PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Jay I. Kislak Foundation Prize

The Dept. of History, Florida International U., with the generous sponsorship of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation, is pleased to announce the annual competition for the Jay I. Kislak Student Prize in History or Anthropology. The theme of the competition is any aspect of Florida or Caribbean history, anthropology or archaeology to 1898 in keeping with the scope of the Kislak collection. The competition is open to any enrolled undergraduate or graduate university or college student. Three prizes will be a warded: $750 for first place, $500 for second place, and $250 for third place.

Papers will be judged on the basis of scholarship, originality, and quality of writing. The maximum length is 40 pages including endnotes, appendices, and illustrations. Submit five copies of the paper without your name (to conform to the rule of bli nd editing) to: Dr. Sherry Johnson, Chair, Jay I. Kislak Foundation Prize, Dept. of History/DM397, Florida International U., University Park, Miami, FL 33199 305-348-3767 or 305-348-2328 email: johnsons@servms.fiu.edu.

On a separate sheet of paper include your name, address, telephone number, institutional affiliation, the name of your sponsoring professor, and the title of your paper. Papers my be submitted in either English or Spanish. Submission deadline is J une 30, 1997. Winners will be announced in mid-August 1997.

The Jay I. Kislak Foundation is a private, non-profit foundation dedicated to encouraging scholarship in "Americana" (primarily Florida, the Caribbean, and Mexico-Central America). The Foundation's exhibit gallery houses significant Pre-Columbian art as well as rare books, original manuscripts and historic maps.

BOLTON PRIZE

We are pleased to announce the competition for the next Bolton Prize which will be awarded at our January 1998 meeting in Seattle, WA. The Bolton, our largest prize, carries a stipend of $500.

The Bolton Prize honors the best book in English on any significant aspect of Latin American history which is published anywhere during the imprint year prior to the one of the award (i.e. 1996). Sound scholarship, grace of style, and importance of th e 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 of works published previously, and works not primarily historical in aim or content. An honorable mention award may be made for an additional distinguished work deemed worthy by the prize committee.

Please send copies of the books you wish to nominate to the committee members.

BOLTON PRIZE COMMITTEE:

John M. Hart, Chair Mark A. Burkholder Karen Powers

Dept.of History Dept. of History Dept. of History

University of Houston U. of Missouri, St. Louis Northern Arizona U.

Houston, TX 77204-3785St. Louis, MO 63121 Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Thank you for your participation, which is critical for the continued recognition of excellence in our field. Deadline for submissions JUNE 1, 1997.

The Michael C. Meyer Annual Prize

Scholarly Resources (SR), publisher of the Jaguar Books on Latin America and the Latin American Silhouettes series, to honor a most distinguished historian of Latin America, proudly announces the Michael C. Meyer Annual Prize. Dr. Meyer's contributions as teacher, author, and editor are manifest in the students he mentored, the numerous books he wrote or co-wrote, and his work as Managing Editor of the Hispanic American Historical Review (1976-80). The prize honors an emerging scholar who exhibit s the careful, nuanced scholarship for which Dr. Meyer was noted throughout his career.

The prize will be awarded annually. Scholars who have not previously published a solely authored academic book will be eligible. Submissions must consist of four copies of a completed book-length manuscript, a current curriculum vitae, and a recent p hotograph. Only single-authored scholarly investigations of Latin American history, broadly defined to consider cultural anthropology, political science, U.S.-Latin American relations and political economy will be considered, provided they consist of sub stantial historical analysis. Book-length biographies, monographs, and works of synthesis and interpretation are eligible; fiction, trans-lations, anthologies, and collections of documents are not.

