undergrad, Zac Carlini, has won an NSF Graduate Fellowship and will be attending Yale graduate school in mathematics. Additionally, Zac has been awarded the McShane Prize this year.

Zac’s DMP thesis consists of two research papers, one on i-quantum groups and another on Kazhdan-Lusztig bases for Hecke algebra modules. His work on i-quantum groups provides a new formulation and short conceptual proof to the Serre relations and Serre-Lusztig relations.

We are incredibly proud of Zac’s achievements and look forward to following his continued success at Yale. Congratulations, Zac!

Yaolong Shen receives the Jefferson Scholars Foundation Dissertation Fellowship

March 21, 2023.

Yaolong Shen, a graduate student at our department, has been awarded the highly competitive Jefferson Scholars Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for next year - congratulations Yaolong on this remarkable achievement!

Professor Ben Hayes honored for his research achievements in 2022

February 4, 2023.

The University of Virginia honored faculty members across Grounds for their outstanding research and scholarship on Tuesday at the fourth annual Research Achievement Awards , held at The Pavilion at the Boar’s Head Resort.

Professor Ben Hayes was among the 2022 awardees of the NSF CAREER award.

Professor Ono Honored by the University of Chicago

February 3, 2023.

In May, Ono will receive the 2023 University of Chicago Alumni Award for Professional Achievement for his research in algebra, combinatorics and number theory. More details here .

Former UVA REU student receives the AWM 2023 Schafer Prize

December 7, 2022.

2022 UVa REU student Faye Jackson has been awarded the 2023 Alice T. Schafer Prize by the Association for Women in Mathematics. The award recognizes an outstanding undergraduate woman in mathematics.

Slava Krushkal named a 2023 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

December 6, 2022.

Congratulations to our colleague Slava Krushkal who was named an AMS Fellow for contributions to low-dimensional topology and, in particular, the topology of 4-manifolds!

Professor Ono Elected to Board of IAS

December 5, 2022.

Located in Princeton, New Jersey, the Institute for Advanced Study has been the academic home of Albert Einstein and a collection of the world’s most influential scholars in mathematics and physics since its founding in 1930. There have been more than 8,000 members affiliated with the IAS, including 34 Nobel Laureates and 42 Fields Medalists. Ken Ono, the University of Virginia’s Marvin Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics, will join the IAS Board of Trustees in January 2023.

Former UVA REU student receives 2023 AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize

November 3, 2022.

Letong (Carina) Hong, formerly of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), receives the 2023 AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize for solving conjectures and proven important results in combinatorics, number theory, and probability. Hong participated in the REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) at University of Virginia. The prize is made jointly by the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

Three of the six MAA Distinguished Lecturers 2022-2023

September 19, 2022.

Three of the six Math MAA Distinguished Lecturers 2022-2023 have UVA connections: Karen Parshall, Commonwealth Professor of Mathematics and History; Ken Ono, Chairman and Rosenblum Professor of Mathematics; and Della Dumbaugh, Professor of Mathematics from University of Richmond and 1994 UVA Math PhD.

UVA Today article about Spencer Martin, class of 2022

April 25, 2022.

UVA Today assembled a profile about Spencer Martin, co-winner of the 2022 MacShane Prize. Congratulations to Spencer and his DMP thesis advisor, Valia Gazaki.

Two graduate students receive Jefferson Fellowships

April 20, 2022.

Two of our graduate students have been awarded Jefferson Fellowships for next year. Nhan Nguyen is the first recipient of the Roselle-Huneke Award in Mathematics (similar to the usual Dissertation Fellowships, but specifically for mathematics students), and Jiajun Yan is one of the first cohort of GSAS Jefferson Fellows, who are supported with a fellowship in their final year of the PhD program, and then spend one postdoctoral year working with the Engagements program.

Sara Maloni named Mead Honored Professor

April 18, 2022.

Congratulations to Sara Maloni who has been named a Mead Honored Professor for 2022-2023.

Hand-picked by the deans, Mead Honored Professors lead creative and memorable Dream Idea projects that enrich the collegiate experience.

Faculty Spotlight: Karen Parshall

March 23, 2022.

Professor Karen Parshall’s new book, “The New Era in American Mathematics, 1920-1950,” is a deeply researched dive into the development of math during a trying period in this country. “The book shows that while these mathematicians were doing mathematical work,” Parshall said, “they were improving their community, they were fighting political battles, they were figuring out how to absorb émigrés from Europe during World War II, they were trying to figure out how they, as mathematicians, could support the United States’ war effort in World War II. More details here .

Ben Hayes Wins an NSF CAREER Award

January 27, 2022.

Our colleague Ben Hayes has won a prestigious NSF CAREER Award. This well deserved award comes with a significant $400,000 NSF grant. Congratulations!

Ken Ono helps UVA swimmers win 5 medals at the Tokyo Olympics

January 5, 2022.

Ken Ono, Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics, is helping transform UVA swimming athletes into leading contenders for gold in the 2024 Olympics

Weiqiang Wang Will be an Invited Speaker at ICM 2022

September 19, 2021.

Congratulations to Gordon Whyburn Professor of Mathematics Weiqiang Wang on his invitation to the next ICM!

Amsterdam institute for Immunology and Infectious diseases

Nominees UvA thesis prize 2022 announced!

The winners were nominated by the reading committees of the seven participating faculties and each win 1,000 euros. They also compete for the main prize: 3,000 euros for the very best thesis of the University of Amsterdam in academic year 2021-2022.

Jelmer Savelkoel is one of the nominees on behalf of the Faculty of Medicine (UMC). His thesis is titled: A call to action: time to recognize melioidosis as a neglected tropical disease.

