CLAH PRIZE AND AWARD DESCRIPTIONS

These prizes and awards are offered through CLAH. Please keep these awards in mind for either submitting work or making donations.

BOLTON-JOHNSON PRIZE

The Bolton prize was established in 1956. It was enhanced in 2000 by a generous donation from Dr. John J. Johnson and is now the Bolton-Johnson Prize. It carries a stipend of $1,000. The Bolton-Johnson Prize is awarded for the best book in English on any significant aspect of Latin American History that is published anywhere during the imprint year previous to the year of the award. Sound scholarship, grace of style, and importance of the scholarly contribution are among the criteria for the award. Normally not considered for the award are translations, anthologies of selections by several authors, reprints or re-editions or works published previously, and works not primarily historiographical in aim or content. An Honorable Mention Award may be made for an additional distinguished work deemed worthy by the Bolton-Johnson Prize Committee. It carries a stipend of $200.

1. To be considered for the Bolton-Johnson Prize, a book must bear the imprint of the year prior to the year for which the award is made. Hence, for the 2008 Bolton-Johnson Prize, to be awarded in January of 2009, the Bolton-Johnson Prize Committee will review and judge books with imprint year 2007.

2. The CLAH Secretariat will invite publishers to nominate books for prize consideration. Submission procedures are available on the CLAH website: . CLAH members may also nominate books. For a book to be considered, each of the three committee members must receive a copy, either from the publisher or from another source. Books received after June 1 of the award year will not be considered. The secretariat should be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 15.

3. Authors are advised to consult their publishers to be certain their books have been nominated and copies sent.

4. The Bolton-Johnson Prize Committee is under no obligation to identify or seek out potential books for consideration. Bolton-Johnson Prize Committee Members for 2008:

Bolton-Johnson Prize Committe for 2008:
Chair, Peter Guardino, Department of History, Indiana University, Ballantine 742, 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405;
Elizabeth Kuznesof, (University of Kansas), 721 Ohio Street, Lawrence, KS 66044. 
Florencia Mallon, Department of History, University of Wisconsin, 455 N. Park St., Madison, WI 53706-1483.

Deadline for receipt of nominations: June 1, 2008.

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HOWARD FRANCIS CLINE MEMORIAL PRIZE

This prize was established in 1976. It carries a stipend of $500. The Howard Francis Cline Memorial Prize is awarded biennially to the book or article in English, German, or a Romance language judged to make the most significant contribution to the history of Indians in Latin America, referring to any time before the immediate present. Items appearing in the two calendar years just preceding may be considered for a given year's award. Hence, items published in 2007 and 2008 will be considered for the award year 2009 (awarded at the meetings in January 2010).

Deadline for receipt of nominations: June 1, 2009

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DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

The Conference on Latin American History Award for Distinguished Service to the profession was established in 1969 by the General Committee and approved in 1971. The following guidelines are based upon the relevant CLAH By-Laws.
Requirements of the Award: The award shall be conferred upon a person whose career in scholarship, teaching, publishing, librarianship, institutional development or other fields demonstrates significant contributions to the advancement of the study of Latin American history in the United States.

Administration of the Award:

1. The award shall be made annually.

2. Nominations for the award may be made by any member of the Conference and forwarded to the Distinguished Service Committee by June 1 of each year.

3. The Distinguished Service Committee shall present its recommendation to the Secretariat and the President of CLAH.

4. The award shall be in the form of a plaque suitably designed and inscribed and with a stipend of $500 for presentation on the occasion of the Annual Conference meeting in January following the award year.

5. The Secretariat should be informed of the committee's nomination by October 15, 2008.

Distinguished Service Award Committee for 2008:
Chair: Ida Altman, (University of Florida), 1301 NW 17th Street, Gainesville, FL 62605, ialtman@uno.edu.
Maurício Tenorio, University of Chicago, Department of History, 5801 South Ellis, Chicago, IL 69637, chowning@berkeley.edu.
Margaret Chowning, (University of California, Berkeley), 6447 Hillegass Ave, Oakland, CA 94618, tenoriom@uchicago.edu.

Deadline for receipt of nominations: June 1, 2008

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JAMES R. SCOBIE MEMORIAL AWARD FOR PRELIMINARY PH.D. RESEARCH

The purpose of the award is to permit a short, exploratory research trip abroad (normally four to twelve weeks) to determine the feasibility of a Ph. D. dissertation topic dealing with some facet of Latin American history.

One or more travel grants will be awarded each year. The funds are to be used only for international travel expenses and may not exceed $1,500. The grant must be used during the summer following the award, unless there is prior approval from the Award Committee and the Secretariat of the Conference on Latin American History. Under no circumstances is the award to be combined with a research grant for an extended stay. Scobie awards may be used in combination with other funds as long as they are not for international travel. The final report should indicate sources and amounts of all awards received.

