2023 Student Prizes

The France-Stanford Center is pleased to announce the student recipients for the James Baldwin, Louise Bourgeois and Josephine Baker Prizes.

James Baldwin Essay Prize

Our 2023 James Baldwin Essay Prize for a research essay by an advanced Stanford PhD student in Humanities, Arts or Social Sciences goes to Chloé Brault for “How to Make Love When Anti-Black.”

Louise Bourgeois Essay Prize

Our 2023 Louise Bourgeois essay prize for a research essay by a graduate student in Humanities, Arts or Social Sciences goes to Míša Stekl for “Race d’Ep: On Sexual Racism, Gay Liberationism, and Queer Negativity.”

Josephine Baker Essay Prize

Our 2023 Josephine Baker prize for an undergraduate Honors thesis goes to Jessica Femenias for "Ecology, Ecstasy, History, and the Haitian Revolution."