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2009 OAH/IEHS John Higham Travel Grants |
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Graduate Students: Apply now for a 2009 OAH/IEHS Higham Travel Grant. OAH and the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) have created a fund to award travel grants in memory of John Higham (1920-2003), past president of both organizations, and a towering figure in immigration, ethnic, and intellectual history. Travel grants of $500 are awarded to three (3) graduate students each year. Funds are to be used by graduate students toward costs of attending the OAH/IEHS annual meeting. The successful candidates will have a preferred area of concentration in American Immigration and/or American Ethnic and/or American Intellectual history. Application Process. Required Information: Current and permanent addresses; educational background; degrees achieved and expected; current institution attending; current status; travel funds from other sources; publications and papers presented. Qualifications: Minimum preferred: ABD. Travel Funding: Applicants will need to indicate if other travel monies will be made available. Required Statement: Applicants will be required to include a short statement of no more than 500 words about how they envision attending the annual meeting will help prepare them for a career in history. Additional Considerations: The committee will seek some balance by gender, region of country, and type of university (e.g., major research university, and second tier). One complete copy of each application should be sent to each committee member listed below and received by December 1, 2008. Cheryl Greenberg (Committee Chair) Elliott Barkan Francille Rusan Wilson Recipients will be notified after February 1, 2009. Grants will be given to student when he/she attends the 2009 OAH/IEHS annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, March 26-29. |
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