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  • The Battle for Dominance in the Skies: How Sci-Fi Films Reflected Societal and Political Concerns during the Space Race

    / Interdisciplinary:

    Film and Cultural Studies, History

    Luke Collins ’24

    Harvard-Westlake School

    California, USA

  • The Failure of the Schlieffen Plan and Its Impact on the German WWI Strategy

    / World History

    Alexander Knight ’23

    Southbank
    International School

    London, UK

  • Magical Spirituality: A Source of Self-Empowerment for African-American Women

    Magna / Interdisciplinary:

    Anthropology, Theology, Women’s Studies

    Ava Driggers ’24

    Concord Academy

    Massachusetts, USA

  • Politics of Mithras: The Mystery Cult and Matters of State

    / Greco-Roman History

    Connor Huard ’25

    Monte Vista High School

    California, USA

  • Global Public Policy Reactions to an Increasingly Political Young Generation

    / Public Policy

    Luke Netto ’24

    Milton High School

    Georgia, USA

  • Reasons and Causality: Critiquing the Principle of Alternate Possibilities

    / Philosophy

    Patrick Van Hoven ’24

    Woodside High School

    California, USA

  • Revisiting the Crown Heights Riot: Multiethnic Hostility at the Neighborhood and City Levels

    Magna / Sociology

    Isaiah Glick ’24

    Berkeley Carroll School

    New York, USA

  • The Influence of Civil Rights and Unionization on the Women’s Rights Movement and Attainment of Suffrage

    / US History

    Katherine Buckman ’24

    Mountain View High School

    Virginia, USA

  • Motherhood at the Crossroads: A Deconstruction of Gender, Class, and Race in Leïla Slimani’s Chanson Douce

    Magna / Interdisciplinary:

    Literature, Sociology

    Defne Koyluoglu ’24

    Phillips Exeter Academy

    New Hampshire, USA

  • Residential Segregation: A Tale of Two Houses

    Summa / US History

    James Prince ’23

    The Blake School

    Minnesota, USA

    * Selected from magna essays published in the 2022-2023 academic year.

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  • Defne Koyluoglu

    While my academic interests span from astronomy to art history, my background as a modern dancer, especially in the sophistication and essence of the Martha Graham technique, introduced me to...

    Defne Koyluoglu

    While my academic interests span from astronomy to art history, my background as a modern dancer, especially in the sophistication and essence of the Martha Graham technique, introduced me to...

  • Isaiah Glick

    I have been interested in history and politics for as long as I can remember. I was driven to pursue historical research by the work of three authors: Robert K....

    Isaiah Glick

    I have been interested in history and politics for as long as I can remember. I was driven to pursue historical research by the work of three authors: Robert K....

  • Luke Netto

    Politically speaking, my greatest passions are youth engagement and international public policy. I have done work with youth political organizations nationally and internationally. In 2022, I had a discussion about...

    Luke Netto

    Politically speaking, my greatest passions are youth engagement and international public policy. I have done work with youth political organizations nationally and internationally. In 2022, I had a discussion about...

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  • Re-placing the Semiotic Bar

    / Philosophy & Literary Theory

    Brian Glucksman ’17

    BASIS Scottsdale

    Arizona, USA

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  • Denmark’s Distemperment: The Medical and Physical Representations of Political Strife in Hamlet

    / Interdisciplinary Humanities

    Sam Karp ’18

    Collegiate School

    New York, USA

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  • Artemisia Gentileschi: Baroque Master and the Preeminent Caravaggisti

    / Art History

    Elisabeth G Schlossel ’20

    The Spence School

    New York, USA

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