FASoS BA en MA thesis prizes
During the celebration of the 48th Dies Natalis on 26 January 2024, four bachelor's students and one FASoS master's student received a thesis prize.
Bachelor's thesis prizes
Luisa Knoben (BA Arts and Culture) received the prize for her thesis 'Masking the Self: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Engagement with Masks, Diaspora, Aesthetics, and Identity in his Self-Portraits'. Access Luisa’s elevator pitch and her supervisor’s feedback here.
Remco Poeliejoe (BA Digital Society) received the prize for his thesis 'Artificial yet Adored: Exploring the Popularity of Virtual YouTubers amidst the Demand for Realness'. Access Remco’s elevator pitch and his supervisor’s feedback here.
Vincent Tadday (BSc Global Studies) received the prize for his thesis 'Sellout of Peacekeeping? Investigating the Effects of the Evolution of UN Policies on the Use of Private Security Companies in MONUSCO'. Access Vincent’s elevator pitch and his supervisor’s feedback here.
Nia Raycheva (BA European Studies) received the prize for her thesis 'Victims of Demographic Engineering: The Bulgarian Violence against Muslim Minorities during the Balkan Wars (1912-1913)'. Access Nia’s elevator pitch and her supervisor’s feedback here.
Master's prize
Anne-Sophie Oppor (MA Media Studies: Digital Cultures) received the thesis prize for her thesis titled ‘Expanding the Cognitive Battlefield: The Role of Social Media in Information Warfare’. Watch Anne-Sophie’s video about her thesis here.
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