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School Prizes 2010

A School Prize Ceremony was held on Wednesday 7 July 2010 at 5pm in the School Common Room.  Prizes were awarded as follows:  

1.     Alan Astin Award – ALEXANDRA TUTE

The Alan Astin Award was established to commemorate the achievements of the late Professor A E Astin, OBE, who died in 1991, after a career in education, scholarship and the arts. He was Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and at Queen’s was Professor of Ancient History and a Pro-Vice-Chancellor. The purpose of the fund is to help young people to travel in the Mediterranean world, for reasons connected with ancient historical or architectural scholarship.
£400 cheque for travel.

2.         Mary Gardiner Prize – JEFFREY DONNELLY

The Mary Gardiner Prize was founded in 1943 in memory of Miss Mary Gardiner, Master of Arts of the University and is awarded to the student who achieves greatest distinction in Ancient History in the Final Examinations.
Book tokens £50.

3.         Martin Lynn Memorial Prize – STUART BROWN and PADRAIG MCDONALD

Candidates for the Martin Lynn Memorial prize will have taken bother ‘Exploring History 1’ and ‘Exploring History 2’, will be on the Modern History pathway (whether Single, Joint, Major or Minor), and will have performed consistently well across both semesters during Level One.
£75 in book tokens

4.         J C Beckett Prize – DANIEL PATTERSON

Awarded for the best performance in History in year 1.
Book tokens £100

5.         J C Beckett Prize -  Runners up - KIRSTY MCCAULEY, MARCUS MCCOMB AND JAMES MCCULLOUGH

Book tokens £50

7.         Best Performance a world on the Move Semester 1 – ALEX MCCABE
£75 Beckett Fund

8.         The Montgomery Medal (Inst of Irish Studies) – CHLOE WILSON

The Montgomery Medal, financed from funds made available by the Irish Association, is awarded annually for the best undergraduate dissertation or long essay on some aspect of modern Irish politics or society.

9.         Esther Ballantine Prize – JOHN BEECHER AND GAVIN NORRIS

The Esther Ballantine Prize was founded in 1972 in memory of Esther Ballantine, Master of Arts of the University in 1914).  It is awarded to the best student in the final year of any honours school involving Modern History.
Cheque for £120 shared

10.       Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize  - JOHN BEECHER

The Dr Harford Montgomery Prize was established in memory of Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde the distinguished lawyer, parliamentarian and historian. It is awarded to the graduate who has obtained the highest aggregate mark in Single Honours in Modern History.
Cheque for £500

11.       Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize (Additional Award) – SARAH MAWHINNEY

Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize (Additional Award)  is presented to the student as proxime accessit for the Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize which is awarded annually to the student who has obtained the highest aggregate mark in Single Honours in Modern History.  
Cheque for £150

12.       Dennis Rebbeck Prize – REGINE MARITZ

The School wishes to award this prize for ‘the student who at the conclusion of the 2nd Honours year shows most promise in the work of any Honours School involving Modern History” (memo, June 1995).
Cheque for £100

13.       Todd Prize in Irish History  - SEAN SOROHAN

The Todd Prize was established in memory of Professor James E Todd, Professor of History at Queen’s from 1919 to 1945. It is awarded to the student who  has returned the best performance in the taught MA in Irish History.

14.       Lewis Warren Prize  - SARAH MAWHINNEY

The Lewis Warren Prize was established in 1994 in memory of Professor Lewis Warren who served the University with distinction as a scholar, teacher and as the Professor of Modern History from 1973 to 1993.It is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the School of Modern History to the student with the best performance in a Level 2 or Level 3 module of Medieval History.
Cheque for £100. 

