2026 Eckles Prize Awards Ceremony
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Eckles Memorial Library, Eckles Auditorium, District of Columbia
Join us as we celebrate the winners of the 2026 Eckles Prize for First Year Research Excellence! The winners and their papers are: First Place: Segregation’s Afterlife: The Dark Archival Underside of The George Washington University by Haider Zaidi Second Place: The Forgotten Scientist: Gender, Erasure, and the Legacy of Maria Sibylla Merian by Tyler Lai Third Place: Rights on Paper, Barriers in Practice: How Diaspora Institutions Function as Parallel Welfare Systems for Migrants in the United States by Souheil Mouhajir Winners will present on their research and writing process, as well as answer questions from the audience. Light refreshments will be provided.