Panel 1 – European Literature
First Prize: “The Appropriate Definition of Comedy and its Impact on Western Literature” by Jonathan Kern, University of Pittsburgh
Panel 2 – Germany in Modern European History
First Prize: “Economic Populism and the Rise of National Socialism in the Sudetenlands” by Jeffery Ernsthausen, University of Pittsburgh
Panel 3 – Culture, Film, and Propaganda
First Prize: “The Quotidian and the Horrific: Filmmakers’ Use of the Everyday in their Attempts to Represent the Holocaust” by Stephen Grebinski, University of Pittsburgh
Panel 4 – Yugoslavia and Post-Yugoslavian Politics
First Prize: “Slovenia in World Politics” by Kelly Gaberlavage, University of Pittsburgh
Panel 5 – EU and Eastern Expansion
First Prize: “Big Trouble in Little Albania: The Dilemma of Organized Crime in Kosovo” by George W.F. De Esch, University of Pittsburgh
Panel 6 – Policy Formation in Europe
First Prize: “Managed Society: NGOs in Modern Russian Politics” by Joshua Keating, Oberlin College
