Berkshire Conference Article Prize

The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians is pleased to announce the competition for the 1999 Article Prize. This prize has been awarded annually since 1986 to the best article on a historical subject written by a woman normally resident in North America. The 1998 Prize was awarded to Julia A. Thomas for "Photography, National Identity, and the 'Cataract of Times': Wartime Images and the Case of Japan", published in The American Historical Review (December 1998). The winner of the 1999 Prize will be announced at the meeting of the Berkshire Conference in May, 2000.

Any historical article published in 1999 (either in a journal or edited volume) written by a woman normally resident in North America is eligible for the Prize. To nominate an article, send three copies of the article (not an entire journal issue) to:

Susan D. Amussen
14 Giles Street
Hamdent, CT 06517

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2000.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Susan Amussen at the above address, or at <samussen@tui.edu>

-- Susan D. Amussen
Graduate College Faculty
The Union Institute
14 Giles Street
Hamden, CT 06517
Phone/Fax: (203) 624-4345