From Alison Games at Georgetown: > Dear Colleagues, > > Some of you might be interested in the book and article prizes and the > research grant offered by FEEGI, the Forum on European Expansion and > Global Interaction. I'm pasting in the text below, but please also see > the attached flyer for details. > > best wishes, > Alison Games > > INAUGURAL PRIZES > The Forum on European Expansion and Global Interaction is pleased to > announce inaugural prizes to promote research and to recognize > exceptional scholarship on the subject of global interactions from the > fourteenth through the nineteenth centuries. FEEGI is a membership > organization that fosters scholarly inquiry into the world-wide > consequences of maritime and overland expansion in a period of > significant transformation. FEEGI encourage scholarship and > collaboration across the boundaries of national histories and > disciplinary frameworks. > > FEEGI prizes recognize both exemplary and path-breaking work in the > area of cross-cultural or trans-regional investigations of the > early-modern past, broadly construed. Only members of FEEGI are > eligible for these prizes. To join FEEGI, go to > http://feegi.org/membership.htm > > Research Travel Award > Recognizing the significant material and financial challenges inherent > in multi-sited studies, FEEGI will award an annual research grant of > $1000 to support travel to archival or other field sites. This award > is open to all FEEGI members but is intended especially for graduate > students, independent scholars, and scholars at the beginning of their > careers. > > To apply for the 2013 research grant please submit the following > materials by February 1, 2013: > > > 1) A short cv > 2) A 500-750 word page project description. Your proposal should > include a justification of the importance of the project, a plan of > work with a timetable for research and a plan of work, including a > timetable, nature of research to be conducted, and mention of venues > to be visited. Applicants should also explain the intended results of > the research > 3) A budget which includes an explanation of how you will spend the > grant funds. > > > Materials should be gathered into a single file and sent > electronically to: > > David Hancock, University of Michigan (Chair) ([log in to unmask]) > Marjoleine Kars, University of Maryland, Baltimore County ([log in to unmask] > ) > Carla Rahn Phillips, University of Minnesota ([log in to unmask]) > > Please arrange to have one letter of recommendation (signed and on > institutional letterhead) emailed separately to David Hancock > ([log in to unmask]). > The award will be announced by late March. > > FEEGI Prizes: Grad Student Paper, Best Book, Best Article > > FEEGI will award biennial prizes for best book and best article > published in English, and the best paper presented by a graduate > student at the biennial meeting. > > Graduate Student Paper Prize > The first graduate student paper prize will be awarded in 2012 for a > paper presented at the April 2012 biennial meeting. The deadline for > students to submit revised conference papers is 1 September 2012. > Please email papers as .pdf or .doc attachments to > > Laura Mitchell (Chair), UC Irvine [log in to unmask] > Jim Williams, Middle Tennessee State, [log in to unmask] > Molly Warsh, University of Pittsburgh, [log in to unmask] > > ________________________________________ > > The best book and best article prizes recognize works published in a > two-year period, with prizes announced in odd years. The book prize > winner will receive $500; the article prize winner $200. The 2013 > prizes will cover work published between 1 October 2010 and 1 October > 2012. > > Book Prize > To have your work considered for 2013 FEEGI Book Prize, send a hard > copy of the book to each of the committee members by 10 October 2012. > Please identify your book as a submission for the FEEGI Book Prize. > > Mail your book to: > > > Alison Games (Chair) > Department of History, ICC 600 > Georgetown University > Washington, DC 20057-1035 > > Wim Klooster > Department of History > Clark University > 950 Main St. > Worcester, MA 01610 > > Marcy Norton > 801 22nd St. NW, Suite 335 > Department of History > George Washington University > Washington, DC 20052 > > > Article Prize > To have your work considered for the 2013 FEEGI Article Prize: > Email a .pdf to each of the committee members by 10 October 2012 > > Chair: Matthew Romaniello, Univeristy of Hawaii: [log in to unmask] > Owen Stanwood, Boston College: [log in to unmask] > Kris Lane, Tulane University: [log in to unmask] -- Randolph Scully Associate Professor of History Department of History and Art History George Mason University 4400 University Dr., MS 3G1 Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 [log in to unmask]