The results of the Student Prize for Feminist Scholarship 2015 have been annouced. It was a very high-quality field of submissions at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and the interdisciplinary panel of judges had to make some very difficult decisions. The panel is confident, however, that the winning essays demonstrate student feminist scholarship at its best.
- Winner of Postgraduate Essay Competition: Sara Janssen, PhD Film Studies
Essay – ‘Sensate Vision: From Maximum Visibility to Haptic Erotics’ - Runner-up: Jessica Elias, LLM in International Law with International Relations
Essay – ‘Hysterical Deleuze: From Autoscopia to Becoming Woman’ . - Winner of Undergraduate Essay Competition: Lois Donnelly, BSc Psychology
Essay – ‘”I am a woman, not a traffic jam”: The effect of street harassment, self-objectification and safety anxiety on perceived risk of rape’ - Runner-up: Leah Ringwood-Hoare, LLB Law
Essay – ‘Compare representations of gender in Nightwood and The Lover’
Dr Carolyn Pedwell, who co-organised the competition with Dr Rachel Calogero, said “The prize was offered as part of the Radical Women: 50 Years of Feminism at Kent project and we were delighted with the number and strength of entries we received.”
For more details about the competition, see www.kent.ac.uk/50/celebrate/projects/radical-women/scholarship.html
