Scholarship Information
Dr. John "Barry" Bartmann Memorial Award in Political Science
Faculty of Arts
Cycle: Fall
Value: 500
Criteria:
Granted to a student entering their second year of undergraduate studies with a declared major in Political Science at UPEI who had the highest overall average in their first year of study. Should there be no qualifying student in their second year, the award will be granted to the student entering their third year of undergraduate studies with a declared major in Political Science at UPEI who had the highest overall average in their second year of study.
Granted to a student entering their second year of undergraduate studies with a declared major in Political Science at UPEI who had the highest overall average in their first year of study. Should there be no qualifying student in their second year, the award will be granted to the student entering their third year of undergraduate studies with a declared major in Political Science at UPEI who had the highest overall average in their second year of study.
Background:
Dr. Barry Bartmann was an undergraduate at Waterloo Lutheran (now Wilfrid Laurier) University and obtained his masters and PhD in political science at the University of Western Ontario and the London School of Economics. He started teaching Political Science at UPEI in 1987 and taught in the MA (Island Studies) program also at UPEI since its inception in 2003. He passed away on August 21, 2015. He was the academic entrepreneur who recognized that there were three discrete though inter-related niches of scholarship waiting to be tapped, and that UPEI was well placed to seek and consolidate leadership in all three. First, the emergence of an optimistic school of thought for the development prospects of small jurisdictions. Second, the recognition of the North Atlantic as a region that stood to gain from a closer scrutiny of development options and jurisdictional models. And third, the birth of island studies as a legitimate area for academic research and teaching. During his long career, Dr. Bartmann provided specialist advice to various North Atlantic jurisdictions, including Constitutional Committees and Governments of the Faroes, Iceland and Aland. He was a recognized authority on sub-national island jurisdictions and the international relations of small (or micro) states. Above all else Dr. Bartmann was an exceptional teacher and a fine dissertation supervisor. He performed his work with the utmost passion and dedication, and his students respected him immensely for this. To honour Dr. Barry Bartmann's contributions to UPEI and its students, Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino, UPEI Professor and a friend and colleague of Dr. Bartmann, established this award as a gift to the INSPIRE Campaign at UPEI.
Dr. Barry Bartmann was an undergraduate at Waterloo Lutheran (now Wilfrid Laurier) University and obtained his masters and PhD in political science at the University of Western Ontario and the London School of Economics. He started teaching Political Science at UPEI in 1987 and taught in the MA (Island Studies) program also at UPEI since its inception in 2003. He passed away on August 21, 2015. He was the academic entrepreneur who recognized that there were three discrete though inter-related niches of scholarship waiting to be tapped, and that UPEI was well placed to seek and consolidate leadership in all three. First, the emergence of an optimistic school of thought for the development prospects of small jurisdictions. Second, the recognition of the North Atlantic as a region that stood to gain from a closer scrutiny of development options and jurisdictional models. And third, the birth of island studies as a legitimate area for academic research and teaching. During his long career, Dr. Bartmann provided specialist advice to various North Atlantic jurisdictions, including Constitutional Committees and Governments of the Faroes, Iceland and Aland. He was a recognized authority on sub-national island jurisdictions and the international relations of small (or micro) states. Above all else Dr. Bartmann was an exceptional teacher and a fine dissertation supervisor. He performed his work with the utmost passion and dedication, and his students respected him immensely for this. To honour Dr. Barry Bartmann's contributions to UPEI and its students, Dr. Godfrey Baldacchino, UPEI Professor and a friend and colleague of Dr. Bartmann, established this award as a gift to the INSPIRE Campaign at UPEI.
