2001 CLAH AWARD WINNERS

CLAH PRIZE AND AWARD DESCRIPTIONS

Listed are descriptions of the prizes and awards that 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.

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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 $200.

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 2002 Tibesar Prize to be awarded in January of 2003, the Tibesar Prize Committee will review and judge articles in the July 2001 - April 2002 volume year. The Secretariat will be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 15, 2002.

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.

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HOWARD FRANCIS CLINE MEMORIAL PRIZE
This prize was established in 1976. It carries a stipend of $200.

The Howard Francis Cline Memorial Prize is awarded biennially (none awarded this year) 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 2001 and 2002 will be considered for the award year 2003 (awarded at the conference in January 2004).

The Conference has recently altered its procedures so that the Cline Prize Committee will consider only those items nominated by CLAH members or by publishers. Moreover, we require publishers to provide copies of items nominated to all committee members. These changes eliminate the need for lengthy library searches to determine the pool of works to be considered

and the need to borrow copies of the works to be examined. Members of the prize committee may include any items they feel appropriate in the list of works considered.

The Secretariat should be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 15, 2003. Nomination deadline, June 1, 2003

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CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY PRIZE

This prize was established in 1961. It carries a stipend of $200.

The Conference on Latin American History Prize is awarded annually for a distinguished article on any significant aspect of Latin American history appearing in journals edited or published in the United States. Articles in the Hispanic American Historical Review and The Americas are ineligible because they have their own prizes.

The committee will review only those articles published in the year preceding the award, e. g., articles published in 2001 will be considered for the 2002 award to be presented at the conference in January 2003. The Secretariat should be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 15, 2002.

Agricultural History, American Historical Review, Business History Review, Colonial Latin American Review, Colonial Latin American History, Comp. Studies in Society & History, Ethnohistory, Florida Historical Quarterly, Foreign Affairs, Journal of Church and State, J. of Contemporary History, Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of Economic History, Journal of Family History, Journal of the History of Ideas, J. of Interdisciplinary History, Journal of Latin American Lor, Journal of Latin American Studies, Journal of Modern History, Journal of Negro History, Journal of Social History,
Journal of Women's History, Labor History, Latin American Perspectives, Latin American Research Rev., Luso-Brazilian Review, Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos, New Mexico Historical Review, Peasant Studies Review, Science and Society Signs, Social Science History, Southwest Historical Quarterly, Studies in Latin American Pop. Culture

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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:

JAMES ALEXANDER ROBERTSON MEMORIAL PRIZE
Established in 1953, this prize carries a $200 award with no cash stipend for Honorable Mention. 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. The early history of the prize was unsatisfactory and in 1957 its terms were changed to provide an award for an article already published (retained, however, was the provision that unpublished articles might also be considered).

Purpose: 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 (beginning with August 2001-May 2002 for the 2002 award awarded at the conference in January, 2003) of the Hispanic American Historical Review. 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 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, 2002.

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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 $1000. 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.

All applications are to be sent and must be postmarked no later than May 1, 2002, to the following committee members:

Applications 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 also postmarked
by May 1 will not be considered).

The Awards Committee will send its final recommendation to the Secretariat by May 31, 2002.

At the end of the grant period, each award recipient must submit a final report to the CLAH Secretariat outlining what was accomplished.

Read the James R. Scobie Memorial Award Report by Christopher L. Murchison

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.

A limited number of awards will be made annually up to a maximum of $5,000 per applicant.
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 for the 2002 award is June 1, 2002. The Secretariat should be informed of the committee's decision no later than October 15, 2002.

A copy of the application materials should be sent to EACH of the Lydia Cabrera Awards committee members:

WARREN DEAN MEMORIAL PRIZE
The prize was established in 1995. It carries a stipend of $500.

This award is given every year: in odd years for the history of Brazil and in even years for the environmental history of Latin America. The 2002 Warren Dean Memorial Prize will be given for works on the environmental history of Latin America published in 2000 and 2001 (awarded in January 2003). The 2003 Warren Dean Memorial Prize will be given for works on the history of Brazil published in 2001 and 2002 (awarded in January 2004).

The Warren Dean Memorial Prize recognizes the book or article judged to be the most significant work on the history of Brazil or the environmental history of Latin America published in English during the previous two years of the award year. Publications by scholars other than historians will be considered as long as the work has substantial historical content. Similarly, comparative works (e. g. on Brazil and another country or on the environmental history of the Americas) will be eligible as long as they include a substantial amount of material on Brazil/Latin America.

Entries for the 2002 award (books and articles on the environmental history of Latin America published in 2000 and 2001) should be sent to each of the following committee members by
June 1, 2002:

LEWIS HANKE PRIZE
The Lewis Hanke 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 funds, up to $1000, may only be used for international travel.

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: