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Dutton Essay Prize for The Humanities
Your gift will recognize and reward excellent writing for students in the Department of Humanities.
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Commemorating Professor Paul Edward Dutton’s long and distinguished history at SFU, the Department of Humanities is establishing The Dutton Essay Prize in the Humanities (DEPTH) in his name. The award will recognize and reward excellent student writing.
After 37 years of service at Simon Fraser University, Professor Paul Dutton from the Department of Humanities has retired. Dutton is an historian of the Middle Ages who introduced thousands of SFU students to the delights and mysteries of early European history and culture in such courses as HUM 105: Western Civilization, HUM 103: The Invention of the Book, and HUM 307: Carolingian Civilization.
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The award will recognize and reward excellent writing for students of the Department of Humanities. Commenting on the newest forms of textual expression, Dutton comments: “We all write all the time, but quite frankly, Twitter and e-mail just do not draw out of us our best writing. The essay is an endangered thing. It would be nice to bring it and fine student writing some recognition and reward.”
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