Submission procedures will be available on the CLAH website. All applications are to be mailed to each of the committee members, must be postmarked no later than April 3, 2008, and must include:

1. a prospectus of proposed research, no longer than 1500 words and a preliminary bibliography.

2. a tentative research schedule for the grant period.

3. a current curriculum vitae, with a notation of date of comprehensive exam.

4. two letters of recommendation, one of which should attest to the language competence (Spanish or Portuguese) of the applicant. Applicants without two letters postmarked by April 3 will not be considered).

The Awards Committee will send its final recommendation to the Secretariat by April 26, 2008. At the end of the grant period, each award recipient must submit a final report to the CLAH Secretariat outlining what was accomplished.

Scobie Award Committee for 2008:
Chair: Jamie Sanders, Department of History, Utah State University, 0710 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-0710
Karin Rosemblatt, (Syracuse University), 12 Niles Street, Brighton, MA 02135.
Karen Graubart, University of Notre Dame, History Department, O’Shaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556.

Deadline to apply: April 3, 2008.

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LYDIA CABRERA AWARDS FOR CUBAN HISTORICAL STUDIES

Lydia Cabrera Awards are available to support the study of Cuba between 1492 and 1868. Awards are designed specifically to support: 1) original research on Cuban history in Spanish, Mexican, and U. S. archives; 2) the publication of meritorious books on Cuba currently out of print; and 3) the publication of historical statistics, historical documents, and guides to Spanish archives relating to Cuban history between 1492 and 1868.

Applicants must be trained in Latin American history and possess knowledge of Spanish. Successful applicants will be expected to disseminate the results of their research in scholarly publications and/or professional papers delivered at scholarly conferences and public lectures at educational institutions.

Applicants for original research are to be currently engaged in graduate studies at a U. S. institution or be affiliated with a college/university faculty or accredited historical association in the United States.
Each applicant should provide a two-page curriculum vita, a detailed itinerary and a budget statement, a three-page narrative description of the proposed project, and three letters of support. Republication proposals should include letter(s) of intent from a publisher. The deadline to apply for the 2008 award is June 1, 2008. The Secretariat should be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 15, 2008.
A limited number of awards will be made annually up to a maximum of $5,000.

A copy of the application materials should be sent to each of the Lydia Cabrera Awards committee members.

Cabrera Prize Committee for 2008:
Chair: Robin Derby, Department of History, UCLA, 6265 Bunche Hall, Box 951473, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1473.

David Sartorius, University of Maryland, Department of History, 2115 Francis Scott Key Hall, College Park, MD, 20742.

Sherry Johnson, Florida International University, History Dept/DM397, University Park, Miami, FL 33199

Deadline to apply: June 1, 2008

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WARREN DEAN MEMORIAL PRIZE

The prize was established in 1995. It carries a stipend of $500. Originally planned to recognize scholarly achievement in either environmental history or the history of Brazil (in alternating years), in January 2004 the CLAH General Committee changed its terms to recognize works on the history of Brazil, to be awarded biennially.

The Warren Dean Memorial Prize recognizes the book or article judged to be the most significant work on the history of Brazil published in English during the two years prior to the award year. Publications by scholars other than historians will be considered as long as the work has substantial historical content.

Comparative works (e. g. on Brazil and another country) will be eligible as long as they include a substantial amount of material on Brazil/Latin America. For a book to be considered, each of the three committee members must receive a copy by June 1, 2009, either from the publisher or from another source.

Deadline for receipt of nominations: June 1, 2009

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LEWIS HANKE PRIZE

The Lewis Hanke Award carries a stipend of up to $1,000, to be used only for international travel. This award was created through generous donations from students, colleagues, and family members of the late Lewis Hanke. It will be given annually to a recent Ph.D. recipient in order to conduct field research that will allow transformation of the dissertation into a book. Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. degrees in the field of Latin American history no more than four years prior to the closing date of the application. The award will be made by a committee appointed by the CLAH president.

Applicants must submit to each committee member a copy of the following documents: a 1000-word proposal, a dissertation abstract, a brief CV, and a proposed budget Applications must be postmarked by June 1 of the award year. The Secretariat should be informed of the committee’s decision no later than October 15, 2008.

Hanke Prize Committee for 2008:
Chair: Charles Walker, Department of History, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616

Alida Metcalf, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX 78212-7200.

Deadline to apply: June 1, 2008

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ELINORE MELVILLE PRIZE FOR LATIN AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY:
 
The Melville prize was established in 2007 through a bequest from Elinor Kerr Melville.  It carries a stipend of $500.
 
