Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Prizes and Awards
SHGAPE sponsors several prizes and awards, in order to encourage scholarship in the field and to recognize scholars whose contributions to the study of the GAPE, or whose service to SHGAPE, merits special attention.
The 2010 Fishel-Calhoun Prize
The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
(SHGAPE) announces its biennial competition for the Fishel-Calhoun Prize
for the best article dealing with any aspect of United States history
between 1865 and 1917. The prize is open to new scholars, defined as
graduate students or PhD's who received their doctorate since 1999 and
who have not yet published a book. The article must have appeared in a
journal dated 2008 or 2009. The winner of the prize will receive $250
and is asked to serve on the next Fishel-Calhoun Prize Committee. An
article may be submitted for consideration by the author or by others
(e.g. a journal editor). Deadline: December 31, 2009. Please submit three off-prints or photocopies of the article, a copy of the table of contents of the issue in which it appeared, and a current email address. Questions should be directed to: Worth Robert Miller, Chair, Fishel-Calhoun Prize Committee, Department of History, Missouri State University, 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897. Email: bobmiller@missouristate.edu.
The 2009 Vincent DeSantis Prize
The Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (SHGAPE) announces the inaugural competition for the Vincent P. DeSantis Prize. The prize will be awarded in odd-numbered years for the best book treating any aspect of United States history in the period 1865-1920 published during the two years preceding the year of the award. It must be the author's first book. The prize is given in honor of Vincent P. DeSantis, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Notre Dame, a distinguished historian of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
Books written in English and published between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2008 are eligible for the 2009 prize. Authors or their publishers should send a copy of the book to each committee member by October 1, 2008. Final page proofs may be substituted for books published after October 1, 2008 and before January 1, 2009, but in such cases, a bound copy must be provided by January 14, 2009. If a book is published during the eligible period but carries a later copyright date, please include a letter of explanation with each copy of the book mailed to committee members.
The prize will be awarded at the SHGAPE luncheon held at the Organization of American Historians annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, March 26-29, 2009. The winner of the prize will receive $500 and a certificate from SHGAPE. Authors or publishers with an eligible first book must directly mail one copy of each entry (three copies in all), clearly labeled "2009 Vincent P. DeSantis Prize Entry" to:
Thomas R. Pegram, committee chair
Department of History
Loyola College in Maryland
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21210-2699
Nora Faires
Department of History
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5334
Christopher Waldrep
Department of History
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, California 94132
Other SHGAPE Prizes and Awards
Best Article Prize: The Prize is awarded in even numbered years to the author of the best article published in The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era during the two years preceding the year of the award. The winner receives a certificate and an honorarium.
Distinguished Historian of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era: Selected by the immediate past President, the current President, and the President-Elect of the Society in odd-numbered years, the Distinguished Historian addresses the luncheon meeting of the Society held at the meeting of the Organization of American Historians. The Distinguished Historian receives a commemorative plaque or certificate and an honorarium.
Roger D. Bridges Distinguished Service Award: Awarded by the SHGAPE Executive Council at its discretion to no more than two members of the Society who have contributed especially valuable and distinguished service to the SHGAPE. The President shall announce the recipient(s) at the annual luncheon held during the annual meeting. The recipient(s) of the award shall receive a commemorative plaque or certificate
Last updated August 17, 2009
For comments or suggestions, contact
Christopher McKnight Nichols, University of Pennsylvania.
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