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Huggins-Quarles Award

APPLICATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2011

Named for Benjamin Quarles and Nathan Huggins, two outstanding historians of the African American past, the Huggins-Quarles Award is given annually by the Organization of American Historians to one or two graduate students of color to assist them with expenses related to travel to research collections for the completion of the Ph.D. dissertation. These awards were established to promote greater diversity in the historical profession.

Application Procedures

To apply, the student should submit:

- a five-page dissertation proposal (which should include a definition of the project, an explanation of the project’s significance and contribution to the field, and a description of the most important primary sources)

- a one-page itemized budget explaining travel and research plans.

- a letter from the dissertation adviser attesting to the student’s status and the ways in which the Huggins-Quarles Award will facilitate the completion of the dissertation project.

- the e-mail addresses for both the applicant and the adviser, if available.

One complete copy of each application (including all items listed above), clearly labeled “2012 Huggins-Quarles Award Entry,” must be mailed directly to the committee members listed below. Each committee member must receive all applications by December 1, 2011.

The final decision will be made by the Huggins-Quarles Award Committee by February 1, 2012. The winner will be provided with details regarding the OAH Annual Meeting and awards presentation, where s/he will receive a cash award and a plaque.

Huggins-Quarles Award Committee

Michael D. Innis-Jiménez (Committee Chair)
Department of American Studies
University of Alabama
Box 870214
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Laurene Wu McClain
Social Sciences Department (History)
Box L-137
City College of San Francisco
50 Phelan Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94112

Jessica Millward
Department of History
200 Murray Krieger Hall
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-3275

Lydia R. Otero
Mexican American Studies and Research Center
Cesar Chávez Building, Room 208
University of Arizona
PO Box 210023
Tucson, AZ 85721-0023

Adrienne Petty
Department of History
NAC 5/144
The City College of New York
138th Street and Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031

APPLICATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2011

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