2011 OAH HUGGINS-QUARLES AWARD

Named for Benjamin Quarles and Nathan Huggins, two outstanding historians of the African American past, the Huggins-Quarles Award is given annually to one or two graduate students of color to assist them with expenses related to travel to research collections for the completion of the Ph.D. dissertation. These awards were established to promote greater diversity in the historical profession.

To apply, the student should submit a five-page dissertation proposal (which should include a definition of the project, an explanation of the project's significance and contribution to the field, and a description of the most important primary sources), along with a one-page itemized budget explaining travel and research plans.

Each application must be accompanied by a letter from the dissertation adviser attesting to the student's status and the ways in which the Huggins-Quarles Award will facilitate the completion of the dissertation project. Please also include email addresses for both the applicant and the adviser, if available.

One complete copy of each application (including cover letter, abstract, budget, and reference letter), clearly labeled "2011 Huggins-Quarles Award Entry," must be mailed to each member of the Committee on the Status of African American, Latino/a, Asian American, and Native American (ALANA) Historians and ALANA Histories listed below and received by December 1, 2010.

Please note that it is the policy of the OAH to honor those applicants who have submitted their applications on or before the stated deadline date. Applications which are not received by close of business on the deadline date will not be considered.

The winner receives $1,200 (or $600 each should two applicants be selected).

The committee will evaluate the applications and announce the award by the 2011 Annual Meeting of the OAH, to be held in Houston, Texas, March 17-20.

Lydia R. Otero
(Chair, 2011 Huggins-Quarles Award Committee)
Mexican American Studies and Research Center
Cesar Chávez Building, Room 208
University of Arizona
PO Box 210023
Tucson, AZ 85721-0023

Michael D. Innis-Jiménez
Department of American Studies
University of Alabama
Box 870214
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Jessica Millward
Department of History
200 Murray Krieger Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3275

Amrita Chakrabarti Myers
Department of History
733 Ballantine Hall
Indiana University
1020 East Kirkwood Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405-7103

Adrienne Petty
Department of History
NAC 5/144
The City College of New York
138th Street and Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031

List of Past Winners

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