C. W. Bright Pixel Prize for Best History and New Media Project History and Art History

2023 Awardees

Luz Mueller

Luz Mueller

PhD History

Contributor to "The Leticia Dispute: Transnational Diplomatic Communications for the Resolution of the Territorial Conflict between Colombia and Peru," http://theleticiadispute.com/ 

 

Luz Adriana Mueller is a first year PhD student in the History and Art History Department at George Mason University. Luz Adriana also received her master's in foreign languages at GMU. As a born and raised Colombian, she is inspired to transform the historical outlook of Latin America in academia. She is concerned with issues of collective trauma and memory after internal armed conflicts and political transitions. The Leticia Dispute project was a group effort that indagated the multinational diplomatic networks that developed in order to bring about the negotiated resolution of the war between Colombia and Peru. Luz Adriana continues to work in this project, along with her colleague Maira Rodrigues, in order to bring light into the transnational agency exercised by Latin American states during the early 20th century. Luz Adriana is also engaged in the ongoing Colombian peace process as part of an Hacemos Memoria research team of the Universidad de Antioquia and hopes to be able to bring the tools offered by Digital Humanities into the study and analysis of recent history in Colombia.

Scott Robinson

Scott Robinson

PhD History

Contributor to "The Leticia Dispute: Transnational Diplomatic Communications for the Resolution of the Territorial Conflict between Colombia and Peru," http://theleticiadispute.com/

 

Scott Robinson is a student in the Ph.D. in History program. He is from Alexandria, Virginia, and previously received a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from George Mason University. Scott’s research interests include U.S. politics during the late nineteenth century, including political movements like Populism.

Maira Rodrigues

Maira Rodrigues

PhD History

Contributor to "The Leticia Dispute: Transnational Diplomatic Communications for the Resolution of the Territorial Conflict between Colombia and Peru," http://theleticiadispute.com/

 

Maira Rodrigues is a Ph.D. student in Latin American History at George Mason University, where she finished a master of arts in history in 2020. Her career started with a bachelor’s degree in business from Universidade de São Paulo, followed by more than ten years working as a strategic planning consultant in Brazil and Latin America. Her primary academic interest is at the intersection of Cultural, Political, and Digital History in Latin America, especially Brazil in the 20th century. Maira sees the potential of Digital History beyond the North Hemisphere and is especially interested in data analysis to identify and explain changes in public opinion and collective taste and their political outcomes.