15.       Anne Maguire Memorial Prize (Social Anthropology) - SUZANNE SMYTH

This prize, financed by the Anne Maguire Fund, commemorates and celebrates the work of Anne Maguire, a graduate of Social Anthropology who carried her anthropological skills into the world of journalism. Anne Maguire graduated in Social Anthropology at Queen’s University in 1988, and immediately started a career in journalism with the Belfast News Letter. She joined the northern office of the Irish Times in 1991, working there until her promising career was cut short by a fatal car crash in 1992.

The prize is awarded to the final year student who produces the best dissertation in Social Anthropology in the year.
£50 Book tokens

16.       K H Connell Prize  - JOANNE DAVIES

This prize was founded in 1995 by a gift from Dr Max Goldstrom in memory of his colleague and the founding Professor of Economic and Social History at Queen’s, K H Connell.

It is awarded to the best performance by a graduating student in modules covering primarily economic and social history.
£50 Book tokens

17.       The Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies Prize  - CHRISTINA CURRAN

The interdisciplinary Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at Queen’s has this year designated prizes to be awarded in various subjects for the best performance in a module covering the eighteenth century.  
£50 book token

18.       Best group project and presentation for the module ‘History & Historians’

GARETH LEARMONTH, SARAH LYDDON, CHERYL MCCAULEY, CLAIRE MCHUGH and JASON WALLACE
£50 book token each

 

 

School Prizes 2009

A School Prize Ceremony was held on Tuesday 7 July 2009 at 5pm in the roof terrace of the Physics bulding.  Prizes were awarded as follows:  

1.     Alan Astin Award – MISS DAYLE SARAH FULLERTON 

The Alan Astin Award was established to commemorate the achievements of the late Professor A E Astin, OBE, who died in 1991, after a career in education, scholarship and the arts. He was Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and at Queen’s was Professor of Ancient History and a Pro-Vice-Chancellor. The purpose of the fund is to help young people to travel in the Mediterranean world, for reasons connected with ancient historical or architectural scholarship.
 £400 cheque for travel.

2.         Mary Gardiner Prize – THOMAS RUSSELL

The Mary Gardiner Prize was founded in 1943 in memory of Miss Mary Gardiner, Master of Arts of the University and is awarded to the student who achieves greatest distinction in Ancient History in the Final Examinations.
 Book tokens £50.

3.         Martin Lynn Memorial Prize – OLIVER CARRINGTON

Candidates for the Martin Lynn Memorial prize will have taken bother ‘Exploring History 1’ and ‘Exploring History 2’, will be on the Modern History pathway (whether Single, Joint, Major or Minor), and will have performed consistently well across both semesters during Level One.
£100 in book tokens

4.         Distinction, Exploring History 1 – MICHAEL STRONG
 Book tokens £50

5.         Distinction, Exploring History 2  -  KATRINA KELLY
 Book tokens £50

7.         Best Performance a world on the Move Semester 1 – AMY MITCHELL
 £50 in book tokens

8.         The Montgomery Medal (Inst of Irish Studies) – Anne Pauli

The Montgomery Medal, financed from funds made available by the Irish Association, is awarded annually for the best undergraduate dissertation or long essay on some aspect of modern Irish politics or society.

9.         Esther Ballantine Prize – JONATHAN HANSON

The Esther Ballantine Prize was founded in 1972 in memory of Esther Ballantine, Master of Arts of the University in 1914).  It is awarded to the best student in the final year of any honours school involving Modern History.
Cheque for £120

10.       Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize  - LEANNE CALVERT

The Dr Harford Montgomery Prize was established in memory of Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde the distinguished lawyer, parliamentarian and historian. It is awarded to the graduate who has obtained the highest aggregate mark in Single Honours in Modern History.
Cheque for £500

11.       Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize (Additional Award) – HENRY BOYLE

Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize (Additional Award)  is presented to the student as proxime accessit for the Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize which is awarded annually to the student who has obtained the highest aggregate mark in Single Honours in Modern History.  
Cheque for £250

