John W. Blassingame Award

The John W. Blassingame Award is awarded for distinguished scholarship and mentorship in African American History. Recipients of the prize will be based on nominations from the SHA membership. In order to nominate a candidate for the award, a letter describing the person's accomplishments should be sent to the SHA office by June 1, 2012, where it will be copied and forwarded to committee members. At least two supporting letters should accompany each nomination (though more than two are welcome). For nominations involving a primary role of mentoring African American students, the committee particularly welcomes letters from students, either graduate or undergraduate. Nominees from all areas of the academic community, including those from community/junior colleges, historically black colleges and universities, as well as from large research universities, are welcome. Nominees will be considered based either on distinguished careers as mentors of African American students, personal scholarly accomplishments, or some combination of both. The fifth Blassingame Prize will be awarded at the 2012 SHA meeting in Mobile, AL. The award consists of a $1,000 stipend, and will be awarded in even-numbered years.

Send submissions to:

The Southern Historical Association
Department of History
111 LeConte Hall
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-1602

2012 Blassingame Committee

Dr. Gerald L. Smith (committee chair)
Department of History
1773 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027

Dr. Glenn T. Eskew
Department of History
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4117
Atlanta, GA 30302-4117

Dr. Kimberly D. Hill
Department of History
Del Mar College
101 Baldwin Blvd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78404