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Cromwell Dissertation Prize for 2013
The William Nelson Cromwell Foundation has funded a dissertation prize of $2,500. The winning dissertation may focus on any area of American legal history, including constitutional and comparative studies, but topics dealing with the colonial and early national periods will receive some preference. Anyone who received a PhD in 2012 will be eligible for this year's prize. The Foundation awards the prize on the recommendation of the Cromwell Prize Advisory Committee of the American Society for Legal History. Deadline for submissions is May 31, 2013.
2013 Paul A. Stellhorn Undergraduate New Jersey History Award
The Paul A. Stellhorn Undergraduate New Jersey History Award recognizes outstanding research and writing by undergraduates about New Jersey's history. Eligible are term or seminar papers or senior theses written by undergraduate students during 2011, 2012, or 2013 that deal with a topic in the history of New Jersey. Papers must be nominated by the professor for whose course the student wrote the paper or who mentored or served on the committee for the student's senior thesis. Award is a framed certificate and a modest cash award. Sponsored by the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance and other organizations, the presentation will be held at the New Jersey Historical Commission's annual conference in November 2013. Deadline for submissions is June 1. For more information contact Richard Waldron acrelius@optonline.net.
2012 Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History
The Colonial Society of Massachusetts Announces the 2012 Walter Muir Whitehill Prize in Early American History which will be awarded for a distinguished essay on early American history (up to 1825), not previously published, with preference being given to New England subjects. Essays are now being accepted for consideration. All manuscripts submitted for the 2012 prize must be postmarked no later than December 31 2012.
Urban History Association Announces 2012 Prize Competition
The Urban History Association (UHA) announces its 2012 book, article, and dissertation prizes for significance, originality, quality of research, sophistication of methodology, clarity of presentation, cogency of arguments, and contribution to the field of urban history. The winners will be announced in late 2013, with formal presentation of the award at the UHA biennial conference in 2014 in Philadelpha.
Wiley-Silver Prize in Civil War History
The Center for Civil War Research is accepting submissions for the second annual Wiley-Silver Prize in Civil War History. The prize will be awarded to the best first book in Civil War history published in 2012 and is intended to recognize emerging scholars in the history of the American Civil War. Results will be announced by July 1, 2013. Deadline for submissions is February 15, 2013.
2013 Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) Powell Prize
The John Wesley Powell Prize commemorates the explorer and federal administrator whose work demonstrated the importance of historic preservation and historical display. The Powell Prize alternates annually in recognizing excellence in the fields of historic preservation and historical displays. In 2013, the prize will be awarded to either an individual or to principal collaborators for a single major historic display or exhibit project completed in 2011 or 2012. The award for historic display is given for any form of interpretive historical presentation including but not limited to, museum exhibits, historical films, CD/DVDs, websites, or multi-media displays. The winner will be announced in the spring of 2013 at the annual meeting the SHFG. Nomination deadline is November 30, 2012.
Call for Nominations: National Council on Public History Awards
The National Council on Public History (NCPH) awards recognize excellence in the diverse ways public historians apply their skills to the world around us. The purpose of the award program is to promote professionalism and best practices among public historians and to raise awareness about their activities. Awards are presented to recipients during the annual meeting, April 17-20, 2013 in Ottawa, Ontario. Guidelines and current and past recipients are listed on the NCPH web site. Nominations for the book award are due November 1 and for all other awards, nominations are due December 1.
The Society for US Intellectual History Annual Book Award
The Society for US Intellectual History (SUSIH) announces an annual book award for the best book in American intellectual history. Eligble books should be a work of original scholarship and published during the 2012 calendar year. Any member of the SUSIH or publisher may nominate books for the award. Deadline for submissions is January 15, 2013.
Peter E. Palmquist Memorial Fund for Historical Photographic Research
The Humboldt Area Foundation welcomes applications for its Palmquist Memorial Fund awards, which are open to individuals researching Western American photography before 1900 or women in photography. Application deadline is November 1, 2012.
