Awards Directory
Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award
The Immigration and Ethnic History Society invites submissions for the annual Theodore
Saloutos Book Award. The 2016 award will be presented for the book judged best on any aspect
of the immigration history of the United States. “Immigration history” is defined as the
movement of peoples from other countries to the United States, of the repatriation movements of
immigrants, and of the consequences of these migrations, both for the United States and the
countries of origin. To be eligible for the award, a book must be copyrighted 2015, must be
based on substantial primary research, and must present a major new scholarly interpretation. A
book may be nominated by its author, the publisher, a member of the prize committee, or a
member of the Society. Inquiries and nominations should be submitted to the chair of the
Saloutos Prize Committee, Anna Pegler-Gordon, James Madison College, Michigan State
University, Case Hall, 842 Chestnut Rd, Room N361, East Lansing, MI 48825
(gordonap@msu.edu). Copies of the book must be received by all three members of the
committee by December 31st, 2015. Send books to Anna Pegler-Gordon at the above address, as
well as to Timothy Meagher, Dept. of History, Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan
Avenue NE, 228 Marist Hall, Washington, D.C. 20064, and Annie Polland, Vice President of
Programs and Education, Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 91 Orchard Street, New York,
NY 10002.
The $2000 award for books published in 2015 will be presented at the annual dinner meeting of
the Society in April, 2016.
IEHS First Book Award
The Immigration and Ethnic History Society announces a new prize to recognize the work of
early career scholars in the field of U.S. immigration and ethnic history. The 2016 "First Book
Award" award will be presented to the book judged best on any aspect of the immigration and
ethnic history of the United States and/or North America. To be eligible for the award, a book
must be copyrighted 2015, must be based on substantial primary research, must present a major
new scholarly interpretation, and must be an author’s first academic monograph. The $2000
award will be presented at the annual dinner meeting of the Society in April 2016.
A book may be nominated by its author, the publisher, a member of the prize committee, or a
member of the Society. Inquiries and nominations should be submitted to the chair of the First
Book Prize Committee, Kevin M. Schultz, at schultzk@uic.edu. Deadline for submissions is
December 31, 2015, and one copy of the book should be sent to each of the three committee
members:
Kevin M. Schultz (Chair)
Department of History (MC 198)
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 S. Morgan St., UH 913
Chicago, IL 60607-7109
Ellen Eisenberg
Dwight & Margaret Lear Professor of American History
Willamette University
900 State St.
Salem, OR 97301
Richard Kim
Associate Professor of Asian American Studies
University of California Davis
3101 Hart Hall
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
IEHS Outstanding Dissertation Award
The Immigration and Ethnic History Society announces its third annual award for an outstanding
dissertation in the field of immigration and ethnic history. The IEHS will confer the award at its
annual meeting in the spring of 2016. To be considered, a dissertation must focus on some aspect
of North American immigration and /or ethnicity, be successfully defended between October 1,
2014 and September 30, 2015, be in English, and be submitted electronically to the award
committee by November 15, 2015. All submissions must be accompanied by a letter of support
from the dissertation director. The award carries a cash gift of $1,500. For the most up to date
award information, visit iehs.org
Members of the IEHS Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee:
Carl Lindskoog, Chair, Carl.Lindskoog@raritanval.edu
Melanie Shell-Weiss, shellm@gvsu.edu
Yong Chen, y3chen@uci.edu
The George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
The Immigration and Ethnic History Society Announces competition for the 2016 George E.
Pozzetta Dissertation Award. It invites applications from any Ph.D. candidate who will have
completed qualifying exams by December 15th, 2015, and whose thesis focuses on American
immigration, emigration, or ethnic history. The award provides two grants of $1000 each for
expenses to be incurred in researching the dissertation. Applicants must submit a three-page to
five-page descriptive proposal in English discussing the significance of the work, the
methodology, sources, and collections to be consulted. Also included must be a proposed budget,
a brief curriculum vitae, and a supporting letter from the major advisor. To be considered for the
award, all applicants must submit their materials via email to all committee members by
December 15th, 2015.
Committee Members for the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award:
Torrie Hester, (Chair of the committee), thester4@slu.edu
Lilia Fernandez, Fernandez.96@osu.edu
Hidetaka Hirota, hh2548@columbia.edu
Carlton C. Qualey Memorial Article Award
Presented biannually, an award of $200 was established by the Immigration and Ethnic History
Society in memory of Professor Carleton C. Qualey, distinguished historian, newsletter editor,
treasurer, and a founder of the Society. The 2015 award will honor the best article published in
the JAEH during the 2015 and 2016 calendar years. Questions regarding this award should be
directed to the editor of the journal, Professor John Bukowczyk, at . aa2092@wayne.edu.
Of special interest to graduate students in immigration and ethnic history:
JOHN HIGHAM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Application Deadline: December 1, 2015
Graduate Students: Apply now for a 2016 John Higham Research Fellowship.
The Organization of American Historians (OAH) invites applications for its annual John Higham
Research Fellowship. When fully funded, the Higham Fellowship will offer two annual awards
ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 each to successful applicants. Until that time, funds equal to 5%
of the fund balance will be awarded, the amounts to be determined by the John Higham Research
Fellowship Committee.
This fellowship is open to all graduate students writing doctoral dissertations for a Ph.D. in
American history. Applicants pursuing research in those fields most congenial to the research
and writing interests of John Higham will receive special consideration. These topics include
U.S. social and intellectual history broadly considered, with preference given to research projects
on American immigration and ethnic history as well as American historiography, and the cultural
history of the nineteenth-century U.S.
Recipients will be notified after February 1, 2016. Grants will be announced each year at the
OAH Annual Meeting.
The grants are given in memory of John Higham (1920-2003), past president of the OAH and an
important figure in immigration, ethnic, and intellectual history. Thanks to the generosity of
William L. and Carol B. Joyce in providing a leadership gift to initiate this fellowship, the OAH
is pleased to offer this award while at the same time it pursues additional fund-raising efforts to
further expand the program.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Applications are due by midnight (PST) on December 1, 2015. Applications should include the
following components:
1. Project proposal of no more than 1,000 words describing the applicant’s research project
and detailing how the funds will be used.
2. An updated curriculum vitae with a list of the names and addresses of references.
3. Two signed letters of recommendation on official letterhead submitted independently by
referees. Letters should be submitted electronically as a signed PDF via e-mail. We ask
that recommenders use the subject line “Recommendation for [APPLICANT’S NAME].”
Complete all application components (including project proposal, names and addresses of
recommenders, and curriculum vitae), in a recent version of Microsoft Word or PDF
(preferable), and e-mail the entire electronic file to the members of the John Higham Research
Fellowship Committee at the addresses listed below. This application package and two
supporting letters of recommendation must be received by midnight (PST) on December 1, 2015.
We regret that we cannot consider late or incomplete applications. Applicants are advised to
request recommendation letters well in advance and to direct referees to the OAH website
http://www.oah.org/programs/awards/oah-iehs-john-higham-travel-grants/ for guidance.
John Higham Research Fellowship Committee
Maddalena Marinari (Committee Chair)
Affiliation: Gustavus Adolphus College
mmarinar@gustavus.edu
Alison Clark Efford
Affiliation: Marquette University
alison.efford@marquette.edu
Marni Davis
Affiliation: Georgia State University
marnidavis@gsu.edu