Congratulations to our 2023 Medal Recipients
Paula Arning, a 2023 graduate from the MA in Art History, Collections and Curating has been awarded the Michael McCarthy Medal. This medal was established in 2004 to mark the retirement of Professor Michael McCarthy who held the chair of Art History at UCD from 1994-2004. His commitment to post-graduate students is recorded in this medal which is awarded annually to the candidate who obtains the highest GPA in the taught MA in Art History programme. Read about her comparative study of the work of renowned Irish designer and architect Eileen Gray (1878-1976) with that of the less well known German architect and designer Lily Reich (1885-1947 on our (opens in a new window)Art History MA Blog.
Ruth McGill, a 2023 graduate from the MA in Cultural Policy and Arts Management, has been awarded (opens in a new window)The Joan Duff/Irish Museums Trust Medal in memory of the distinguished founder of the Irish Museums Trust, Joan Duff, who passed away in 2018. The Diploma in Arts Administration at UCD, from which our MA originates, was inaugurated in 1986 with the support of the Irish Museums Trust. It is therefore an honour that the Irish Museums Trust has produced this medal for awarding to the outstanding student of the year in the MA.
Medals for 2023 were also awarded to the following undergraduate Art History students: Françoise Henry Memorial Medals, Aoife Connors and Zuzanna Chojnowska (Joint 1st Place); Donal Byrne Memorial Medal, Wiktoria Kordacka.