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):
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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.
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6 copies of a Curriculum Vitae
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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.
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6 copies each of 2 letters of recommendation in sealed envelopes, enclosed with the candidate’s application .
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a self-addressed, stamped postcard, with the statement "Your CCWH/Berkshire graduate student award application has been received."
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Application Form Word or PDF
Timetable:
September 15: 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.
Direct inquiries and send completed application packets
to the committee chair:
Professor Whitney Leeson
Department of History
Roanoke College
221 College Lane
Salem, VA 24153-3794
Email: wleeson@roanoke.edu
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