CCWH/Berkshire and CCWH/Ida B. Wells Awards

 

I: ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION

History graduate students who apply for the CCWH/Berkshire Award will  automatically be considered for the CCWH/Ida B. Wells award.  No additional application is necessary.

CCWH/Berkshire and CCWH/Ida B. Wells Awards eligibility. The applicant:

  • must be a CCWH member;
  • must be a woman graduate student in a U.S. institution;
  • must have passed to A.B.D. status by the time of the application;
  • may hold this award and others simultaneously;
  • need not attend the award ceremony to receive the award.

Additional eligibility for Berkshire Award only. The applicant:

  • must be a woman graduate student in a history department in a U.S. institution;
  • may specialize in any field of history

Additional eligibility for Ida B. Wells Award only. The applicant:

  • may specialize in any field, but must be working on an historical project;
  • working on a project involving issues of race is particularly welcome.

 

II: APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

After downloading the available forms, candidates should submit ALL of the following items in one package to the same address (faxed or e-mailed documents will not be accepted):

6 copies of the completed application form (with abstract inside the provided space on the application form) and the signature (on the application form) of a representative of the applicant's History Department verifying that qualifying exams have been passed or that A.B.D. status has been achieved in some other way.

6 copies of a Curriculum Vitae

6 copies of a Statement describing the proposed dissertation (limit: 3 pages, single-spaced). The statement should discuss the project’s central argument, its contribution to the field, its methodology and range of sources, and the author’s timetable for completion.

6 copies each of 2 letters of recommendation in sealed envelopes, enclosed with the candidate’s application .

a self-addressed, stamped postcard, with the statement "Your CCWH/Berkshire graduate student award application has been received."

 

SELECTION: By a committee of scholars from diverse fields of history.

TIMETABLE: September 1: application packets must be received at the address below by this date.

Early December: winner announced and check mailed.

January: award is formally presented at the CCWH luncheon at the AHA.

Applications may be downloaded from this website. Direct inquiries and send completed application packets to: Direct inquiries and send completed application packets to: Professor Whitney Leeson, Department of History, Roanoke College, 221 College Lane, Salem, VA 24153-3794. Email: wleeson@roanoke.edu

 

Download a Word application form

Download an editable PDF application form