The Melville prize is awarded for the best book in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese on Latin American Environmental History that is published anywhere during the imprint year previous to the year of the award.  Melville defined environmental history as “the study of the mutual influences of social and natural processes.”  The prize will go to the book that best fits that definition, while also considering sound scholarship, grace of style, and importance of the scholarly contribution as criteria for the award. Normally not considered for the award are reprints or re-editions of works published previously, and works not primarily historical in aim or content.  More general works of environmental history with significant Latin American content may also be considered.

1. To be considered for the Melville Prize, a book must bear the imprint of the year prior to the year for which the award is made. Hence, for the 2008 Melville Prize, to be awarded in January of 2009, the Melville Prize Committee will review and judge books with imprint year 2007.

2. The CLAH Secretariat will invite publishers to nominate books for prize consideration.  CLAH members, including members of the selection committee, may also nominate books, and authors who are not CLAH members may nominate their own books.  For a book to be considered, each of the three committee members must receive a copy, either from the publisher or from another source. Books received after June 1 of the award year will not be considered. The Secretariat should be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 14, 2008.

3. Authors are advised to consult their publishers to be certain their books have been nominated and a copy sent to each member of the Review Committee.

Melville Prize Committee Members for 2008:
Chair: Sonya Lipsett-Rivera, Department of History, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON  K1S 5B6, Canada;

Stuart McCook, Department of History, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON  N1G 2W1, Canada;

Susan Deeds, Northern Arizona University, Department of History, Box 6023, Flagstaff, AZ 86011.

Deadline for receipt of nominations: June 1, 2008.

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PRIZES FOR WHICH NO NOMINATIONS ARE NECESSARY:

JAMES ALEXANDER ROBERTSON MEMORIAL PRIZE

Established in 1953, this prize carries a $500 cash stipend. Originally, it was established to improve the quality of articles in the HAHR as, in addition to the cash award, the winning article was to be published in the HAHR. In 1957 its terms were changed to provide an award for an article already published. However, the provision that unpublished articles might also be considered was retained.

The James Alexander Robertson Prize is awarded annually for an article appearing (during the year preceding the award) in one of the four consecutive issues of the Hispanic American Historical Review. (August 2007-May 2008 for the 2008 award, awarded at the conference in January, 2009)The article selected for the award is to be one that, in the judgment of the prize committee, makes an outstanding contribution to Latin American historical literature. An Honorable Mention Award (with no cash stipend) may be made for an additional distinguished article deemed worthy of the same by the Robertson Prize Committee.

The Secretariat should be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 15, 2008.

Robertson Prize Committee for 2008:
Chair: Vincent Peloso, Howard University;

Matthew Restall. Penn State University;

Brodwyn Fischer, Northwestern University.

 

TIBESAR PRIZE

The Conference on Latin American History in cooperation with The Americas established the Tibesar Prize in December 1990. It carries a stipend of $500.

A Tibesar Prize Committee, annually named by the president of the Conference on Latin American History, will designate the most distinguished article published by The Americas for the volume year (July-April) which ends in the year before the award is announced.

Hence, for the 2008 Tibesar Prize to be awarded in January of 2009, the Tibesar Prize Committee will review and judge articles in the July 2007 - April 2008 volume year. The Secretariat will be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 15, 2008.

The Tibesar Prize Committee is charged with selecting that article which best combines distinguished scholarship, original research and/or thought, and grace of writing style.

Tibesar Prize Committee for 2008:
Chair, Jeremy Baskes, Ohio Wesleyan University;

Lillian Guerra, Yale University;

Tiffany Thomas-Woodard, University of New Mexico.

 

CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY PRIZE

This prize was established in 1961. It carries a stipend of $500.

The Conference on Latin American History Prize is awarded annually for a distinguished article on any significant aspect of Latin American history by a member of the CLAH, not appearing in the Hispanic American Historical Review or The Americas. The committee will consider nominated and self-nominated articles in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. To be eligible for the prize, authors must be members of the CLAH during the year the article is published and the year that it is considered for the award.

The committee will review only those articles published in the year preceding the award.  Thus articles published in 2007 will be considered for the 2008 award to be presented at the conference in January 2009.  For an article to be considered, each of the three committee members must receive a copy by mail by June 1, 2008.  The Secretariat should be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 15, 2008.

Conference Prize Committee for 2008:
Chair: B.J. Barickman, Department of History, Social Sciences Bldg. 215, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.

Andrew Kirkendall (Texas A&M University), 4013 Meadowood Drive, Bryan, TX 77802.

Maria-Elena Martinez, Department of History, SOS 153, University of Southern California 3520 Trousdale Pkwy., Los Angeles, CA 90089-0034.

 

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