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Jan
Wojcik Memorial Prize
The Journal of the History of Philosophy is pleased to announce the Jan Wojcik Memorial Prize for graduate students in the history of philosophy. Made possible by the generosity of Jan’s children and their families, this annual award of up to $4000 is intended to further the research of a graduate student enrolled and resident in a North American Ph.D. program and working on a dissertation in the history of philosophy (all periods). The prize will be given to fund either (a) Travel to archives or libraries outside of North America to pursue research for a dissertation in the History of Philosophy or (b) Travel to present a paper in the history of philosophy accepted at a conference or seminar outside of North America. An application should include a one-page description of the applicant’s dissertation topic and two letters of support. In the case of (a) (travel abroad for research purposes), the application should also include a description (not to exceed two pages) indicating what research the applicant will be carrying out abroad and how travel will further that work. In the case of (b) (travel abroad to present at a conference or seminar), the application should include a summary of the paper to be presented and a copy of the notice indicating that the paper has been accepted. In either case, the prize is awarded for travel in 2025. The winner will be announced in the spring of 2025. The successful candidate is expected to submit a brief report (maximum one page) to the chair of the Wojcik prize panel, Professor Eric Watkins. Application forms may be downloaded here. Electronic applications only. Application documents should be combined into a single pdf document and sent by email to Professor Eric Watkins (ewatkins@ucsd.edu), to whom letters of support should be sent separately. Deadline for applications: December 1 Jan Wojcik Jan Wojcik served as Book Review Editor for the Journal of the History of Philosophy from 2001-2005. As a graduate student she had the chance to travel overseas to consult archives in Europe, an experience from which she considered she had benefited greatly. She would have wished other graduate students to have a similar opportunity for travel abroad. Recipients and their projects: 2014 and Earlier 2015 — Aaron Spink Aaron Spink won the prize for travel to Paris to pursue research on the development of Descartes’s scientific method in the work of Roahault, Regis, and Gadroys. He reports that it led to his first publication, "The Experimental Physics of Jacques Rohault," and has aided him in other projects. 2016 — Daniel Colette Daniel Colette won the prize for a presentation at the International Leibniz Congress in Hanover, Germany, and for research at the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris. He reports that the work supported by the prize lead to two publications:
He also reports that the work supported by the prize has been helpful for various works in progress. 2017 — Bryce Gessell Bryce Gessell won the prize in order to consult the French translation of Christian Wolff's Deutsche Metaphysik, part of which is in Berlin with the other part in Poland. He was especially interested in how the translation might have given Émilie du Châtelet knowledge of Wolff's thought. He reports that the work supported by the prize has aided him in his several publications on du Châtelet. 2018 — Michaela Manson Michaela Manson won the prize in order to visit libraries and archives in England, in connection with her research on Mary Astell. 2019 — Sean Murphy Sean Murphy won the prize to spend time at the Schopenhauer Research Center in Mainz and the Schopenhauer Archive in Frankfurt. He reports that the work supported by the prize has aided him in his several publications on Schopenhauer. 2020 — Kamil Majcherek Kamil Majcherek won the prize for travel to consult medieval manuscripts on the metaphysics of artifacts. He reports that the work supported by the prize aided him in writing his book, Medieval Metaphysics of Artefacts, 1250-1500, along with three journal articles. 2021 — Maria Comacchi Maria Comacchi reports that the prize has aided some of her works in progress. 2022–2023 — No Recipients 2024 — Aurora Yu Aurora Yu won the prize in order to present at two international conferences (in Cambridge and University College Dublin). |
July 19, 2018
On
behalf of the Board of
Directors, we are
pleased to announce
that the recipient of
this year's Jan Wojcik
Prize is Michaela
Manson
(University
of Toronto).
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