The Program in Jewish Studies and the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures announce the听Ulrich Goldsmith Memorial Prize in German-Jewish Studies, which rewards academic writing on a topic pertaining to Jewish culture in German-speaking lands.听The prize is named after Professor Ulrich Goldsmith (1910鈥�2000), professor emeritus of German and Comparative Literature. Professor听Goldsmith was born in Freiburg i. B., Germany, and moved to England in 1932 to study at the London School of Economics. He remained an exile in England after 1933 because of the anti-Semitic legislation passed by the Third Reich.听In 1940 he moved to Canada, classified as a "friendly enemy alien," earning his master鈥檚 in German literature from Toronto University. In 1950 he earned his Ph.D. in German from UC-Berkeley.听Goldsmith began working at CU-麻豆影院 in 1957, where he first chaired the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and later co-founded and chaired the Program in Comparative Literature. He retired from CU in 1979.听The prize was established in the 2010鈥�2011 academic year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Professor Goldsmith's birth.

1. The prize will be awarded to the best paper written by a student (undergraduate or graduate)听on a topic pertaining to any aspect of听German-Jewish culture in the pre- or post-World War II period.

2.听The paper must have originally been written for a course in the previous calendar year, but need not have been written for a Jewish studies or German course.

3. The paper cannot exceed 20 double-spaced pages, including notes and bibliography.

4. Students may revise the paper before submitting it to the contest.

5. Each student may submit only one essay.

6. The听award for 2018听will be $300.

7.听罢丑别听deadline for submission听is听April 13, 2018; essays should be submitted electronically to听Davide.Stimilli@Colorado.edu.听The award selection committee consists of Professors Nan Goodman, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies, and听Davide Stimilli, Associate Professor听of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures.听