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2023 AAG Historical Geography Specialty Group (HGSG) Student Paper and Research Awards
HGSG Student Research Award
Student members of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) are invited to submit research proposals for the Historical Geography Specialty Group (HGSG) Student Research Awards. The specialty group, at its discretion, will award up to two prizes in 2023. The Carville Earle Award ($400) recognizes research at the PhD level, and the Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov Award ($200) recognizes research at the Master's or undergraduate level. To apply for either award, students must submit a two-page research proposal that gives their research question and also explains how archival work and/or fieldwork is necessary to complete their project. The proposal must also specify the archives and/or field research site that will be utilized. A budget of estimated expenses and a letter of support from their major advisor must accompany the proposal. The award may be used for travel or other related research expenses. Students must be members of the AAG to be eligible for this competition. Students must submit their two-page research proposal, with budget and letter of support, by March 10, 2023, to the following competition judge: Declan Cullen (drcullen@email.gwu.edu)
HGSG Paper Award
The Historical Geography Specialty Group (HGSG) will sponsor two student paper award competitions in 2023. The Andrew Hill Clark Award ($250) is given for a paper written at the PhD level, and the Ralph Brown Award ($150) is given for a paper written at the Master's or undergraduate level. Second prizes may be awarded at the discretion of the competition judges. Preference is given to papers based on primary sources of information rather than on literature reviews. For the 2023 awards, the papers must have been presented at any professional conference in the period of time beginning the day after the 2022 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting and ending the last day of the 2023 AAG Annual Meeting. Students must be members of the AAG to be eligible for this competition. Students must send their paper of no more than eleven double-spaced pages (plus notes, figures, etc.) by email in MS Word or PDF format to the following competition judge. Declan Cullen (drcullen@email.gwu.edu).The submission deadline is March 10, 2023.
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Samuel M Otterstrom
Professor of Geography
Brigham Young University
samuel_otterstrom@byu.edu
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