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2007-2008 Calls for Papers:

THE IRENE LEDESMA PRIZE

The Coalition for Western Women’s History announces the 10th Annual

For Ph.D. graduate student research in western women’s history.

Deadline for submission: May 1, 2008.

The $1,000 prize supports travel to collections or other research expenses related to the histories of women and gender in the American West. Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program and members of the CWWH.  The prize honors the memory of Irene Ledesma whose contributions to Chicana and working-class history were ended by her untimely death in 1997.

The CWWH will award the prize at the CWWH Breakfast during the 48th Annual Western History Association conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 22 – 25, 2008.

 Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• How well the applicant stated her/his research question and the significance of the overall project.

• How well the applicant demonstrated her/his knowledge of the primary source materials related to the proposal.

• How well the applicant framed her/his project in terms of the broader theoretical/historiographic issues significant to the topic.

• How well the proposal addressed issues of gender and/or women’s history in the U.S. West.

• How well the proposed budget dovetails with the applicant’s stated research agenda.

To apply submit three copies of the following: a CV; a brief description of the research project and an explanation of how the prize funds would support the research (not exceeding three pages, double-spaced), a line-item budget, and a letter of support from the student’s major advisor by May 1, 2008 (postmark) to:

Lori Ann Lahlum

Chair, Ledesma Prize Committee

Department of History

AH-110

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Mankato, MN 56001

For more information, contact Dr. Lahlum at lori.lahlum@mnsu.edu.

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THE JENSEN-MILLER BEST ARTICLE PRIZE

The Coalition for Western Women's History is pleased to announce the 18th Annual Joan Jensen - Darlis Miller Prize for the best article published in 2007 in the field of women and gender in the trans-Mississippi West. The $500 prize is funded by a generous donation from the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.

To be eligible for consideration, submissions must be scholarly articles published in the calendar year of 2007 and may include previously unpublished articles appearing in anthologies. The work must deal with the history of women and gender in the North American West, including Mexico, Canada, Alaska, and Hawaii.

Deadline: May 1, 2008

The winning article will be judged by:

➢  Its significance to the understanding of gender and the experience of women in the North American West.

➢  The skill and imagination with which the author conducts research in original materials or has reinterpreted a major problem in the field.

➢  Its gracefulness and style.

The CWWH will award a $500 cash prize and Storyteller figurine at the CWWH Breakfast during the 48th Annual Western History Association conference at Salt Lake City, Utah, October 22-25, 2008.

Please submit five offprints or copies of the article by May 1, 2008 to Ann Gabbert, Chair of the Committee, at the address below.  Inquiries may be directed to the street address or e-mail address listed below.

Contact information:

updated: February 23, 2008