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Each year, the department awards up to 4 research
fellowships of up to $2000 each to undergraduates doing research
outside North Carolina. Application deadlines are in the spring
and fall and are announced each year. The deadlines for the
2006/07 academic year are November 1, 2006, for requests for funding
for the Spring 2007 semester and March 15, 2007, for funding
for the Summer and Fall Semester of 2007.
The department also has grants of up to $50 to cover copying
costs for students doing research at places in North Carolina
other than the Z. Smith Reynolds Library. Students should apply
as they need the funds, but the grants are awarded on a first-come/first-serve
basis.
For more information on department funding please contact a
member of thedepartment. Here are the research form, travel reimbursement form and expense voucher.
Awards
Each spring there is a competition with awards being given to the best papers entered in several categories. The following is the list of awards, together with some past winners. For the particulars about this competition, please consult Professor O’Connell, who chairs the Honors Committee, or other members of the department.
The Hadley Prize was established in memory of Wake Forest Alum and Professor of History David W. Hadley. The prize in his memory is awarded each year to the best paper written in a 100 level class.
2009 winner: Benjamin Morrow, "The Opportunities of British Imperialism and Rising to the Top."
2008 winner: Laura Shashy, "Photography of the South during the Great Depression."
The R.W. Griffin Research Prize was established by Dr. Richard W. Griffin, an 1947 alumnus of Wake Forest, and is awarded to an outstanding paper treating Asian, African, or Latin American History.
2009 winner: Matthew Irvine, "Jerusalem, Saladin, and the Islamic Counter Crusade
2008 winner: Robert Calagione, “The Ideology of Sayyid Qutb and its impact on the Society of the Muslim Brothers.”
Forrest W. Clonts Research Prize in European History is named in honor of alumnus (Class of 1920) and Professor Clonts, who taught European history at Wake for more than forty years, 1925-67.
2008 winner: (tie) Joseph Carl Mauro, "The Falkland Islands War: Diplomatic Failure in April 1982,"
Emily Logan Stedman, "Augustus and the Construction of the Res Gestae."
C. Chilton Pearson Prize in US History
2008 winner: Mary Elizabeth Crawley, “Fabricated Nation: the Confederacy’s Failed Attempt to Assimilate Colonial Ideology and enact a ‘Homespun Revolution.’”
The W.J. Cash Award for Research in Southern Studies is given in honor of Wake Forest alumnus, journalist and author Wilbur Cash.
2009 winner (tie): Christine Cooluris, "The Evolution of Involuntary Sterilization Practices in North Carolina 1933-1974."
Andrew Britt, "Creating the 'Moderate King': Social Values and Collective Memory in the United States Congress.”
2008 winner: Kristen Shepherd, “War, Revolution and the Individual Experience.”
The Forest W. Clonts Award for Excellence in History is given to the most outstanding history student each year; the judges consider academic achievement, intellectual engagement, and service to the department when choosing the recipient.
2009 winner: Andrew Britt
2008 winner: Amy Louise Mueller
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List of the winners:
Forrest W. Clonts Award for Excellence in History
Andrew G. Britt, 2009
Amy Louise Mueller, 2008
Matthew David Owen, 2007
John Cunningham Raffetto, 2006
Forrest W. Clonts Research Prize in European History
Joseph Carl Mauro, 2009
Emily Logan Stedman, 2008
Megan Maureen Bute, 2007
Kyle Scott Erickson, 2006
David W. Hadley Prize for Historical Writing on the 100 Level
Benjamin Morrow, 2009
Laura Shashy, 2008
Kate Rogers, 2007
Andrew Graham Britt, 2006
Chilton Pearson Research Prize in United States History
Mary Elizabeth Crawley, 2008
Nancy JoAnn Rapp, 2007
William Stephen Hausser, 2006
W.J. Cash Award for Studies in Southern History
Andrew G. Britt, 2009
Christine Cooluris, 2009
Kristen Michelle Shepherd, 2008
Elizabeth Ann Lundeen, 2007
Claire Reifsnyder, 2007
Elizabeth Whitney Archer, 2006
Richard Worden Griffin Research Prize in Asian, African, or Latin American History
Matthew Irvine, 2009
Robert Lindsay Calagione, 2008
Ronald Lee Turbyfill, 2007
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