The prizes will be awarded on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 5:30 pm in SPUI25.

UVA Press Partners with SHEAR on Dissertation Prize

The University of Virginia Press is proud to announce a new partnership with the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) on the SHEAR Dissertation Prize, awarded annually to an exceptional unpublished dissertation pertaining to the history of North America from 1776 to 1861.

“As the scholarly press of the university founded and designed by Thomas Jefferson," said director Eric Brandt, "a partnership with the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic seems all too fitting. We are honored to collaborate with SHEAR on their mission to foster the study of the early republican period, encouraging broad diffusion of historical insights through print and electronic media to scholars, students, and the general public." Paul Erickson, the current President of SHEAR, added that “the University of Virginia Press is an exceptional partner for the SHEAR Dissertation Prize as the organization continues its work of supporting the best scholarship on the early Republic. We look forward to working with the team at UVA Press to highlight the work of rising scholars in the field, and to building awareness of the importance of historical research more broadly.”

SHEAR is the preeminent scholarly association for the study of U.S. history from the start of the American Revolution to the beginning of the Civil War. In addition to its annual conference, SHEAR publishes the Journal of the Early Republic as well as The Panorama , an online forum for work on the early Republic. The University of Virginia Press has a noted tradition of publishing groundbreaking work on the history of the early Republic and the antebellum period. As a result of this new partnership, SHEAR Dissertation Prize winners will work with UVA Press’s Editor for History and Politics Nadine Zimmerli to turn their dissertations into successful first books. Each SHEAR Dissertation Prize winner will be given the opportunity to workshop their manuscripts in Charlottesville with local experts as well as two invited outside readers. For the 2024 competition, dissertations successfully defended in the academic years 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 are eligible. Please submit the dissertation’s table of contents, the introduction, and a sample chapter to Nadine Zimmerli at [email protected] by June 3, 2024.

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Call for nominations ASF Thesis prize 2024

Announcement: 7 March

The ASF Thesis prize

The winning student will receive an award and 1.500 Euros. We encourage applications from excellent (>= 8) Master’s theses from the UvA Economics and Business, which clearly fall into the field of sustainability and are related to the goals of ASF ( outlined here ). To recognise teaching contributions, 500 Euros will be awarded to the supervisor.

Submission details

Please send submissions of high-quality theses to ASF ( [email protected] ) by February 18, 2024 .  The submitted theses must meet the following criteria: 

• The thesis topic must fall into one of the research themes promoted by ASF: Sustainable Economy, Sustainable Society, and Sustainable Planet ( outlined here ),
• The thesis must be completed for one of the Master’s of Science (MSc) programmes offered by UvA EB,
• The thesis must be evaluated in the academic year 2022-2023 (with the possibility of extension upon request),
• The thesis must have received a grade of 8 or higher.

Promising theses delayed for some reason may be included as special submissions, but please inform ASF of the circumstances by February 18, 2024.

In the submission please clearly provide the following information and materials:

1) a clear and concise motivation written by the supervisor that outlines why this thesis deserves the ASF thesis prize (max. 500 words, may include comments by the second reader(s)), 2) the title of the thesis, 3) the name of the student, 4) the student’s master’s programme and school, 5) the name of the supervisor and second reader, 6) the date of the evaluation of the thesis, 7) the contact information (email) of the student, and 8) a PDF of the thesis.

The winners will be chosen by a panel of ASF representatives and will be announced during the ASF networking meeting scheduled for March 7, 2024.

Do not hesitate to contact the secretariat of ASF if you have any questions related to the award, please contact us at [email protected] .

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Thesis Prize

Eligibility.

• The thesis focuses on the Middle East or subjects related to this region;
• the thesis was submitted in the academic year 2021-2022;
• the thesis was written at the University of Amsterdam
• the thesis received a grade of 8 or more.

Submissions can be in English or Dutch.

Applicants can submit their thesis (pdf format) by email to: [email protected] , accompanied by:

• a certification from the student administration desk that the thesis was submitted in the year 2021-2022;
• -the supervisor’s evaluation including the grade.

The ACMES Steering Board will appoint a jury that selects the best MA and BA thesis. Prizes will be formally awarded at the Centre’s thesis award meeting in December 2022 (location and date t.b.c.). For further details, please send an email to [email protected] . 

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Maxime van Es wins ASF Thesis Prize 2021

12 April 2022

Her thesis The effect of the circular economy on the financial performance of ICT companies , was chosen from 6 theses nominated for the prize. 

Circular economy and ICT

Her thesis topic explores how ICT companies can take 4 circular economy (CE) related measures that could potentially contribute to a firm’s financial performance. The measures identified by Van Es are:

• increasing energy efficiency
• increasing water efficiency
• perceiving waste as valuable
• and decreasing emissions

All of these CE economy measures could be introduced into ICT business operations. The recommended measures are also in line with ASF’s research themes: (sustainable economy, sustainable society and sustainable planet).

ASF board thesis report

When assessing the thesis, the ASF board found the research was clearly motivated and remarkably well written. The thesis presented clear arguments in a logically consistent manner. The board particularly liked the critical way Van Es addressed claims stating the ICT sector can be part of a solution towards a more sustainable economy. There was also praise for the excellent empirical analysis showing the varying effects of CE on the financial performance of ICT companies. These findings could have an impact on policy.

The ASF board congratulates Maxime van Es and her supervisor Dr Silvia Blasi on their achievement. As part of the thesis prize, they will also receive a cash award of 2000 euro (1,500 for the student and 500 for the supervisor).

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