Organization of American Historians, Awards and Prizes
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H-Atlantic Organization of American Historians, Awards and Prizes Discussion published by Kara Hamm on Monday, June 28, 2021 Type: Prize Date: April 1, 2022 Location: United States Organization of American Historians Awards and Prizes https://www.oah.org/awards/ Book Awards and Prizes – Deadline: October 1, 2021 Civil War and Reconstruction Book Award https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/civil-war-and-reconstruction-award/ Given annually for the most original book on the coming of the Civil War, the Civil War years, or the Era of Reconstruction. Merle Curti Social History Award https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/merle-curti-award-social-history/ Given annually for the best book in American social history. Merle Curti Intellectual History Award https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/merle-curti-award-intellectual-history/ Given annually for the best book in American intellectual history. Ellis W. Hawley Prize https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/ellis-w-hawley-prize/ Given annually for the best book-length historical study of the political economy, politics, or institutions of the United States, in its domestic or international affairs, from the Civil War to the present. Darlene Clark Hine Award https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/darlene-clark-hine-award/ Given annually for the best book in African American women's and gender history. Lawrence W. Levine Award Citation: Kara Hamm. Organization of American Historians, Awards and Prizes. H-Atlantic. 06-28-2021. https://networks.h-net.org/node/16821/discussions/7879838/organization-american-historians-awards-and-prizes Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1 H-Atlantic https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/lawrence-w-levine-award/ Given annually for the best book in American cultural history. Richard W. Leopold Prize https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/richard-w-leopold-prize/ Given every two years for the best book on foreign policy, military affairs, historical activities of the federal government, documentary histories, or biography written by a U.S. government historian or federal contract historian. Liberty Legacy Foundation Award https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/liberty-legacy-foundation-award/ Given annually for the best book by a historian on the civil rights struggle from the beginnings of the nation to the present. David Montgomery Award https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/david-montgomery-award/ Given annually for the best book on a topic in American labor and working-class history. Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women's and/or Gender History https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/mary-nickliss-prize/ Given annually for the most original book in U.S. Women's and/or Gender History (including North America and the Caribbean prior to 1776). James A. Rawley Prize https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/organization-of-american-historians-oah-ja mes-a-rawley-prize/ Given annually for the best book dealing with the history of race relations in the United States. Frederick Jackson Turner Award https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/frederick-jackson-turner-award/ Given annually for a first scholarly book dealing with some aspect of American history. Dissertation Awards and Prizes – Deadlines: October 1, 2021 and December 1, 2021 Citation: Kara Hamm. Organization of American Historians, Awards and Prizes. H-Atlantic. 06-28-2021. https://networks.h-net.org/node/16821/discussions/7879838/organization-american-historians-awards-and-prizes Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 2 H-Atlantic Lerner-Scott Prize https://www.oah.org/awards/dissertation-awards/lerner-scott-prize/ Given annually for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women’s history. John D'Emilio LGBTQ History Dissertation Award https://www.oah.org/awards/dissertation-awards/john-demilio-lgbtq-history-dissertati on-award/ Given annually for the best PhD dissertation in U.S. LGBTQ history. Huggins-Quarles Award https://www.oah.org/awards/dissertation-awards/huggins-quarles-award/ Given annually to one or two graduate students of color to assist them with expenses related to travel to research collections for the completion of the PhD dissertation. Essay Award – Deadline: November 1, 2021 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award https://www.oah.org/awards/article-essay-awards/louis-pelzer-memorial-award/ Given annually for the best essay in American history by a graduate student. Research Fellowship – Deadline: December 1, 2021 John Higham Research Fellowship https://www.oah.org/awards/uncategorized-awards/john-higham-fellowship/ Given annually this fellowship is open to all graduate students writing doctoral dissertations for a PhD in American history. Award for Excellence in National Park Service History – Deadline: December 1, 2021 Stanton-Horton Award for Excellence in National Park Service History https://www.oah.org/awards/uncategorized-awards/stanton-horton-award/ Given annually to recognize excellence in National Park Service historical efforts that make the NPS a leader in promoting public understanding of and engagement with American history. Citation: Kara Hamm. Organization of American Historians, Awards and Prizes. H-Atlantic. 06-28-2021. https://networks.h-net.org/node/16821/discussions/7879838/organization-american-historians-awards-and-prizes Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 3 H-Atlantic Teaching Award – Deadline: December 1, 2021 Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Teacher of the Year Award https://www.oah.org/awards/uncategorized-awards/tachau-teacher-of-the-year-award / Given annually to recognize the contributions made by precollegiate teachers to improve history education within the field of American history. Film Award – Deadline: January 7, 2022 Erik Barnouw Award https://www.oah.org/awards/uncategorized-awards/erik-barnouw-award/ One or two awards given annually in recognition of outstanding programming on television, or in documentary film, concerned with American history, the study of American history, and/or the promotion of American history. 2023 Book Award – Deadline: May 2, 2022 Willi Paul Adams Award https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/willi-paul-adams-award/ Given every two years for the best book on American history published in a language other than English. 2023 Book Award – Deadline: October 3, 2022 Ray Allen Billington Prize https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/ray-allen-billington-prize/ Given every two years for the best book on the history of native and/or settler peoples in frontier, border, and borderland zones of intercultural contact in any century to the present and to include works that address the legacies of those zones. 2024 Article Award – Deadline: May 1, 2023 David Thelen Award Citation: Kara Hamm. Organization of American Historians, Awards and Prizes. H-Atlantic. 06-28-2021. https://networks.h-net.org/node/16821/discussions/7879838/organization-american-historians-awards-and-prizes Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 4 H-Atlantic https://www.oah.org/awards/article-essay-awards/david-thelen-award/ Given every two years for the best article on American history written in a language other than English. Contact Info: Organization of American Historians 112 North Bryan Avenue Bloomington IN 47408-4141 812-855-7311 Contact Email: [email protected] URL: https://www.oah.org/awards/ Citation: Kara Hamm. Organization of American Historians, Awards and Prizes. H-Atlantic. 06-28-2021. https://networks.h-net.org/node/16821/discussions/7879838/organization-american-historians-awards-and-prizes Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 5.