2012 Conference
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AWARDS
The Ellis Hawley Prize is awarded by the Journal of Policy History for the best article published by a junior scholar in the previous two years in the journal.
The Journal of Policy History is pleased to announce that the 2010 Ellis Hawley Prize is awarded to Zachary M. Schrag of George Mason University, for his article, “How Talking became Human Subjects Research: The Federal Regulation of the Social Sciences, 1965-1991”
In order to honor the late Hugh Davis Graham and to promote research in policy history and political history, the Hugh Davis Graham Research Fund was established in 2004 with initial gifts from friends and family. This fund will provide research stipends for graduate students and established scholars doing archival research in policy and political history. Doctoral students, junior scholars, and senior scholars will be eligible for support from this fund.
Hugh Davis Graham (1936-2002) was educated in the public schools of Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Yale University (BA 1958), and Stanford University (PhD 1964). After tours of duty in the U.S. Marine Corps and the Peace Corps, he taught history at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, before joining the faculty of Vanderbilt University in 1991 as the Holland N. McTyeire Professor of History. He was the author or editor of sixteen books in American history.
The 2010 Graham Award is awarded to Jessica L. Adler of Columbia University, “‘No More Solemn Obligations’: Soldiers, Veterans, and Health Policy, 1917-1924”
2012 Hugh David Graham Award Announcement
The Institute for Political History, a nonprofit foundation, is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the Hugh Davis Graham Award. The purpose of this grant, named in honor of the late Professor Hugh Graham, is to assist graduate students undertaking archival research in the fields of American Political/Policy History and American Political Development. Applications must include the following materials:
- Application cover page. Download the Microsoft Word template here. This should be the first page of your proposal.
- One (1) page double-spaced description of research proposal that also explains the historiographical significance of the project and lists the applicant’s major publications
- One (1) page letter of recommendation. This letter must be in a signed, sealed envelope and be included with the application packet.
Applications must adhere to the guidelines above or they will not be considered.
E-mailed and late applications will not be considered. Preference will be given to doctoral students. Applications must be received by December 2, 2011, and the award in the amount of up to $1250 will be announced at the Policy History Conference, co-sponsored with the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, to be held at the Richmond Marriott-Downtown in Richmond, Virginia, from June 6-9, 2012. The award is taxable. Please send materials to Hugh Davis Graham Fund, C/O Journal of Policy History, Saint Louis University, 3800 Lindell Blvd., P.O. Box 56907, St. Louis, MO 63156-0907.
For additional information concerning the Institute for Political History or the Hugh Daviis Graham Award, please visit http://www.politicalhistory.org or e-mail the grant coordinator at grahamaward@gmail.com.
The Institute for Political History established the Thomas H. Critchlow Travel Award in 2008 to support graduate research in pre-twentieth century American political/policy history and American Political Development. The award is named in honor of Thomas Critchlow, a major benefactor of the Institute. The award is offered every other year and announced at the Policy History Conference.
Thomas Critchlow was born July 20, 1913 in Prospect, a small town in western Pennsylvania, which the Critchlows had helped settle in the 1790s. At the age of 12, Tom moved to Southern California. He attended public school in Ontario, California, where he was elected student body president of his high school and community college. He completed his junior year at the University of California, Berkeley, but had to return home to save his family's orange grove from foreclosure in the 1930s. While working, he completed his university degree at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1940. After officer's training school at the Coast Guard Academy, he served in the Pacific theater during the Second World War.
After the war, he entered the stock brokerage business, where he worked for a number of firms. He retired in 1988 and currently lives in La Jolla, California.
The 2010 Critchlow Award is awarded to Laura D. Phillips, University of Virginia, “The American Fair Trade Controversy: Federalism, Interest Groups, and Economic Theory in Transition, 1880-1940”
2012 Thomas H. Critchlow Grant Announcement
The Institute for Political History, a nonprofit foundation, is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for the Thomas H. Critchlow Grant. The purpose of this grant, named in honor of the Institute benefactor, is to assist scholars undertaking archival research in the fields of Nineteenth-Century American Political/Policy History and American Political Development. Applications must include the following materials:
- Application cover page. Download the Microsoft Word template here. This should be the first page of your proposal.
- One (1) page double-spaced description of research proposal that also explains the historiographical significance of the project and lists the applicant’s major publications.
- One (1) page letter of recommendation. This letter must be in a signed, sealed envelope and be included with the application packet.
Applications must adhere to the guidelines above or they will not be considered. E-mailed and late applications will not be considered. Preference will be given to doctoral students. Applications must be received by December 2, 2011 and the award in the amount of up to $750 will be announced at the Policy History Conference, co-sponsored with the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, to be held at the Richmond Marriott-Downtown in Richmond, Virginia, from June 6-9, 2012. The award is taxable. Please send materials to Thomas H. Critchlow Grant, C/O Journal of Policy History, Saint Louis University, 3800 Lindell Blvd., P.O. Box 56907, St. Louis, MO 63156-0907.
For additional information concerning the Institute for Political History or the Thomas H. Critchlow Award, please visit http://www.politicalhistory.org or e-mail the grant coordinator at grahamaward@gmail.com.