Consumer Movement Archives Research Award
The Consumer Movement Archives (CMA) is pleased to announce its annual research award of $2,500. Scholars, graduate students, and consumer advocates are invited to apply. The 2013 award recipient will study onsite in the CMA which is located in the Morse Department of Special Collections, Hale Library, at Kansas State University in Manhattan.
Western History Association Teaching Awards
The Western History Association and the Charles Redd Center are sponsoring four K-12 teaching awards to enable the recipients to attend the 2012 Western History Association Annual Meeting in Denver, October 4-7. Deadline for applications is August 6, 2012. For more information, please visit www.westernhistoryassociation.org/awards.
Lewis E. Atherton Prizes for Dissertation and Thesis
The State Historical Society of Missouri seeks nominations for the Lewis E. Atherton Prizes, to be awarded to an outstanding doctoral dissertation and master's thesis on Missouri history or biography. For the 2012 prizes, nominees must have completed the doctoral degree or the master's degree between July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012. The deadline for receipt is June 30, 2012. For more information, please visit shs.umsystem.edu/awards/athertonaward.shtml.
2012 Graham Foundation Carter Manny Award
The Carter Manny Award supports dissertation research and writing by promising scholars whose projects focus on fields of inquiry supported by the Graham Foundation: architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and other related fields. The award is intended to assist students enrolled in graduate programs in architecture, art history, and other programs in the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences. Applications are due March 15, 2012. For more information, please visit grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs?mode=award.
Urban History Association’s Kenneth T. Jackson Book Award
The Urban History Association will award a prize of $500 for the best book in North American urban history with a publication date of 2011. For applications and nominations, please submit three copies of the book, each containing a complete publication citation, by April 16, 2012. For more information, please visit uha.udayton.edu/awards.html.
Urban History Association Best Article Award
The Urban History Association will award the best article on urban history in a scholarly journal with its annual article award. For applications and nominations, please submit three copies of the article, each containing a complete publication citation, by April 16, 2012. For more information, please visit uha.udayton.edu/awards.html.
Urban History Association Best Dissertation Award
The award for Best Dissertation in Urban History completed in 2011 will be given by the Urban History Association. For applications and nominations, please submit three (3) copies of the dissertation, each containing information on where and when completed. All materials must be received by April 16, 2012. For more information, please visit uha.udayton.edu/awards.html.
Wiley-Silver Prize for First Book in Civil War History
The Center for Civil War Research is accepting submissions for the inaugural Wiley-Silver Prize in Civil War history. The prize, awarded to the best first book in Civil War history published in 2011, is intended to recognize emerging scholars in the history of the American Civil War. For more information, please visit www.civilwarcenter.olemiss.edu/wileysilverbookprize.html.
University of Southern Indiana Announces Prize on Communal Studies
The Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana announces its annual prize competition for the best undergraduate and graduate student paper on historic or contemporary communal groups, intentional communities, and utopias. Submissions are due January 20, 2012, and should be sent as an email attachment to Casey Harison (charison@usi.edu). For more information, please visit www.usi.edu/libarts/communal/.
Covert Award in Mass Communication History
The History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) announces the 28th annual competition for the Covert Award in Mass Communication History. The $500 award will be presented to the author of the best mass communication history article or essay published in 2011. Book chapters in edited collections also may be nominated. Nominations, including seven copies of the article nominated, should be sent by March 1, 2012, to: Nancy L. Roberts, Communication Department, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., SS-351, Albany, NY 12222.
2012 SHFG Powell Prize for Historic Preservation
The Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) seeks nominations for its 2012 John Wesley Powell Prize for excellence in the field of historic preservation. The prize commemorates the explorer and federal administrator whose work demonstrated early recognition of the importance of historic preservation and historical display. Complete details regarding eligibility, criteria for evaluation, and submission requirements, are available at their website. Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2011. For more information, please visit shfg.org/shfg/awards/awards-requirements/.
