THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
ANNOUNCES
The Herbert Feis Award
FOR 2010
Established in 1984, this prize is offered annually to recognize distinguished contributions to public history during the previous ten years. The prize is named in memory of Herbert Feis (1893-1972), public servant and historian of recent American foreign policy, with an initial endowment from the Rockefeller Foundation. The prize was originally given for books produced by historians working outside of academe. From 2006, the scope of the award will be widened to include other types of public history work.
The terms of the award now define both "contribution" and "public history" broadly. Contributions could, for example, include work as the administrator of a public history group or agency (such as a historical society, a historic site, or a community history project) or as the creator or producer of a public history product or products (such as a museum exhibit, radio script, web site, oral history collection, or film). Often, the contribution will be the result of years of effort in the field, but the prize might also recognize a singular contribution of major importance such as a pathbreaking museum exhibit. Public history is defined as work primarily directed at non-academic, non-school-based audiences. Those audiences could be very broad (e.g., television viewers) or highly specialized (e.g., policymakers). Although the audience should be primarily outside of academia, the recipient of the award could be employed at a university.
Recipients will be selected from nominations(or self nominations).
Each nomination packet should include the following:
-- vita (no more than 5 pages);
-- a statement of no more than five pages in length describing
the individual's public history contribution;
--up to ten pages of appropriate supporting materials (e.g., letters of support or other evidence of contribution).
The nomination packages of those who do not receive the award will be kept on file for five years. The nominator may submit an update, if they wish.
One set of the nomination materials must be received by each of the following committee members. A copy should also be send to: Attn. Feis Prize, American Historical Association, 400 A Street SE, Washington DC 20003. Nominations must be postmarked by or on MAY 17, 2010, to be considered for the 2010 prize. Nomination materials will not be returned. Nominations without all the required documents will not be considered.
Contact information for judges will be posted by March 30
Please Note: The deadline for submission of entries is May 17, 2010. Entries will not be returned. Recipients will be announced at the January 6-9, 2011 AHA Annual Meeting in Boston.
IMPORTANT! EACH ENTRY MUST BE CLEARLY LABELED "Feis AWARD ENTRY."
For questions, please contact the Book Prize Administrator, or write to the AHA at the following address
American Historical Association, 400 A St., SE Washington, D.C. 20003-3889
