Congratulations to history graduate student Erik Glowark for winning the 2020 World History Association Dissertation Prize with his research, “The Christianization of Kyushu: A World-Historical Interpretation of the Jesuit Mission to Japan, 1549–1650.”

Every year, the WHA awards this prize to the best doctoral dissertation in world, global, or transnational history. Glowark’s research focuses on the history of Early Modern Japan, religion, and Christianity.