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NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

James P. Hanlan BOOK AWARD

The New England Historical Association is a professional association of over 700 historians who live and work in New England. The focus of the organization is NOT New England History. NEHA members focus on all areas of historical scholarship. NEHA welcomes nominations for the James P. Hanlan NEHA BOOK AWARD. The Award has been presented annually since 1985 to an author who has lived or worked in New England at some time during the prior two years. NEHA welcomes nominations on any historical topic, time period, or geographic region. Publishers are invited to nominate ONE title published in 2012 for this year’s prize. Publishers should send one copy of the book being nominated to each of the judges. The award is presented at the October NEHA meeting.

Nominations for the award are due by June 1, 2013; send directly to the judges:

Prof. James Bidwell, NEHA Book Award Chair (email: jbidwell@annamaria.edu)
Anna Maria College Department of History
50 Sunset Lane
Paxton, MA 01612

Michele Louro (email: michele.louro@salemstate.edu)
Salem State University
Department of History SB-102G
352 Lafayette Street
Salem, Massachusetts 01970

Elizabeth DeWolfe (email: edewolfe@une.edu)
University of New England
Department of History
11 Hills Beach Road
Biddeford, Maine 04005

Professor Jamie J. Wilson (email: jamie.wilson@salemstate.edu)
33 Blomerth Street
Malden, MA 02148

Professor Jennifer Purcell (email: jpurcell@smcvt.edu)
691 Waller Rd
Georgia, VT 05468

NOTE: Each judge should receive one copy of the book being nominated.

Recent Winners: (listed by year of book publication)

2011: Brooke L. Blower (Boston University), Becoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture Between the World Wars (Oxford UP)

2010: Eric Jay Dolan (independent scholar), Fur, Fortune and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America (W.W. Norton)

2009: George A. Billias (Clark University), American Constitutionalism Heard Round the World, 1776-1989: A Global Perspective (New York UP)

2008: James M. O’Toole (Boston College), The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America (Harvard UP)

2007: Elizabeth A. DeWolfe (University of New England), The Murder of Mary Beane and Other Stories (Kent State UP)

2006: Harry S. Stout (Yale University), Upon the Altar of the Nation: a Moral History of the American Civil War (Viking)

2005: Meg Jacobs (MIT), Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in 20th-Century America (Princeton UP)

2004: Brian Donahue (Brandeis University), The Great Meadow: Farmers and the Land in Colonial Concord (Yale UP)

2003: Evan Haefeli (Tufts University) and Kevin Sweeney (Amherst College), Captors and Captives: The 1740 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield (University of Massachusetts Press)

For further information, contact James P. Hanlan, NEHA Executive Secretary: jphanlan@wpi.edu

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The MHS (masshist.org) is sponsoring a conference on Massachusetts and the Civil War April 4-6, 2013. Online registration at https://www.masshist.org/conferences/civil-war.
In addition, the MHS has a number of short and long-term research fellowships available; deadlines are in mid-January to March 1, see http://www.masshist.org/research/fellowships for more information.

Upcoming Conference: Association of Personal Historians will hold their annual conference in Washington DC, November 8-12, 2013: "Capital Reflections" - they are still accepting proposals.

Job Posting: Executive Director, Woodstock (VT) Historical Society

The Woodstock Historical Society, a nonprofit museum, located in a quintessential New England town with a strong cultural, recreational and educational history is seeking an exceptional ED. This is a rare opportunity to lead a well-established historical society to the next level of growth. The ideal candidate will have at least three-years experience in managing a nonprofit museum or similar entity and minimally a bachelor’s degree, preferably in history or a related discipline. The collections of the museum include artifacts, books, rare documents, maps, photographs and historical works. We are looking for an energetic leader with knowledge of and passion for history and the ability to manage and promote the use of these valuable resources to our community. We expect the ED to enhance the visibility and stature of the historical society, attract new audiences, develop educational programs, identify sources of financial support, write grants and manage the overall operations of the historical society including, budgets, programming, marketing, facilities, and collections. The ED reports to the Board of Trustees. This is a full time position. Please send cover letter and resume to: Search Committee, Woodstock Historical Society, 26 Elm Street, Woodstock, VT 05091, or email: jennie@woodstockhistorical.org, attention Search Committee.

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Contact person: Jessica Layne, allthingsnewengland @gmail.com

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