Every year, the Department of History of Art and Architecture puts on a Student Symposium and Essay Prize and this one is extra special, as this year is our 10 year anniversary as our own department!

Student Symposium

In previous years, the Student Symposium was open to all students who had taken a 200 or 300 level HAA class.  However, we have changed things a little this year.  As a way to showcase the culmination of work for the students in our HAA 390: Senior Capstone class, the only students who will be presenting at the symposium will be our capstone students.  However, everyone is welcome to attend the symposium!  The capstone gives our students a chance to refine and expand a paper that they have previously written.  It also gives our students a chance to work on a topic that they are interested in researching more in depth, as well as creating a paper that they can use for graduate school applications.  Anyone who attends the symposium will have a chance to hear the final work of our students, learn about what our current students are working on, and get an idea about the depth and breadth or our department research.

Essay Prize

Still want to take part in the Student Symposium, but aren’t in the Senior Capstone?  No problem!  Submit your paper for our annual paper prize!  If you have a paper from 290 or any 300 level HAA course taken between Winter Quarter 2018 and Fall Quarter 2018 your paper is eligible.  The annual paper prize comes with a monetary prize and the possibility that it will be published in the Creating Knowledge journal (if you’re interested in reading past winning papers, check out past Creating Knowledge publications!).  If you apply to the essay prize, you must attend the symposium.

We’re taking applications for both now.  You can find more information by visiting our departmental web page or emailing me at mmarnell@depaul.edu.

We can’t wait to hear and read all of the wonderful papers!