2008 Prize Information

Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association

W.Turrentine Jackson [Dissertation] Award

The W. Turrentine Jackson Award of $750 is given at the Annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch, to the author of the most outstanding dissertation on any aspect of the history of the American West in the twentieth century. All submissions for the 2008 award should be made for a dissertation completed and accepted in 2007. Dissertations under contract or contract consideration are eligible for this award.

By April 30, 2008, individual copies of the dissertation must be sent directly to each member of the selection committee, listed below. The chair of the department must submit a letter certifying that the author has been awarded the degree. The letter of certification should be sent to Peter J. Blodgett, Executive Director, PCB–AHA, The Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA. 91108.

W. Turrentine Jackson [Dissertation] Award Committee

Mark Brilliant, Chair (2008)
University of California, Berkeley
Department of History
American Studies Program
3229 Dwinelle Hall #2550
Berkeley, CA 94720–2550
Email: mbrill@berkeley.edu

Elizabeth Jameson (2009)
Department of History
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
Canada
jameson@ucalgary.edu

Michelle Nickerson (2010)
University of Texas at Dallas
School of Arts & Humanities, JO31
800 West Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080–3021
972 . 883 . 2063
michelle.nickerson@utdallas.edu

W. Turrentine Jackson Prize

The W. Turrentine Jackson Prize is given at annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA to a graduate student whose essay on a topic within the fields of concentration of the Pacific Historical Review has been adjudged to be of outstanding quality. The winning essay will be published in the PHR and the author will receive a $750 cash award and plaque. Applicants should submit their essays at any time during the year to David Johnson or Carl Abbott, Managing Editors, Pacific Historical Review, Department of History, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207.

Pacific Coast Branch Award

The Pacific Coast Branch Award of $750 is given annually for the best book that is submitted by a scholar who resides within the states and provinces from which the Branch draws it membership. All submissions for the 2008 award should be made for a book published in 2007. The PCB Award is offered only for first books, and it is usually given to younger scholars. Authors are not eligible for both the PCB Award and the PCB’s Hundley Award. The deadline for submission is April 30, 2008. Copies of the book should be sent directly to members of the selection committee listed below.

Pacific Coast Branch Award Committee

Zephyr Frank, Chair (2008)
Department of History
Stanford University
450 Serra Mall, Building 200
Stanford, CA 94305-2024
zfrank@stanford.edu

Jeremy Mouat (2009)
Professor of History
Chair, Social Sciences
Augustana Campus
University of Alberta
4901 46th Avenue
Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3
Canada
780 . 679 . 1633
jmouat@augustana.ca

Katherine G. Morrissey (2010)
Department of History
215 Social Sciences Building
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
520 . 626 . 8429
kmorriss@u.arizona.edu

Questions or correspondence regarding the award should be sent to:

Peter J. Blodgett
Executive Director, PCB–AHA
Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Tel: 626 . 405 . 2207
Fax: 626 . 449 . 5720

Norris and Carol Hundley Award

Norris and Carol Hundley Award This $750 award is given annually for the most distinguished book on any historical subject submitted by a scholar who resides within the twenty-two Western states or four Canadian provinces from which the Branch draws its membership. All submissions for the 2008 award should be made for a book published in 2007. It is offered for both first and subsequent books and to young as well as mature scholars. Historians, however, cannot compete simultaneously for the Hundley and PCB Book Awards. Presses should submit nominations from books published in 2007 to each member of the award committee listed below. The deadline for submission is April 30, 2008.

Norris and Carol Hundley Award Committee

Devra Weber, Chair (2008)
History Department
University of California, Riverside
Humanities and Social Sciences 5502
Riverside, CA, 92521
devra.weber@ucr.edu

John M. Hart (2009)
Department of History
University of Houston
538 Agnes Arnold Hall
Houston, TX 77204-3003
jhart@uh.edu

Kerwin Lee Klein (2010)
Department of History
2211 Dwinelle Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
510 . 642 . 8857
No Email Address


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