2012 OAH Tachau Teacher of the Year Award
The Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Teacher of the Year Award is given annually by the Organization of American Historians in recognition of the contributions made by precollegiate teachers to improve history education within the field of American history. The award, to be given for activities which enhance the intellectual development of other history teachers and/or students, memorializes the career of Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau, University of Louisville, for her pathbreaking efforts to build bridges between university and precollegiate history teachers. Deadline for applications is December 1, 2011.
Call for 2012 National Council on Public History Awards
The National Council on Public History invites nominations for its 2012 Awards Program. Their website has submission and nomination guidelines. For more information, please visit ncph.org/cms/awards/.
David Stanley Gebhard Award
The Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (MNSAH) invites the submission of articles and books on the subject of Minnesota architectural history to the eighth David Stanley Gebhard Award, which honors the late Minnesota-born SAH president and nationally renowned writer. For additional information, contact Kristin Anderson (anderso3@augsburg.edu). Submissions must be received no later than November 30, 2011.
SHGAPE 2012 Fishel-Calhoun Prize
The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) announces its biennial competition for the Fishel-Calhoun Prize for the best article dealing with any aspect of United States history between 1865 and 1917. The prize is open to new scholars, defined as graduate students or PhDs who received their doctorate since 2002 and who have not yet published a book. Questions and entries should be directed to David I. Macleod (macle1d@cmich.edu), chair, Fishel-Calhoun Prize Committee, Department of History, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859. Deadline: December 15, 2011.
American Historical Association Establishes Equity Awards
The American Historical Association (AHA) has established a new annual equity award. The AHA Equity Awards are meant to recognize and publicize individuals and institutions that have achieved excellence in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the historic profession. Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2011. For more information, please visit www.historians.org/prizes/EquityAwards.cfm.
Urban History Association Best Book Award
The Urban History Association, sponsor of the best books on U.S. and non-U.S. urban history, seeks submissions for its 2010 prize competition. Criteria for selection includes significance, originality, quality of research, sophistication of methodology, clarity of presentation, cogency of arguments, and contribution to the field of urban history. Deadline for submission is June 15, 2011. For more information, please visit uha.udayton.edu/.
2011 Michigan Historical Review Student Essay Contest
The Michigan Historical Review announces its competition for the 2011 student essay prize. The Review will accept papers written by senior-level and graduate students relating to Michigan’s political, economic, social, and cultural history. For more information, please visit clarke.cmich.edu/michigan_historical_review_tab/2011_student_essay_contest/2011_student_essay_contest_index.html.
Shryock Medal Essay Contest
The American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) invites graduate students to enter its 2011 Shryock Medal Essay Contest. The award is given for an outstanding, unpublished essay on any topic in the history of medicine. Essays must be postmarked or submitted electronically no later than January 15, 2011. For additional information, contact Alexandra Stern, Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan by e-mail at amstern@umich.edu.
AASLH Leadership in History Awards
The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) invites nominations for the 2011 Leadership in History Awards. The AASLH Awards Program recognizes achievement in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history throughout America. Nominees need not be members of AASLH to qualify. Nominations are due to state award representatives on March 1, 2011. For more information, please visit www.aaslh.org/aaslh_awards.htm.
Thomas Jefferson Prize, Society for History in the Federal Government
The Society for History in the Federal Government (SHFG) seeks entries for its 2011 Thomas Jefferson Prize for documentary histories published in 2009 or 2010. The prize recognizes the editor(s) of a single volume or one or more volumes in a project that contributes significantly to the understanding of the history of the federal government. The award will be given at the SHFG annual meeting in College Park, Maryland in March 2011. For more information, please visit www.shfg.org.
Business History Conference Announces New Award
The Business History Conference announces a new annual award named for Dr. Ralph Gomory, an American businessman, author, mathematician, executive, and research professor. The Ralph Gomory Prize recognizes historical work on the effect business enterprises have on the economic conditions of a country in which they operate. Two prizes of $5,000 will be given: one for a book and one for an article. Deadline for submissions is December 31, 2010. For more information, please visit www.thebhc.org/awards/gomory10.pdf.
