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The Immigration And Ethnic History Society Announces The 2009 Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award
      The Immigration and Ethnic History Society presented the 2008 Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award in American Immigration History to Elliott Robert Barkan for his book, From All Points: America's Immigrant West, 1870s-1952 (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2007), at its annual meeting in New York City in March 2008. The annual award of $1,000 was established in memory of Professor Theodore Saloutos, distinguished historian and first president of the Immigration History Society, by Mrs. Florence Saloutos.  
      The 2009 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 history of 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 "2008," 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, Prof. Diane Vecchio, Department of History, Furman University, Greenville, SC 29613 (diane.vecchio@furman.edu). Copies of the book must be received by the three members of the committee by December 31, 2008. Send books to Dr. Vecchio at the above address as well as to Prof. Maria Cristina Garcia, Department of History, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 (mcg20@cornell.edu); and Prof. Robert Rockaway, Department of Jewish History, PO Box 39040, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel (rockawayrobert@hotmail.com). The 2008 award will be presented at the annual dinner meeting of the Society in 2009.  

The George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
      The Immigration and Ethnic History Society announces competition for the 2009 George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award. It invites applications from any PhD candidate who will have completed qualifying exams by December 1, 2008, and whose thesis focuses on American immigration, emigration, or ethnic history. The award provides $500 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 c.v., and a supporting letter from the major adviser. Submission deadline is December 15, 2008, with the winner to be notified by March 1, 2009. Send all material in hard copy (no faxes accepted) to Professor Russell Kazal (chair of the committee), The Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108; and to Prof. Raymond Mohl, Department of History, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294; and to Prof. Nancy Green, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, 105, Boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris. Inquiries may be sent to the committee chair, Prof. Kazal, at rkazal@utsc.utoronto.ca.  
      The 2008 winner of the George E. Pozzetta Award is Danielle Battisti, SUNY, Buffalo, for her project "Manipulating Immigration Restriction in Postwar America, Italian Americans and Italian Immigration, 1945–1965."  

The Immigration and Ethnic History Society Announces the 2007–2008 Carlton C. Qualey Memorial Article Award
      A prize of $200 is awarded every other year for the best article appearing in the Journal of American Ethnic History during the two preceding calendar years. The award of $200 was established by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society in memory of Professor Carlton C. Qualey, distinguished historian, newsletter editor, treasurer, and a founder of the Society.  
      The Immigration and Ethnic History Society presented the 2005–2006 Carlton C. Qualey Memorial Article Award to James R. Barrett and David R. Roediger for their article, "The Irish and the 'Americanization' of the 'New Immigrants' in the Streets and in the Churches of the Urban United States, 1900–1930" (vol. 24, no. 4), at its annual meeting in 2007.  
      The next award will be presented at the dinner meeting of the Society in 2009 for an article appearing in the Journal during 2007–2008.  
      Questions regarding this award should be directed to the editor of the journal, Prof. John Bukowczyk, Dept. of History, 3094 FAB, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, aa2092@wayne.edu.  

Guidelines for the OAH/IEHS Higham Travel Grant Award 2009

  1. Established in memory of Professor John Higham, who died July 2003.
  2. Travel awards of $500 to three graduate students each year.
  3. Funds to be used by graduate students toward costs of attending OAH/IEHS annual meeting.
  4. Deadline for electronic submission of application will be December 1, 2008.
  5. Applications are to be sent to Higham@OAH.org and only in Word format.
  6. CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE: Professor Nancy Foner, Hunter College and Graduate Center, CUNY, nfoner@spec.net.
  7. CANDIDATE'S PREFERRED AREA OF CONCENTRATION: American Immigration and/or American Ethnic and/or American Intellectual history.
    1. REQUIRED INFORMATION: Current and permanent addresses; educational background; degrees achieved and expected; current institution attending; current status; travel funds from other sources; publications and papers presented.
    2. QUALIFICATION: Minimum preferred, ABD.
    3. TRAVEL FUNDING: Applicants will need to indicate if other travel monies will be available.
    4. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: Committee will seek some balance by gender, region of country, and type of university.
    5. REQUIRED STATEMENT: Applicants will be required to include a short statement of no more than 500 words about how they envision that attending the annual meeting will help prepare them for a career in history.
  8. DECISIONS will be forwarded to the OAH by January 15. Grants will be announced in early February 2009.
  9. AWARD will be given to the student when he/she attends the annual meeting in the year for which the award was given.
      Three John Higham travel grants to attend the 2008 Organization of American Historians Convention, jointly administered by the IEHS and the OAH, were awarded to graduate students Gustavo Licon (University of Southern California), Stacy Lowe Bondurant (George Washington University), and Mayumi Hoshino (Indiana University).  

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