Event Details

End: August 1, 2018
Contact: cward@clayton.edu

Call for Submissions

 

The 2018 SNELL PRIZE IN EUROPEAN HISTORY

 

The European History Section of the Southern Historical Association

 

Deadline: August 1, 2018

 

The John L. Snell Memorial Prize is named for Professor John L. Snell (1923-1972), who was a distinguished scholar and diplomatic historian and a founder of the European History Section.  A bomber pilot during World War II, Snell taught at Tulane University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received his Ph.D. in 1950.

The Snell Prize is given annually to the graduate student who submits the best seminar research paper in European history, written within the past year.  “European” is defined as encompassing the entire continent, including Russia, from pre-history to the present.

The Prize winner will be honored at the annual lunch meeting of the Section in conjunction with the Southern Historical Association meeting in Birmingham, Alabama in November 2018.  The award carries a stipend of $250.  The Snell Award winner also receives one complimentary year of student membership in the European History Section of the Southern Historical Association.

The competition is open to graduate students of any member of the European History Section or of a program at a Southern college or university. 

All papers must meet the following criteria:

1. Students may submit only one paper.
2. Only papers written during the academic year immediately preceding the granting of the award, including summer 2018, are acceptable.
3. The content of the paper must focus on European history (“European” is defined as encompassing the entire continent, including Russia, from pre-history to the present).
4. A letter of endorsement from the supervising faculty member or adviser must accompany the submission.  The letter should confirm that paper was written duringthe academic year immediately preceding the granting of the award, including summer 2018.
5. The competition is open only to seminar papers, the length of which shall not exceed 50 pages, including footnotes or endnotes (the bibliography does not count toward this limit).
6. While seminar papers may be related to prospective theses or dissertations, they may not be edited-down versions of completed theses or dissertations.
7. Manuscripts must be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced with 1-inch margins on all sides, and include a bibliography and the customary documentation.

The paper must be sent (electronic submissions are preferred) to each of the following three judges by August 1, 2018:

 

1. Dr. Christopher Ward, Snell Prize Committee Chair

Department of Humanities

Clayton State University

2000 Clayton State Boulevard

Morrow, GA 30260

cward@clayton.edu

 

2. Dr. Thomas J. McSweeney

College of William & Mary Law School

PO Box 8795

Williamsburg, VA 23187

tjmcsweeney@wm.edu

 

3. Dr. Erica Johnson

Department of History

Francis Marion University

PO Box 100547

Florence, SC 29502

ejohnson@fmarion.edu