European Cultural Studies celebrates seniors in the Class of 2026! 15 students earned the European Studies minor: Santiago Castro Carrillo, Laurie Drayton, Noah Eshaghpour-Silberman, Preston Ferraiuolo, Illia Filipacchi, Wyndham Freeman, Ashley George, Louisa Gheorghita, Willliam (Ryland) Graham, Andrei Iosifescu, Abby Lu, Justin Murdock, Sarah Payne, Fallon Rowerdink, Annie Townsend, and Laura Zhang. Congratulations to all our students and thank you to our faculty!
The Asher Hinds Prize for Excellence is awarded annually in recognition of the best senior thesis completed by an EUS Minor student. This year, the award went to:
Andrei Iosifescu, History
Senior Thesis: “A Small State Constellation in the Twilight of Empire: The Foundations and Evolution of the Little Entente, 1918–1938”
Advisor: Natasha Wheatley (History)
Honorable Mention
Laurie Drayton, Classics Senior Thesis: “After Hermaphroditus: Statues, Sex Change and Artistic Response in the 19th-Century Androgyne Novel”
Advisor: Brooke Holmes (Classics)