National Council on Public History: Call for 2011 Award Nominations
Each year the National Council on Public History offers more than $6,500 in awards recognizing excellence in the diverse ways public historians apply their skills to the world around us. Book prize submissions are due November 1, 2010; those for outstanding public history project, new professionals, excellence in consulting, and student project and travel awards are due by December 1, 2010. Submissions are also requested by December 1 for the Michael C. Robinson Prize for Historical Analysis, rewarding historical studies that contribute directly to the formation of public policy. Nominate a colleague or yourself. For more information, please visit ncph.org/cms/awards/.
2011 SHFG Powell Prize
The John Wesley Powell Prize alternates annually in recognizing excellence in the fields of historic preservation and historical displays. In 2011 the prize will be awarded to either an individual or to principal collaborators for a single major historical display project completed in 2009 or 2010. The award for historical display is given for any form of interpretive historical presentation including, but not limited to, museum exhibits, historical films, CDs, Web-sites, or multimedia displays. Read more >
Call for Proposals—Key Moments in Human Spaceflight
The NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum invite proposals for presentations to be held at its joint symposium, “1961/1981: Key Moments in Human Spaceflight,” at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 26–27, 2011. Proposals may address any area of human spaceflight history related to the theme. Submissions are due by October 15, 2010. For more information, please visit history.nasa.gov.
Call for Papers—Libraries and the Cultural Record
Libraries and the Cultural Record, a peer–reviewed journal of history published by the University of Texas Press, invites submissions for a special issue devoted to exploring historical perspectives on state library agencies in the United States. Contributors are encouraged to consider the topic in diverse ways. Read more >
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center Visiting Scholars Program
The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for its Visiting Scholars Program, which provides grants of $500 to $1000 to researchers working at the center’s archives. Awards of $500–$1000 are normally granted as reimbursement for travel and lodging. Read more >
AHA Equity Award
The AHA has established two equity awards to be given annually: one for individuals and another for academic units. The award can be conferred for new initiatives and institutions that have achieved excellence in recruiting and retaining underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into the historic profession. Read more >
Interviews with Award Winners from the OAH Annual Meeting
The Organization American Historians sponsors or cosponsors more than twenty annual awards, prizes, fellowships, and grants, presented at the OAH Annual Meeting, to recognize scholarly and professional achievements in American history. In a series of interviews from the 2010 OAH Annual Meeting, Michael Regoli talks with a few of the winners. Read more >
Monetary awards for Missouri history dissertations and theses
The Lewis E. Atherton prizes recognize outstanding dissertations and theses on Missouri history or biography. The winning dissertation receives $1000; the winning thesis receives $500. Deadline for nominations is June 30, 2010. Read more >
$1,000 for best student essay
The winning submission for the 2010 Michigan Historical Review Student Essay Prize will be published in the spring 2001 issue of the Review and its author will receive $1,000.00. Read more >
$1,000 for the best U.S. naval history article
The Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller Prize in Naval History is awarded to the best article on U.S. naval history published in a scholarly journal in 2009. The $1,000 award is given to heighten awareness of naval history and to encourage other scholars to research and write articles on innovative topics within the discipline. Nomination deadline is June 1, 2010. Read more >
$1,000 for the best U.S. naval history article
The Rear Admiral Ernest M. Eller Prize in Naval History is awarded to the best article on U.S. naval history published in a scholarly journal in 2009. The $1,000 award is given to heighten awareness of naval history and to encourage other scholars to research and write articles on innovative topics within the discipline. Nomination deadline is June 1, 2010. Read more >
$500 for the best article in the history of education
The History of Education Society awards a prize of $500 biennially for the best article in the history of education. The next award will be presented at the fall 2010 meeting of the History of Education Society. Articles (no book chapters) published in journals during 2008 and 2009 are eligible. Self-nominations are welcome. Read more >
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