The Ulrich "Ulo" Goldsmith Memorial Prize in German-Jewish Studies
Awarded to a ºÚÁÏÉçÇøÍø undergraduate or graduate student byÌýfaculty nomination
The Program in Jewish Studies and the Ìýannually award the Ulrich Goldsmith Memorial Prize,Ìýwhich rewards academic writing on Jewish culture in German-speaking lands.ÌýThe $300Ìýprize is awardedÌýtoÌýthe best paper written by a student (undergraduate or graduate) on a topic pertaining to any aspect of German-Jewish culture in the pre- or post-World War II period.
Faculty from the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Program inÌýJewish Studies will nominate students for the prize for papers writtenÌýthe previous calendar year. A studentÌýawardee will be announced early April.
About Professor Ulrich "Ulo"ÌýGoldsmith
The prize is named after Professor Ulrich "Ulo"ÌýGoldsmith (1910–2000), professor emeritus of German and Comparative Literature. ProfessorÌýGoldsmith 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.ÌýIn 1940 he moved to Canada, classified as a "friendly enemy alien," earning his master’s in German literature from Toronto University. In 1950 he earned his Ph.D. in German from UC-Berkeley.ÌýGoldsmith began working at CUÌýBoulder 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.ÌýThe prize was established in the 2010–2011 academic year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Professor Goldsmith's birth.
Questions about Jewish Studies scholarships and fellowships?
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Undergraduate Students: Please email Professor Samuel Boyd, Director of Undergraduate Studies, at Samuel.Boyd@colorado.edu
Graduate Students: Please email Professor Hilary Falb Kalisman,ÌýDirector of Graduate Studies, at Hilary.Kalisman@colorado.edu