Western Association of Women Historians
2011 annual award and prize information
- Founders' Dissertation Fellowship
- Judith Lee Ridge Prize
- Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize
- Barbara "Penny" Kanner Prize
- Gita Chaudhuri Prize
- Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize
The deadline for the 2011 award and prize applications is January 15, 2011. The deadline for the Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize is February 24, 2011.
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 engaged in scholarship that is historical in nature, although the degree may be in related fields, 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.
- 2011 FDF information (PDF)
- 2011 FDF Application (PDF)
The deadline for 2011 Founders' Dissertation Fellowship applications is January 15, 2011.
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 $250 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.
- 2011 Ridge Prize Application (PDF)
The deadline for 2011 Judith Lee Ridge Prize applications is January 15, 2011.
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 $400 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.
- 2011 Keller-Sierra Prize Application (PDF)
The deadline for 2011 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize applications is January 15, 2011.
Read about previous Keller-Sierra Prize Winners >>>
For questions about the Keller-Sierra 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.
- 2011 Kanner Prize application (PDF)
The deadline for 2011 Kanner Prize applications is January 15, 2011.
Read about previous Kanner Prize Winners >>>
For questions about the Kanner Prize, please contact the Current Chair.
Gita Chaudhuri Prize
The Gita Chaudhuri Prize is an annual $1000 prize that recognizes the best monograph about the history of women in rural environments, 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 one of the three years 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
- 2011 Chaudhuri Prize Application (PDF)
The deadline for 2011 Gita Chaudhuri Prize applications is January 15, 2011.
Read about previous Gita Chaudhuri Prize Winners >>>
For questions about the Gita Chaudhuri Prize, please contact contact the current Chair.
Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize
The Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize is an annual $100 prize that recognizes the outstanding paper presented by a graduate student at the annual WAWH conference. The committee will judge the presented paper, normally 10-12 pages. The presenter must also still submit a copy to the commentator of their panel. All fields of history will be considered, and articles must be submitted with full scholarly apparatus.
- 2011 Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize Application (PDF)
The deadline for the Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize is February 24, 2011.
Read about previous Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize Winners >>>
For questions about the Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize, please contact contact the Current Chair.
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The deadline for the 2011 award and prize applications is January 15, 2011. The deadline for the Graduate Student Conference Paper Prize is February 24, 2011.
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 July 6, 2010