1997 Hanke Award
The Conference on Latin American History is pleased to announce the first competition for the Hanke Award. This award was created through generous donations from students, colleagues, and family members of the late Lewis Hanke. It will be given annually to a recent Ph.D. recipient, in order to conduct field research that will allow transformation of the dissertation into a book manuscript. Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. degrees in the field of Latin American history no more than FOUR years prior to the closing date of the application. The funds, of up to one thousand dollars, may only be used for international travel.
The award will be made by a committee appointed by the CLAH president. This years's committee chair is Richard Graham.
Applicants must submit to the CLAH Secretariat THREE copies of the following documents: a 1000-word proposal, a dissertation abstract, a brief CV, and a proposed budget. Applications must be postmarked by 1 April 1997. The award will be announced by 1 May 1997.
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the publication of meritorious books on Cuba currently out of print; and 3) the publication of historical statistics, historical documents, and guides to Spanish archives relating to Cuban history between 1492 and 1868.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 conferences 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 U.S.
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 1997 awards is November 15, 1996. Three copies of the application should be sent to:
Louis A. Pérez, Jr., Chair Telephone: (919) 962-3943
Lydia Cabrera Awards Committee Fax: (919) 962-1403
Department of History E-mail: perez.ham@mhs.unc.edu
CB 3195 Hamilton Hall
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
CLAH Travel Grant Award
This award is given to a foreign scholar to help defray the travel cost to attend the annual conference. The 1996 award is being shared by three scholars. The recepients are:
Fernando Iwasaki, Seville, Spain
Isabel Fernandez, La Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana--Xochimilco
Carmen Nava, La Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana--Xochimilco