Congratulations to our 2024/5 graduates and prize winners

Posted on 20 January 2026

On 8 January we celebrated the achievements of our 2024/5 cohort at their graduation and announced our prize winners.

Photo of some of our graduation in their graduatution gowns standing on the Heslington Hall staircase

CENTRE FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES - MA PRIZES 2025

Garmonsway Coursework Prize:
Was awarded to the student(s) with the highest coursework average across the MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Joint prize winners are Nora Besley and Mallory Moss

Garmonsway Dissertation Prize:
Was awarded for the highest-scoring MA dissertation across the MA in Medieval Studies cohort. The prize winner is Naoki Matsumoto for their dissertation on:
In a bind: the Kraków student, the Melk reform and the transgender experience in the Middle Ages

Olivia Toubkin prize for the best essay on an Old Norse topic:
Was awarded for the highest-scoring Viking Poetry essay each year. The prize winner was Jessica Sherburn.

Richard III Prize:
Was awarded for the best MA dissertation on a medieval fifteenth-century topic relating to the British Isles or Western Europe. The prize winner is Beth Harckham-Edwards for their dissertation on: The lost tomb of Earl Thomas Beauchamp II and Countess Margaret Ferrers of Warwick, St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Warwick

Two of our MA prize winners standing with Kenneth Clarke Two of our PhD graduates standing in front of the Center for Medieval Studies banner
Feature image: Some of our MA in Medieval Studies graduates.
Left image: Our Garmonsway coursework prize winners.
Right image: Two of our PhD in Medieval Studies graduates, Robyn Stewart and Marisa Michaud