PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group
2017 Undergraduate Essay Competition
1st Prize £150
2nd Prize £75
Deadline: Friday 16 June 2017
To enter:
UK Lecturers should submit their ‘best’ gender and politics undergraduate essay (max 3,000 words, excluding bibliography) to this year’s judge:
Dr. Toni Haastrup (University of Kent):
NB: Student must not independently send their essays
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2016 WINNERS
The PSA Women and Politics Specialist Group is delighted to announce our 2016 undergraduate essay competition winners:
First Prize – Sebastian Wigdell Bowcott (University of Leeds) ‘Critically assess the implications of postcolonial theory for our understanding of contemporary feminist politics’
Second Prize – Pablo Perez Ruiz (University of Edinburgh) ‘Is globalisation good for women?’
For more details click here.
Congratulations to our winners!
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PREVIOUS WINNERS
2015 winners:
First Prize – Letty Davis (SOAS) ‘Pinkwashing and Homonationalism: Gender, Sexuality, and Power in Israel’
Second Prize – Natalie Lovell (University of Leeds) ‘Critically examine the importance of ‘intersectionality’ for feminist political theory and activism’
2014 winners:
1st Prize: Ellen Friend (University of Bristol) ‘Hunting Witches: Media Representations of “Non-Compliant” Woman MPs’
2nd Prize: Rhian Williams (University of Leeds) ‘To what extent is Butler’s account of gender performativity helpful for understanding contemporary feminist politics?’
2013 winners:
1st prize: Jessica Firth (University of Edinburgh) Does the Rise of the Global Sex Industry Represent Progress or Failure for Feminism?
2nd prize: Daniela Filipa Martins Cabral (Queen Mary, University of London) Can women ever benefit from emphasising their difference to men?
2012 winners:
1st: Rebecca Tildesley (University of Bristol) To what extent does Prime Minister’s Questions marginalise women because of its highly masculinised form?
2nd: Emily Hazell (UWE) Is feminism a comprehensive ideology
2010 winner: Alexandra Hurcikova (University of Edinburgh)
2009 winner: Peter Allen (Queen Mary, University of London)
2008 winners: Naomi Ralph (University of Edinburgh), Sara Ansari (Queen Mary, University of London), Peg Murray Evans (University of Sheffield)
2007 winner: Charlotte Coles (University of Edinburgh)
2006 winner: Catherine MacDonald (University of Edinburgh)
2005 winner: Lorna Robbins (University of Bristol)
2004 winner: Christina Eason (University of Manchester)