The Edward H. "Ted" Mullin '06 Memorial Fellowship Prize in History
REMEMBERING TED
See also: Power Swim Relay, 2012 (date tba)
How to apply for the 2012 Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Prize
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE: 2012 Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Fellowship Prize
The Carleton College History Department invites Junior History majors to submit proposals for the 2012 Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Memorial Fellowship Prize in History. Ted entered Carleton with the Class of 2006, and despite time lost while battling cancer, was on track to graduate in the spring of 2007. Sadly, Ted lost his battle, passing away September 3, 2006. He was deeply committed to his life at Carleton, both as a history major and three-year letter winner on the men’s swim team. While at Carleton, Ted also co-captained two American Cancer Society Relay for Life teams.
The Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Memorial Fellowship Prize in History, established in 2007, is an endowed fund. The interest from the fund is awarded each year to the junior history major who most exemplifies Ted’s love of history, academic excellence, selflessness, courage, and tenacity. This generous fellowship is to be used to support travel and/or research opportunities that enhance the student’s academic or broader learning journey.
The fellowship is awarded by a committee of history department faculty. The selection criteria includes academic excellence (a GPA of at least 3.5) and personal qualities of character similar to the ones that we cherished in Ted: integrity, academic and/or athletic drive and competitiveness, selflessness and generosity, an inquiring and flexible mind, religious and/or broader ethical inquiry, and tolerance and curiosity.
To make an application, please submit the following to Nikki Lamberty, History Department Office, Leighton 210 by noon, Friday, February 17, 2012 (paper copies only please; no electronic submissions) to make copies and distribute them to the Mullin Prize Committee members.
i. Project Proposal and Budget
Provide a 2-3 page description of your project, including your research topic; the methodological approach you plan to use; and the specific research activities you hope to carry out with the support of the Ted Mullin Prize. For example, these activities might include: transportation to a research site; living expenses; purchase of microfilm or archival materials; videotape for carrying out oral interviews. Include a one-page project budget that details these proposed expenses.
ii. Personal Statement
Write a one-page personal statement in which you explain the way your proposed research project fits into your larger academic goals, including your intellectual journey as a history major.
iii. Unofficial Transcript
Include a copy of your unofficial transcript with your proposal.
iv. Faculty Letters of Recommendation
Provide two letters of recommendation from Carleton faculty who know you and your academic work well, including at least one from the History Department.
The 2012 Edward H. (Ted) Mullin Memorial Fellowship recipient/s will be announced at the end of Winter term or at the beginning of Spring term, 2012, and will also be honored at Honors Convo, May 25, 2012, at 3:00 p.m., in Skinner Memorial Chapel.
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PREVIOUS EDWARD (TED) MULLIN FELLOWSHIP PRIZE WINNERS
2011 Winners
Laura Michel: A New Jerusalem? The Experience of Jews in Early Modern England. Laura studied the Jewish experience in early modern England, and travelled to England to study documents on the records of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation at the London Metropolitan Archives, a project that involved deep engagement with ethical questions and close attention to historical context.
Callie Millington: Mormons and “Gentiles” in the Sands of Southern Utah. Callie travelled and researched archival source materials about nineteenth-century Mormon interactions with "Gentiles" in the deserts of Southern Utah and Utah's integration with the United States. She explored their social, cultural and environmental history at the University of Utah Library, the Brigham Young University Library. Callie did extensive research at the LDS Church History Library, as well.
Ben Somogyi: Collective Memory, Identity Politics, the Jewish Diaspora and Colonialism in São Tomé and Principe. Ben travelled to Lisbon and São Tomé and brought together all of these topics using archival sources from the Portuguese National Archives combined with casual individual interviews in Portugal and the island nation of São Tomé and Principe.
These exciting public presentations took place on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, Leighton 304, 4:30 p.m.
Callie, Laura, Rick Mullin Laura, Ben, Callie Ben, Callie, President Pozkanzer
Mary Henry, Ben and Laura
2010 Winners
2009-10 co-winners: Hunter Knight '11 and Kate Trenerry '11
Hunter Knight: traveled on an intellectual and spiritual journey by walking the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage that stretches East to West across Northern Spain, ending after 450 miles in the city of Santiago de Compostelo.
Kate Trenerry: "Biking Borders: Comparison and Conversation along the Iron Curtain Trail," completed a 1600 mile section of bike trail that runs along the Iron Curtain border through Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. See her blog at: http://bikingborders.wordpress.com/
Kate and Hunter gave a delightful presentation of their projects, "BIKE AND BOOTS," on January 12, 2011. It was very well attended by friends, family, classmates and faculty.
2009 Winners
Erika Huckestein '10, Jordan Smith '10, and Naomi Yoder '10
Erika Huckestein: travel to London and Dublin to research the visual representations of women, gender and nationalism in Ireland and Britain.
Jordan Smith: study of the role women played in facilitating piracy throughout the Atlantic World, and the wider economic and social relationships that transcend national identities at the British Museum, British Library, and the National Archives in London.
Naomi Yoder: examination of the Anabaptist convictions of Pilgrim Marpeck in Blufton, Ohio, in June.
Naomi, Jordan, Tea Reception w/Mary Henry & Rick Mullin (Ted's parents), Erika & Rick Mullin, Friday, May 29, 2009, just before the annual Honors Convocation at the Chapel.
2008 Winners
Ted Falk '09 and Alexander Persaud '09
Ted Falk: travel & accommodations to do archival work at the Library of Congress and National Archives in Washington, DC, on the histories of Syria & Lebanon during the period of the French Mandate.
Alexander Persaud: travel to the Atlanta, Georgia during winter break to carry out archival research on the life and intellectual history of Walter Rodney, Guyanese intellectual and activist, whose papers remain largely unpublished and kept in the archive collection at the Atlanta University Center.
2007 Winner
2006-07 winner: Jack Lindberg '08
Travel to National Archives in Dublin to study Study of the Relief Commission Papers of the "Great Famine" of the mid-19th Century and Its Enduring Impact on the Role of Women in Irish Society.