Western Association of Women Historians
2009 annual award and prize information
- Founders' Dissertation Fellowship
- Judith Lee Ridge Prize
- Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize
- Barbara "Penny" Kanner Prize
- Gita Chaudhuri Prize
The deadline for all 2009 award and prize applications is January 15, 2009.
Founders' Dissertation Fellowship
The Founders’ Dissertation Fellowship is an annual $1000 award to graduate students who show promise of significant contributions to historical scholarship. Funds from these Awards may be used for purposes directly or indirectly related to the dissertation, such as expenses for research, attendance of scholarly conferences, and the preparation of the dissertation. Applicants to the Founders’ Dissertation Fellowship must be current members of WAWH when they submit their application. Current WAWH board members are not eligible to apply. Applicants for the fellowship may apply for it more than once but may win only once. All recipients shall be graduate students in history who have been advanced to candidacy and are writing the dissertation at the time of application. They should expect the Ph.D. no earlier than December of the calendar year in which the award is made.
- 2009 FDF information sheet (PDF)
- 2009FDF Application (PDF)
Read about previous Founders Dissertation Fellowship Winners >>>
For questions about the Founders Student Fellowship, please contact the current Chair.
Judith Lee Ridge Prize
The Judith Lee Ridge Prize is an annual $400 prize that recognizes the best article in the field of history published by a WAWH member. Applicants to the Ridge Prize must be current members of the WAWH when they submit their article. Current WAWH board members are not eligible to apply. The article must have been published in one of the two years preceding the prize year. Any articles may only be submitted once. All fields of history will be considered, and articles must be submitted with full scholarly apparatus.
- 2009 Ridge Prize Application (PDF)
Read about previous Judith Lee Ridge Award Winners >>>
For questions about the Judith Lee Ridge Prize, please contact contact the current Chair.
Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize
The Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize is an annual $1000 prize that recognizes the best monograph in the field of history published by a WAWH member. Applicants to the Keller-Sierra Prize must be current members of WAWH when they submit their book. Current WAWH board members are not eligible to apply. The book must be a single-authored monograph based on original research. Anthologies and edited works are not eligible. The book must have been published in the year prior to the prize. Books may only be submitted for consideration once. Books cannot be submitted a second time as paperbacks or new editions. All fields of history are eligible.
2009 Keller-Sierra Prize Application (PDF)
Read about previous Keller-Sierra Book Prize Winners >>>
For questions about the Keller-Sierra Book Prize, please contact contact the Current Chair.
Barbara "Penny" Kanner Prize
The Barbara “Penny” Kanner Award is an $500 annual award to honor distinguished achievement in two areas:
- scholarly bibliographic and historiographic guides to research focused on women and/or gender history (given in odd years) and
- learned studies of autobiographical writings focused on women’s history and/or gender history (given in even years) published by a WAWH member.
The research guide award and the autobiography award will be given in alternate years, with submissions for each award considered for two-year intervals from the date of publication. Applicants to the Kanner Prize must be current members of WAWH when they submit their book. Current WAWH board members are not eligible to apply. The Kanner Award is intended to promote the practice of biblio-methodology.
The research guide award should reflect the essential tools of the historian’s craft (historical knowledge, bibliographic and research skills) as they have been used to construct a research guide focused on women and/or gender history; the prize is not intended for a standard library catalogue. Substantial published guides of less than book length (e.g. articles or relevant chapters from a book) will be considered.
The work submitted for the autobiography award should focus on women’s history and/or gender history. Critical or annotated editions of autobiographies should reflect the essential tools of the historian’s craft (historical knowledge, bibliographic and research skills). Learned studies of a person(s) autobiographical writings set in historical context will also be considered; the prize is not intended for autobiographical material presented without scholarly analysis. Entries may only be submitted for consideration once.
2009 Kanner Prize application
Read about previous Kanner Prize Winners >>>
For questions about the Kanner Prize, please contact the Current Chair.
Gita Chuadhuri Prize (new in 2009)
The Gita Chaudhuri Prize is an annual $1000 prize that recognizes the best monograph about rural women, from any era and any place in the world, published by a WAWH member.
The book must be a single-authored monograph based on original research. Anthologies and edited works are not eligible. The book must have been published in the year prior to the prize. Books may only be submitted for consideration once. Books cannot be submitted a second time as paperbacks or new editions. All fields of history are eligible. Entries must be in English.
The Committee shall use the following criteria in selecting recipients: originality of conception and analysis, wide research and careful documentation, and clarity of expression.
A rural community is defined by a group of people who:
- live in a given geographical area with its own natural resources serving as a major bedrock support to produce agricultural crops and food products (grains, meat, fish, poultry, egg honey etc.),
- may make profits from surplus goods taken to markets, which may include making handicraft works (potteries, needleworks, quilts, paintings on a canvas etc.) as marketable commodities.
The committee is especially interested in projects that include rural women who:
- create local employment opportunities for others,
- service others within the community for maintaining daily lives,
- build a prosperous future for themselves and their children while raising their families, and
- work in small or large ways for the well-being of the community members while advancing in their own lives.
2009 Chaudhuri Prize Application (PDF)
For questions about the Gita Chaudhuri Prize, please contact contact the current Chair.
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The deadline for the 2009 award applications is January 15, 2009.
Each award has a required application.
Applicants who wish to have acknowledgment of receipt of their application materials should send them certified mail with a return receipt.
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updated June 4, 2008