12.       Dennis Rebbeck Prize – PATRICK MCMURRAY

The School wishes to award this prize for ‘the student who at the conclusion of the 2nd Honours year shows most promise in the work of any Honours School involving Modern History” (memo, June 1995).
Cheque for £100

13.       Todd Prize in Irish History  - STUART AVEYARD

The Todd Prize was established in memory of Professor James E Todd, Professor of History at Queen’s from 1919 to 1945. It is awarded to the student who  has returned the best performance in the taught MA in Irish History.
 Cheque for £500

14.       Lewis Warren Prize  - JONATHAN HANSON

The Lewis Warren Prize was established in 1994 in memory of Professor Lewis Warren who served the University with distinction as a scholar, teacher and as the Professor of Modern History from 1973 to 1993.It is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the School of Modern History to the student with the best performance in a Level 2 or Level 3 module of Medieval History.
 Cheque for £100. 

15.       Anne Maguire Memorial Prize (Social Anthropology) - SUZANNE BRIGGS

This prize, financed by the Anne Maguire Fund, commemorates and celebrates the work of Anne Maguire, a graduate of Social Anthropology who carried her anthropological skills into the world of journalism. Anne Maguire graduated in Social Anthropology at Queen’s University in 1988, and immediately started a career in journalism with the Belfast News Letter. She joined the northern office of the Irish Times in 1991, working there until her promising career was cut short by a fatal car crash in 1992.

The prize is awarded to the final year student who produces the best dissertation in Social Anthropology in the year.
 £50 Book tokens

16.       K H Connell Prize  - LEANNE CALVERT

This prize was founded in 1995 by a gift from Dr Max Goldstrom in memory of his colleague and the founding Professor of Economic and Social History at Queen’s, K H Connell.

It is awarded to the best performance by a graduating student in modules covering primarily economic and social history.
 £50 Book tokens

17.       The Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies Prize  - LEANNE CALVERT

The interdisciplinary Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at Queen’s has this year designated prizes to be awarded in various subjects for the best performance in a module covering the eighteenth century.  
 £50 book token

18.       Best group project and presentation for the module ‘History & Historians’

RYAN ALLEN, SUZANNA HALL & SARAH HAWKINS
 £50 book token each

School Prizes 2008

A School Prize Ceremony was held on Tuesday 1 July 2008 at 5 pm in the roof terrace of the Physics bulding. Prizes were awarded as follows:

1. Alan Astin Award – THOMAS RUSSELL
The Alan Astin Award was established to commemorate the achievements of the late Professor A E Astin, OBE, who died in 1991, after a career in education, scholarship and the arts. He was Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and at Queen’s was Professor of Ancient History and a Pro-Vice-Chancellor. The purpose of the fund is to help young people to travel in the Mediterranean world, for reasons connected with ancient historical or architectural scholarship.
£400 cheque for travel.

2. Mary Gardiner Prize – DAVID BARR
The Mary Gardiner Prize was founded in 1943 in memory of Miss Mary Gardiner, Master of Arts of the University and is awarded to the student who achieves greatest distinction in Ancient History in the Final Examinations.
Book tokens £50.

3. Best Performance (Introduction to History I) – CRAIG WALLACE

4. Best Performance (Introduction to History II) – ROBYN ACHESON
£50 in book tokens.
Robyn is currently studying Modern History and English and will graduate in 2010. Read here about Roscha's career plans and what she thought of studying Anthropology at Queen's..

