Prizes and awards
Felix Martín Best Thesis in American Studies Award
Aim of the Prize This award is intended to recognize excellent doctoral theses by SAAS members. The endowment of this award is 500 Euros. Selection process The requirements for application are: The applicant must currently be a SAAS member and must have been so...
Javier Coy Biennial Research Awards
Aim of the Prize SAAS wishes to recognize the research achievements of its members through the Javier Coy Biennial Research Awards. The goal of these awards is to promote high-quality scholarship in the field of American Studies, and to celebrate the originality and...
Theodore Roosevelt American History Award (TRAHA)
Every year the RIAS presents the Theodore Roosevelt American History Award (TRAHA) for the best Master’s thesis written by a graduate student at a Dutch university on an American history topic. Sponsored by the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, the American...
The Emory Elliott Award
Since 2011, IASA has been granting a special award to the author of an outstanding paper presented at an IASA World Congress to honor the memory of Professor Emory Elliott (1942-2009) in recognition of his contribution to American Studies. Professor Elliott supported...
RAI-Gilder Lehrman Fellows’ Awards
In partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (GLI), the leading non-profit organisation for history education for schools and the general public, the RAI is able to offer special awards each year for research in archives in the New York area....
James W.C. Pennington Award
In 2011, the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) and the Faculty of Theology of Heidelberg University established the James W.C. Pennington Award. Aim of the Award The first awards were generously endowed by the Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation. The prize...
Rolf Kentner Dissertation Prize
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