Panel 1 – Cultural Perspectives
First Prize: “Enlightened Witchhunts” by Paul Joseph Prezzia, University of Pittsburgh
Panel 2 – EU Security Policy
First Prize: “The European Union Administration of Mostar: Success or Failure?” by Lindsey Bailet, University of Pittsburgh
Panel 3 – Migration, Ethnic and National Identity
First Prize: “Postwar Visions of Subcarpathian Rus’” by Evan Sparling, Dickinson College
Panel 4 – Conduits of Violence
First Prize: “Humanitarian Bureaucracy: Disabled Veterans, Private Charities and the State in WWI” by Caitlin Cater, University of Pittsburgh
Panel 5 – Pipelines and Lifelines: The Economics of Division
First Prize: “Europe’s Dependency on Russian Energy Supplies” by Daniel Lindy, Washington and Jefferson College
Panel 6 – President Putin’s Policies
First Prize: “Fear in the Federation: Russia’s Environmental Crisis” by Eric Ross Feld, Muhlenberg College