Giancarlo Doria Paper Prize
In memory of Giancarlo Doria, M.A. 2010, Antonietta
and Francesco Doria and the Department of Political Science have established an
annual award for the best paper in the field of comparative politics submitted
by a candidate for the Ph.D. in political science who has not yet received the
M.Phil.
The Giancarlo Doria Paper Prize of $500 will be
awarded by a selection committee of three members of the political science
faculty.
Papers for consideration may address any subject
within the field of comparative politics. Papers must be 45 pages or less
in length (including all tables, figures, notes and references), and must be
submitted to Kay Achar by Wednesday, November 24, 2010.
About Giancarlo Doria
Giancarlo Doria died on January 3, 2010, at the
age of twenty-eight. After four months of stoic struggle, Giancarlo succumbed to the cancer that truncated
a promising academic career and a life enlightened by keen intelligence, deep
commitment to human relationships and an insatiable desire to learn,
understand and share. He leaves behind his mother, Antonietta, his
father, Franco, and his brother, Emanuele, who were by his side the entire
time, in addition to the dozens of friends in Italy and the U.S.
alike, whose lives he touched.
Giancarlo began his graduate studies in the Department
of Political Science in September 2008 as a political theorist. He
subsequently transitioned to comparative politics, focusing on political
economy, comparative constitutional design and federalism. He obtained his
M.A. in political science from Columbia.
Before coming to New York, Giancarlo worked for
several years in the Italian parliament while pursuing a doctorate in
political science at Università La Sapienza, Rome, where he studied philosophy
and political science as an undergraduate. In addition, he regularly wrote for Federalismi
an Italian journal, on issues related to federalism and comparative
constitutional law. In the year preceding his death, Giancarlo was
working on a co-authored book project on bicameralism.
At Columbia, his colleagues, friends and professors will remember his
warmth and energy, his generosity, his commitment to research and his
willingness to listen and to help. He remains a source of
inspiration for those who sat in class and studied with him and even more
so for those who saw the enormous strength and resilience of his
character in the darkest days of his fight with cancer.
