The prize was established in 1956. It carries a stipend of $500.00

The Bolton Prize is awarded for the best book in English on any significant aspect of Latin American History that is published anywhere during the imprint year previous to the year of the award. Sound scholarship, grace of style, and importance of the scholarly contribution are among the criteria for the award. Normally not considered for the award are translations, anthologies of selections by several authors, reprints or re-editions or works published previously, and works not primarily historiographical in aim or content. An Honorable Mention Award may be made for an additional distinguished work deemed worthy by the Bolton Prize Committee.

1. To be considered for the Bolton Prize a book must bear the imprint of the year prior to

the year in which the award is made.

2. The CLAH Secretariat will invite publishers to nominate books for prize consideration. CLAH members may also nominate books. For a book to be considered, each of the three-committee members must receive a copy, either from the published or from another source. Books received after June 1 of the award year will not be considered.

3. Authors are advised to consult their publishers to be certain their books have been nominated and copies sent.

4. The Bolton Prize Committee is under no obligation to identity or seeks out potential books for consideration.

TIBESAR PRIZE

The Conference on Latin American History in cooperation with The Americas established the Tibesar Prize in December 1990. It carries a stipend of $200.00.

A Tibesar Prize Committee, annually named by the president of the Conference on Latin American History, will designate the most distinguished article published in The Americas for the volume year (July-April) which ends in the year before the award is announced. Hence, for the Tibesar Prize to be awarded in January of 1999, the Tibesar Prize Committee will review and judge articles in the July, 1997 - April, 1998 volume year.

The Tibesar Prize Committee is charged with selecting that article which best combines distinguished scholarship, original research and/or thought, and grace of writing style.

Robert M. Levine, Chair Jane Landers Joel Horowitz

Department of History Department of History Department of History

P.O. Box 8107 Vanderbilt University St. Bonaventure University

University of Miami P.O. Box 1802, Sta. B St. Bonaventure, NY 14778

Coral Gables, FL 33124-4662 Nashville, TN 37235

HOWARD FRANCIS CLINE MEMORIAL PRIZE

This prize was established in 1976. It carries a stipend of $200.00.

The Howard Francis Cline Memorial Prize is awarded biennially to the book or article in English, German, or a Romance language judged to make the most significant contribution to the history of Indians in Latin America, referring to any time before the immediate present. Items appearing in the two calendar years just preceding may be considered for a given year's award. Items published during 1997 and 1998 will be considered for the prize to be awarded in 1998.

The Conference has recently altered its procedures so that the Cline Prize Committee will consider only those items nominated by CLAH members or by publishers. Moreover, we require publishers to provide copies of items nominated to all committee members. These changes eliminate the need for lengthy library searches to determine the pool of works to be considered and the need to borrow copies of the works to be examined. Members of the prize committee may include any items they feel appropriate in the list of works considered.

Deadline June 15, 1999.

Susan Schroeder, Chair Karen M. Powers Susan M. Deeds

Department of History Department of History Department of History

Loyola University Northern Arizona University Northern Arizona University

820 N. Michigan Avenue Box 6023 Box 6023

Chicago, IL 60611 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6023 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6023

This Prize was established in 1961. It carries a stipend of $200.00.

The Conference on Latin American History Prize is awarded annually for a distinguished article on any significant aspect of Latin American history (published in the year preceding the award, e.g., award in 1997 for articles appearing during the calendar year 1996) appearing in journals edited or published in the United States (articles in the Hispanic American Historical Review and The Americas, are ineligible, because they have their own prizes), the Journal of Latin American Studies, (Cambridge), or in a volume of collected articles.

Since 1988, CLAH members have been asked to submit nominations for the CLAH Prize. The CLAH Prize Committee will review only the journals listed below for articles to be considered; articles not appearing in these journals must be nominated by CLAH authors.

Suzanne Austin Alchon, Chair Mark Thurner Michael Gonzales

Department of History Department of History Latino & Latin American

University of Delaware University of Florida Studies

Munron Hall P.O. Box 117320 Northern Illinois University

Newark, DE 19716 Gainesville, FL 32611-7320 DeKalb, IL 60115

JAMES ALEXANDER ROBERTSON MEMORIAL PRIZE

1. Established in 1953, this Prize carries a $200 award, with no cash stipend for Honorable Mention. Originally it was established to improve the quality of articles in the HAHR, as, in addition to the cash award, the winning article was to be published in the HAHR. The early history of the prize was unsatisfactory and in 1957 its terms were changed to provide an award for an article already published (retained, however, was the provision that unpublished articles might also be considered.)

2. Purpose: The James Alexander Robertson Prize is awarded annually for an article appearing (during the year preceding the award) in one of the four consecutive issues (beginning with August 1997 - May 1998 issues of the Hispanic American Historical Review. The article selected for the award is to be one that, in the judgement of the prize committee, makes an outstanding contribution to Latin American historical literature. An Honorable Mention Award may be made for an additional distinguished article deemed worthy of the same by the Robertson Prize Committee.

Eric Van Young, Chair Francie R. Chassen-Lopez Alida C. Metcalf

Department of History, 0104 Department of History Department of History

University of California, San Diego University of Kentucky Trinity University

LaJolla, CA 92093-0104 1763 Patterson Office Tower San Antonio, TX 78212-7200

Lexington, KY 40506-0027

Michael Schroeder

JAMES R. SCOBIE MEMORIAL AWARD

LYDIA CABRERA AWARDS

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 an U.S. institution or be affiliated with a college/university faculty or accredited historical association in the United States.

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 vita, 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 1999 awards is June 15, 1998. Three copies of the application should be sent to:

Louis A. Pérez, Jr., Chair K. Lynn Stoner Luis Martínez-Fernández

Department of History Department of History Tillett Hall, 239

CB 3195 Hamilton Hall Arizona State University 53 Avenue E

University of North Carolina Tempe, AZ 85287-2501 Rutgers University

Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Piscataway, NJ 08854

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE COMMITTEE GUIDELINES

The Conference on Latin American History Award for Distinguished Service to the Profession was established in 1969 by the General Committee and approved in 1971. The following guidelines are based on the relevant CLAH By-Laws.

Requirements of the Award:

Administration of the Award:

Georgette Dorn, Chair Thomas Skidmore Ascunción Lavrin

Chief, Hispanic Division Department of History Arizona State University

Library of Congress Brown University P.O. Box 872501

Washington, DC 20540-4850 Providence, RI 02912 Tempe, AZ 85287-2501

WARREN DEAN MEMORIAL PRIZE

The prize was established in 1995. It carries a stipend of $500.00.

The Warren Dean Memorial Prize recognizes the book or article judged to be the most significant work on the environmental history of Latin America published in English during the previous two years. Publications by scholars other than historians will be considered as long as the work has substantial historical content. Similarly, comparative works (e.g., on the environmental history of the Americas) will be eligible as long as they include a substantial amount of material on Latin America. The prize committee that judges the entries will also be responsible for judging whether submissions qualify for the prize. The winner will receive a cash prize of $500.00, funds permitting.

1998 LEWIS HANKE PRIZE

The Conference on Latin American History is pleased to announce the first competition for the Lewis Hanke Prize. 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.