5. Prize for Commended Performance in 'Introduction to History I - LYNSAY VICTORIA SMITH

6. Prize for Commended Performance in ‘Introduction to History I - LOIS PATTERSON TAYLOR

7. Prize for Commended Performance in ‘Introduction to History II - LOIS PATTERSON TAYLOR

8. Martin Lynn Memorial Prize - LOIS PATTERSON TAYLOR & SARAH MAWHINNEY

Candidates for the Martin Lynn Memorial prize will have taken both ‘Introduction to History I’ and ‘Introduction to History II’, will be on the Modern History pathway (whether Single, Joint, Major or Minor), and will have performed consistently well across both semesters during Level One. Book tokens £75

9. Esther Ballantine Prize – IAN HUNTER
The Esther Ballantine Prize was founded in 1972 in memory of Esther Ballantine, Master of Arts of the University in 1914).  It is awarded to the best student in the final year of any honours school involving Modern History.
Cheque for £120

10. Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize – CHRISTOPHER LOUGHLIN
The Dr Harford Montgomery Prize was established in memory of Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde the distinguished lawyer, parliamentarian and historian. It is awarded to the graduate who has obtained the highest aggregate mark in Single Honours in Modern History.
Cheque for £500

11. Denis Rebbeck Prize - JONATHAN HANSON
This prize is awarded to the student who at the conclusion of Stage 2 shows most promise in the work of any pathway in Modern History; on the recommendation of the HoS, taking into account the advice of the Board of Examiners in Modern History.
Cheque for £100.

12. Todd Prize in Irish History – GORDON REES
The Todd Prize was established in memory of Professor James E Todd, Professor of History at Queen’s from 1919 to 1945. It is awarded to the student who  has returned the best performance in the taught MA in Irish History.
Cheque for £500

13. Lewis Warren Prize - JONATHAN HANSON
The Lewis Warren Prize was established in 1994 in memory of Professor Lewis Warren who served the University with distinction as a scholar, teacher and as the Professor of Modern History from 1973 to 1993.It is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the School of Modern History to the student with the best performance in a Level 2 or Level 3 module of Medieval History.
Cheque for £100

14. K. H. Connell Prize – GILLIAN TILSON

This prize was founded in 1995 by a gift from Dr Max Goldstrom in memory of his colleague and the founding Professor of Economic and Social History at Queen’s, K H Connell.
It is awarded to the best performance by a graduating student in modules covering primarily economic and social history.
£50 Cheque

15. The Centre for Eighteenth-Century Studies Prize – DANIEL STAFFORD
The interdisciplinary Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at Queen’s has this year designated prizes to be awarded in various subjects for the best performance in a module covering the eighteenth century. The award for modern history goes to Daniel Stafford.
.£50 book token.

16. Anne Maguire Memorial Prize (Social Anthropology) – ROSCHA CRONIN
This prize, financed by the Anne Maguire Fund, commemorates and celebrates the work of Anne Maguire, a graduate of Social Anthropology who carried her anthropological skills into the world of journalism. Anne Maguire graduated in Social Anthropology at Queen’s University in 1988, and immediately started a career in journalism with the Belfast News Letter. She joined the northern office of the Irish Times in 1991, working there until her promising career was cut short by a fatal car crash in 1992.

The prize is awarded to the final year student who produces the best dissertation in Social Anthropology in the year.
£50 Cheque for book tokens. Read about her experiences of studying at Queen's

17. The Montgomery Medal (Inst of Irish Studies) – CHRISTOPHER LOUGHLIN
The Montgomery Medal, financed from funds made available by the Irish Association, is awarded annually for the best undergraduate dissertation or long essay on some aspect of modern Irish politics or society.

School Prizes 2007

A School Prize Ceremony was held on 2 July 2007 at 4.30 pm in the Performance Room (Anthropology), ground floor, at the rear of 13 University Square. Prizes were awarded as follows:

Mary Gardiner Prize – ANDREW GILLAN

The Mary Gardiner Prize, founded in 1943 in memory of Miss Mary Gardiner, Master of Arts of the University, will be awarded annually to the student who achieves greatest distinction in Ancient History in the Final Examinations for the degree of BA.

Alan Astin Award – FIONA STUART

The Alan Astin Fund was established by his many friends to commemorate the achievements of the late Professor A E Astin, MA (Oxon), OBE, who died on 3 June 1991, after a career in education, scholarship and the arts. He was Chairman of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and in Queen’s University he was Professor of Ancient History and at various times a Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Dean of the Faculty of Theology.

