The Lerner-Scott Prize is given annually by the Organization of American Historians for the best doctoral dissertation in U.S. women’s history. The prize is named for Gerda Lerner and Anne Firor Scott, both pioneers in women’s history and past presidents of the OAH. A dissertation must be completed during the period July 1, 2018 through […]
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2020 OAH Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History- Applications Due October 1, 2019
In 2015, the inaugural Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History was awarded, thanks to a generous gift to endow this prize fund from Alexandra M. Nickliss. The prize is named after Professor Nickliss’ mother, Mary Jurich Nickliss (1920–2017), the child of Serbian immigrants, who arrived in the United States in the early […]
CWWH Irene Ledesma Prize for Research in Western Women’s and Gender History- Applications Due June 15, 2019
The Irene Ledesma Prize is awarded to a Ph.D. graduate student and intended to support research in western women’s and gender history by the Coalition for Western Women’s History (CWWH). The $1,000 Prize supports travel to collections or other research expenses related to the histories of women and gender in the North American West. Applicants […]
Woodrow Wilson Foundation 2019 Women’s Studies Fellows
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation 2019 Women’s Studies Fellows list includes two CCWH members. Congratulations to: Hannah Frydman • Rutgers University-New Brunswick, history Between the Lines: Sex, Work, and Business in the Parisian Classifieds, 1881-1940 and Michaela Kleber • College of William & Mary, history Gendered Societies, Sexual Empires: Early French Colonization among the Illinois […]
National Council on Public History 40th Anniversary Celebration
The National Council on Public History is in the midst of celebrating its 40th anniversary, and we are planning on capping the party off with our 2020 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia! Interested in joining in on the fun? Consider submitting a proposal for the conference which will run from March 18-21, 2020. Our theme […]
New Issue of the IFRWH Newsletter
The aim of the International Federation for Research in Women’s History is to encourage and coordinate research in all aspects of women’s history at an international level. The Winter 2018-2029 issue of the IFRWH Newsletter can be read and downloaded here (PDF). Please take note of the deadlines for the Berkshire Conference (in March 2019) and […]