Manuscripts must be submitted between January 1 and November 15 to be considered for the prize to be awarded the following spring. Final and absolute judge of the winner will be the Meyer Annual Prize committee consisting of three scholars selected by SR based on their scholarly reputation in the profession; an editor of SR will serve as an ex-officio member of the committee. The prize will be awarded at the Rocky Mountain Conference on Latin American Studies. It will consist of a $1,000 award (a $50 0 outright grant plus a $500 advance against royalties), a memento to commemorate the prize, and guaranteed publication of the manuscript by SR in its Latin American Silhouettes series. Because publication of the winning manuscript is guaranteed, manuscr ipts submitted simultaneously to other presses will not be considered. The prize committee reserves the right to determine that no suitable manuscripts have been received, in which case the prize will not be offered that year. All manuscripts submitted will be considered for publication.

Inquiries or submissions should be sent to: Richard M. Hopper, VP and Ed. Dir., Scholarly Resources, 104 Greenhill Ave., Wilmington, DE 19805-1897 edit@scholarly.com, 302-654-7713, 302-654-3871 FAX

Distinguished Service Award.

Clah members are encouraged to send nominations to the Distinguished Service Award Committee. Please contact: John Jay TePaske, Dept. of History, Box 90719, 226 Carr Bldg., Duke U., Durham, NC 27708. Off: (919) 684-3458 Fax: (919) 681-7670 email: jjay@acpub.duke.edu

Conference on Latin American History Prize.

Authors of papers not published on the list of "authorized" journals should be aware that self-nomination for the CLAH Prize is entirely appropriate. Please contact the committee chair: David J. McCreery, Dept. of History, Georgia State U., Atlanta, GA 30303, Off: (404) 651-3255 E-mail: hisdj@gsusgi2.edu.

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 conf erences 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 vitae, a detailed itinerary and 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 1998 awards is June 1, 1997. Three copies of the application should be sent to:

Louis A. Perez, Jr., Chair, Lydia Cabrera Awards Committee, Dept. of History, CB 3195 Hamilton Hall, U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, off: (919) 962-3943 Fax: (919) 962-1403 E-mail:perez.ham@mhs.unc.edu

CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY: PRIZE WINNERS FOR 1996

Distinguished Service Award: $500 to David Bushnell

Herbert E. Bolton Memorial Prize: $500 to Warren Dean for With Broad Ax and Firebrand, University of California Press.

Conference on Latin American History Prize: $200 to Mark Thurner for "'Republicanos' and 'La Comunidad de Peruanos': Unimagined Political Communities in Postcolonial Andean Peru," Journal of Latin American Studies 27 (May 1995).

James A. Robertson Prize: $200 to Sergio Serulnikov for his article, "Disputed Images of Colonialism," in the Hispanic American Historical Review 76:2 (May 1996).

The Lydia Cabrera Award: $4,130 to Matt D. Childs for his proposal "The Aponte Conspiracy of 1812."

Tibesar Prize: $200 to Victor M. Uribe for his article, "Kill all the Lawyers: Lawyers and the Independence Movement in New Granada, 1809-1820," The Americas 52:2 (October 1995).

Tibesar Prize Honorable Mention to Alejandro Caneque for "Theater or Power: Writing and Representing the Auto de Fé in Colonial Mexico," The Americas 52:3 (January 1996).

Tibesar Prize Honorable Mention to Linda Curcio-Nagy for "Native Icon to City Protectress to Royal Patroness: Ritual, Political Symbolism and the Virgin of Remedies," The Americas 52:3 (January 1996).

James R. Scobie Memorial Award: $400.00 to Julia Cummings, Indiana University, for travel to Mexico for research on the rebellion in Tomochic, Chihuahua.

Clarence H. Haring Memorial Prize: João José Reis for A morte é uma festa: ritos fúnebres e revolta popular no Brasil do século XIX, São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 1991.

CLAH Travel Grant Award: Fernando Iwasaki, Seville, Spain, Isabel Fernandez, La U. Autonoma Metropolitana --Xochimilco, Carmen Nava, La U. Autonoma Metropolitana --Xochimilco

Outstanding Publishing Contributions in the Field of Latin American History - Leslie Bethell, Oxford University, Barbara Tenenbaum, Hispanic Division Library of Congress