Douglas Johnson Memorial Essay Prize

About the Prize
The Douglas Johnson Memorial Essay Prize was established in memory of the late Douglas Johnson, the first Honorary President of the Association. The prize, to the value of £250, is awarded for an undergraduate essay or dissertation of distinction, which explores any theme/s relevant to the Association’s remit (French history, politics, culture, society, literature, thought, film since 1789, as well as the relations between France and other countries, including those in the French-speaking world).
Terms and Conditions
The work may be written in either French or English and should be over five thousand words. Essays or dissertations must be submitted by a member of academic staff (who should normally be a member of the Association) and accompanied with a current email address provided by the student. Submissions cannot be submitted by students.
Submissions should be made electronically by 15 July of the year in question to the Prizes Officer of the Association, Dr Jamie Steele, via the form below.
A three-person sub-committee of the Executive will be invited to serve by the Secretary to consider the submissions and determine the award of the prize. Prize-winners shall be notified directly and their names announced on the website and at the Association’s AGM.
2025: Sadie Golen (University of St Andrews)
2024: Joe Burns (University of Bristol)
2023: Eli Jeannin (Queen Mary University London)
2022: Connor Haggerty (University of Aberdeen)
2021: Millie Jacoby (University of Warwick)
2020: Izabela Bester (University of Surrey)
2019: Jessica Phillip James (Coventry University)
2018: Dora Baker (University of Bristol)
2017: Fraser McRobert (University of Glasgow)
2015: Liam Jones (University of Portsmouth)
2014: Sally Jensen (University of Southampton)
2013: Christopher Leffler (University of Sheffield)
2012: Jennifer Nash (University of Southampton)
2011: Philippe Le Goff (University of Warwick)