Hiett Prize
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The Hiett Prize is an award presented by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, endowed by DIHC board member Kim Hiett Jordan in the names of her parents. The award (of $50,000) is presented annually to promising scholars in the field of humanities. Its first recipient (in 2005) was historian Dr. Brad Stephan Gregory
. The 2010 winner is Mark Oppenheimer who is a lecturer in the English and Political Science departments at Yale and also teaches Creative Writing at Wellesley college. Mark is also a writer for the New York Times.
Brad Stephan Gregory
Dr. Brad Stephan Gregory is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. His principal field of study is the religious wars of the Reformation. Dr. Gregory received the Hiett Prize in 2005....
. The 2010 winner is Mark Oppenheimer who is a lecturer in the English and Political Science departments at Yale and also teaches Creative Writing at Wellesley college. Mark is also a writer for the New York Times.