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Established 1926
Constitution adopted 1938
The Conference on Latin American History (CLAH) is a professional association
devoted to encouraging the diffusion of knowledge about Latin America
through fostering the study and improving the teaching of Latin American
history. The Conference is a nonpolitical autonomous, incorporated, tax-exempt,
and non-profit society affiliated with the American
Historical Association (although membership in the AHA is not a prerequisite
for joining CLAH).
Membership:
The Conference welcomes as members all persons interested in the study
of the history of Latin America and related areas. It is open to professional
Latin Americanists as well as others personally interested in the region.
Membership is obtained by filling out the membership form and by paying
the annual dues.
(Click here for membership and online payment form)
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Dues:
The regular dues are assessed at US$40 for professionals, US$15 for students,
and US$25 for retirees. Lifetime memberships are also available for US$700.
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Meetings:
The Conference holds an annual public meeting, in conjunction with the American
Historical Association , in a major U.S. city. The meeting includes
academic sessions planned and sponsored by the Conference. The various CLAH
committees also meet each year at the convention. In addition, there is
a luncheon/business meeting open to all members that features a distinguished
keynote speaker.
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Officers:
The Conference is governed by a General Committee composed of the Conference
President, Vice-President, Executive Secretary, Past President, editors
of the Hispanic American Historical Review , The Americas,
and H-Latam; and four members elected to two-year terms.
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Committees:
In addition to its standing committees (Nominating, Program, Projects, and
Publications) and its prize selection committees, the Conference has several
special committees created to carry out programs approved by the General
Committee and/or the membership. These committees hold meetings at the annual
convention to conduct business and to present and discuss new research.
Among the CLAH committees are the Population and Quantitative History Committee,
Teaching/Teaching Materials Committees, and the International Scholarly
Relations Committee.
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Regional Committees:
In order to promote scholarship germane to their respective regions and
periods, the Conference has established eight Regional Committees which
may be joined only by Conference members. These groups are:
- Andean Studies Committee
- Brazilian Studies Committee
- Caribe-Centro-America Studies
Committee
- Chile-Río de la Plata
Studies Committee
- Colonial Studies Committee
- Gran Colombian Studies Committee
- Mexican Studies Committee
- Borderlands/Frontiers Committee
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Publications
The Conference Secretariat issues a
newsletter twice a year in April and October, as well as an annual
directory of the membership.
In 1976, the Conference entered into a contract with the University of Wisconsin
Press, which published additional volumes in the series. Orders for these
titles may be placed directly with the Chicago Distribution Center at 11030
S. Langley Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628, (800) 621-2736.
- Latin American History: A Teaching Atlas.
Catherine L. Lombardi, John V. Lombardi, with K. Lynn Stoner. 1984.
162 pp. 136 maps. (ISBN paper 0-299-097145. Cloth version no longer
available.)
The Conference also cooperates with the Editors
and Editorial Board with the publication of the Hispanic American Historical
Review, which is published at the Duke University Press. Requests for
subscriptions to the quarterly HAHR , should be directed to Duke
University Press, Durham, NC 27708. Other inquiries and materials for
publication should be submitted to the Editors, Mary Kay Vaughan or
Barbara Weinstein at
hahr@umd.edu .
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H-LatAm (The H-Net discussion group for Latin
American History)
To subscribe to H-LATAM, CLAH's affiliated e-mail
listserver, send a message to
listserv@h-net.msu.edu with no subject or signature line. In the body
of the message type
subscribe H-LATAM, <your name>, <your institutional affiliation>
For information on H-LATAM, please contact Michael Innis-Jiménez
at minnis@mail.H-NET.msu.edu
or visit
H-LatAm's website.
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Prizes and Awards:
The Conference sponsors a series of prizes and awards which are administered by special committees appointed by the President with the advice and approval of the General Committees. These prizes are:
- The Conference on Latin American History
Prize
$500 is awarded annually for an article of distinction on Latin American history published by a CLAH member in a journal other than the Hispanic American Historical Review or The Americas. details
- The James A Robertson Memorial Prize
$500 is awarded annually for the best article appearing in the Hispanic
American Historical Review. details
- Bolton-Johnson Prize
$1000 is awarded annually for the best English-language book on any
aspect of Latin American History. details
- The Howard Francis Cline Memorial Prize
$500 is awarded biennially for the best article or book on Latin American
ethnohistory during the previous two years. details
- The Lewis Hanke Post-Doctoral Award
Provides a grant of up to $1000 for research leading to transforming
dissertations into publishable books. details
- The Distinguished Service Award
$500 is awarded each year to a Conference member whose career in scholarship,
teaching, publishing, librarianship, institutional development, or
other fields evidences significant contributions to the advancement
of the study of Latin American History in the United States. details
- The James R. Scobie Award
Up to $1500 is awarded each year for an exploratory research trip
abroad 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. details
- The Tibesar Prize
$500 is awarded annually, in cooperation with The Americas , for the
best article in that journal. details
- The Lydia Cabrera Awards
Up to $5000 is given to support original research, re-editions of
important works, and publications of source materials for pre-1868
Cuban History. details
- The Warren Dean Memorial Prize
$500 is awarded biennially for the book or article judged to be the
most significant work on the history of Brazil published in English
during the previous two years. details
- The Elinor Melville Memorial Prize
$500 is awarded for the best book on Latin American Environmental History published in the previous year. details
(See the list of
recent awardees .)
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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