The Coalition for Western Women’s History announces the 12th Annual

Irene Ledesma Prize, 2010

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

Deadline for submission: May 1, 2010.

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 prize recipient will be the guest of the CWWH, which will award the prize at the CWWH Breakfast during the 50th Annual Western History Association conference at Incline Village, Nevada, October 13-16.

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, 2010 (postmark) to:

Kathleen Underwood

Chair, Ledesma Prize Committee

Director, Women & Gender Studies

219 Lake Ontario Hall

Grand Valley State University

Allendale, MI 49401

For more information, contact Dr. Underwood at underwok@gvsu.edu

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THE JENSEN MILLER AWARD

The Western History Association offers the Jensen-Miller Award for the best article in the field of women and gender in the North American West. No time period restrictions apply, and essays will be judged on their significance to the field, their contributions to knowledge and their literary quality. Any WHA member, as well as the publisher or author of the essay, may nominate an essay. A copy of the journal, an offprint, or a photocopy must be submitted to each member of the Award Committee. The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University funds this $500 cash prize and provides a plaque to the author of the winning essay. The publisher of the winning essay will receive a certificate.

To be eligible for the award in 2010, the article must have been published during 2009 in a scholarly journal or edited volume.

Application Deadline: July 15, 2010

2009 JENSEN-MILLER PRIZE COMMITTEE

Dee Garceau-Hagen, Rhodes College (Chair)
Sarah Carter, University of Alberta
Elizabeth Escobedo, Denver, CO

Deadline: July 15, 2010

MAILING ADDRESSES FOR SUBMISSION

Dee Garceau-Hagen
Rhodes College
History Department
200 N. Parkway
Memphis, TN   38112

Sarah Carter
University of Alberta
Department of History
2-28 H. M. Tory Building
Edmonton AD   T6G-2H4
Canada

Elizabeth Escobedo
2621 S. Adams
Denver, CO   80210

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THE ARMITAGE-JAMESON BOOK AWARD

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updated: March 5, 2010