The purpose of the fund is to help young people to travel in the Mediterranean world, for reasons connected with ancient historical or architectural scholarship.

Esther Ballantine Prize – VICTORIA NEWBERRY

The Esther Ballantine Prize was originally founded in 1972 by a gift from Dr S. Ballantine (MB 1919) in memory of his sister (BA 1910, MA 1914). A further prize was founded in 1986 through a legacy from Dr Ballantine.

The prizes are awarded annually to the best student in the final year of any honours school involving Modern History.

Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde Prize – JAMES O’NEILL

The Dr Harford Montgomery Prize was established in 2000 in memory of Dr Harford Montgomery Hyde the distinguished lawyer, parliamentarian and historian. The Prize is made annually, and is worth £500.  It is awarded at the discretion of the Vice-Chancellor, on the recommendation of the Head of School of Modern History, to the graduate in that School who has obtained the highest aggregate mark in Single Honours in Modern History.

The Denis Rebbeck Prize – OLWYN DOWLING

This prize, which was founded in 1960 by a gift from Denis Rebbeck, consists of books to be awarded annually (if there is a candidate of sufficient merit), on the recommendation of the Director of the School of Modern History, to the student who at the conclusion of the second honours year shows most promise in the work of any honours School involving Modern History.

Martin Lynn Memorial Prize – JONATHAN REID

Candidates for the Martin Lynn Memorial prize will have taken both ‘Introduction to History I’ and ‘Introduction to History II’, will be on the Modern History pathway (whether Single, Joint, Major or Minor), and will have performed consistently well across both semesters during Level One. 

Best Performance (Introduction to History I) - PATRICK McMURRAY

Commended Performance (Introduction to History I) – NUALA McKAY

Commended Performance (Introduction to History I) – JONATHAN McDAID

Best Performance (Introduction to History II) – JONATHAN WILLIAMS

Commended Performance (Introduction to History II) – CAROLINE FENNING

Commended Performance (Introduction to History II) – SARAH HUNNIFORD

Commended Performance (Introduction to History II) – CONOR O’KANE

The Lewis Warren Prize – SARAH PATTERSON
The Lewis Warren Prize was established in 1994 in memory of Professor Lewis Warren who served the University with distinction as a scholar, teacher and as the Professor of Modern History from 1973 to 1993.It is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the School of Modern History to the student with the best performance in a Level 2 or Level 3 module of Medieval History.

The Montgomery Medal (Institute of Irish Studies) – KARL BARR
The Montgomery Medal, financed from funds made available in 1964 by the Irish Association, is normally to be awarded annually for the best dissertation or long essay on some aspect of current Irish affairs submitted by an undergraduate.

Todd Prize in Irish History – ELAINE FARRELL

The Todd Prize was established in 1996 in memory of Professor James E Todd, Professor of History at Queen’s from 1919 to 1945.Subject to the availability of funding, normally one award of approximately £500 will be made annually to the student who, in the judgement of the Board of Examiners, has returned the best performance in the taught MA in Irish History.

Anne Maguire Memorial Prize (Social Anthropology) – SALLY ATKINSON & PAUL McCREARY

This prize, financed by the Anne Maguire Fund, commemorates and celebrates the work of Anne Maguire, a graduate of Social Anthropology who carried her anthropological skills into the world of journalism. Anne Maguire (1963-1992) graduated in Social Anthropology at Queen’s University in 1988, and immediately started a career in journalism with the Belfast News Letter. She joined the northern office of the Irish Times in 1991, working there until her promising career was cut short by a fatal car crash in 1992.
Undergraduate students undertaking the Dissertation in Social Anthropology (320SAN323) are eligible for the prize. The prize will be awarded to the student who, in the judgement of the Board of Examiners for Social Anthropology, produces the best dissertation for this module in any year.