The David R. Blumenthal Award in Jewish Studies and the Humanities was established in 1999 by Professor Blumenthal's friends and colleagues in his honor. The award is given to Emory students (graduate and undergraduate) who submit the best papers that link the knowledge, insights, values, and perspectives of Jewish realities to broader human concerns in thought or action; in ethics, language and linguistics, literature, theology, exegesis, law, or the arts.
All Emory University students are eligible to apply. Two awards may be given:
- one $500 award for the best project by an undergraduate student
- one $500 award for the best project by a graduate student
Click here for past winners.
Submission Guidelines
- Please read and follow the guidelines carefully. Papers submitted late or in an incorrect format will not be considered for an award.
- Suggested length of submitted papers is 10 double-spaced pages for undergraduates and 15 pages for graduates (excluding source notes and bibliography).
- Submitted papers should be research papers which use scholarly apparatus and scholarly tools which reflect the student’s capacity to do research.
- Papers should meet the highest standards of grammatical form and expository style.
- Papers should be submitted with a cover page showing name, paper title, Emory affiliation, and contact information but with no other identifying information in the body of the paper except for title.
- Papers may have been written for a class assignment but, when necessary, should be revised and edited for the non-specialized reader and to meet the criteria of the award, e.g., linking Jewish Studies to broader human concerns. For example:
- A paper analyzing specific memoirs of the Holocaust should place these memoirs within the larger literary canon, e.g., why are these literary works of particular value?
- A paper on a specific aspect of archaeology of the Bible should demonstrate the relevance of the work to the larger question of development of human civilization in the geographic area, e.g., what does the history of this particular site contribute to our understanding of Biblical civilization?
Papers are due at noon on March 15 th in the office of the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, Candler Library 204.
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