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Irene Ledesma Prize in Western Women's History
Posted on: 02/26/2006
The Coalition for Western Women’s History announces the Irene Ledesma Prize, 2006
For Ph.D. graduate student research in western women’s history.
Deadline for submission: June 1, 2006.
The $1,000 prize supports travel to collections or other research
expenses related to the histories of women and gender in the American West. Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program. The prize honors the memory of Irene Ledesma whose contributions to Chicana and working-class history were ended by her untimely death in 1997. The CWWH will award the prize at the women’s history breakfast during the 46th Annual Western History Association conference in St. Louis MO, October 11-14, 2006.
Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
1. How well has the applicant stated her/his research question and the significance of the overall project?
2. How well has the applicant demonstrated her/his knowledge of the primary source materials related to the proposal?
3. How well has the applicant framed her/his project in terms of the
broader theoretical/historiographic issues significant to the topic?
4. How well has the proposal addressed issues of gender and/or women’s history in the U.S. West?
5. How well does the proposed budget dovetail with the applicant’s
stated research agenda?
To apply: submit four copies of the following: a vita; a brief description of the research project and an explanation of how the prize funds would support the research (not exceeding three pages,
double-spaced), and a letter of support from the student’s major advisor by June 1, 2006 (postmark) to:
Dr. Nancy Taniguchi
Chair, Ledesma Prize Committee
History Department
California State University, Stanislaus
801 West Monte Vista Avenue
Turlock, CA 95382
For more information, contact Dr. Taniguchi at:
ntaniguchi@csustan.edu <mailto:ntaniguchi@csustan.edu> or by phone at (209) 667-3529
For Ph.D. graduate student research in western women’s history.
Deadline for submission: June 1, 2006.
The $1,000 prize supports travel to collections or other research
expenses related to the histories of women and gender in the American West. Applicants must be enrolled in a Ph.D. program. The prize honors the memory of Irene Ledesma whose contributions to Chicana and working-class history were ended by her untimely death in 1997. The CWWH will award the prize at the women’s history breakfast during the 46th Annual Western History Association conference in St. Louis MO, October 11-14, 2006.
Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
1. How well has the applicant stated her/his research question and the significance of the overall project?
2. How well has the applicant demonstrated her/his knowledge of the primary source materials related to the proposal?
3. How well has the applicant framed her/his project in terms of the
broader theoretical/historiographic issues significant to the topic?
4. How well has the proposal addressed issues of gender and/or women’s history in the U.S. West?
5. How well does the proposed budget dovetail with the applicant’s
stated research agenda?
To apply: submit four copies of the following: a vita; a brief description of the research project and an explanation of how the prize funds would support the research (not exceeding three pages,
double-spaced), and a letter of support from the student’s major advisor by June 1, 2006 (postmark) to:
Dr. Nancy Taniguchi
Chair, Ledesma Prize Committee
History Department
California State University, Stanislaus
801 West Monte Vista Avenue
Turlock, CA 95382
For more information, contact Dr. Taniguchi at:
ntaniguchi@csustan.edu <mailto:ntaniguchi@csustan.edu> or by phone at (209) 667-3529
