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OAH-IEHS John Higham Travel Grants

APPLICATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2011

Graduate Students: Apply now for a 2012 OAH-IEHS Higham Travel Grant.

The successful candidate will have a preferred area of concentration in American Immigration and/or American Ethnic and/or American Intellectual history. The grant is given in memory of John Higham (1920-2003), past president of both organizations and a towering figure in immigration, ethnic, and intellectual history.

Recipient will be notified after February 1, 2012. Grant will be given to student when s/he attends the 2012 OAH-IEHS Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 19-22.

Application Process

Qualifications:

Minimum preferred: ABD

Required Information:

Travel Funding

Applicants will need to indicate if other travel monies will be made available.

Required Statement

Applicants will be required to include a short statement of no more than 500 words about how they envision attending the annual meeting will help prepare them for a career in history.

The final decision will be made by the OAH-IEHS John Higham Travel Grants Committee by February 1, 2012. The winner will be provided with details regarding the OAH Annual Meeting and the IEHS dinner, where the grant will be presented. The recipient will also receive a certificate.

One complete copy of each application, clearly labeled “2012 OAH-IEHS John Higham Travel Grants,” must be mailed directly to each committee member listed below. Each committee member must receive all applications by December 1, 2011.

Lon Kurashige (Committee Chair)
Departments of History and American Studies & Ethnicity
University of Southern California
3520 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0034

Dominic A. Pacyga
10123 South Wood Street
Chicago, IL 60643
[Affiliation: Columbia College/Chicago]

Andrew K. Sandoval-Strausz
Department of History
MSC06 3760
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1181

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 1, 2011

List of Past Winners