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Avg. Amount Awarded
98
Days
May 1 2025
Application Deadline
N/A
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David Thelen Award

Description

The David Thelen Award, awarded biennially by the Organization of American Historians, honors the best article on American history written in a language other than English. The winning article will be published in the JAH. Articles published between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024, as well as previously unpublished articles, are eligible for consideration. Submissions should be carefully argued and well written. They should offer an original perspective on colonial American and/or U.S. history. The competition is open to roundtables, keynote addresses, conference papers, and other genres of scholarship. Manuscripts should be framed for and addressed to readers...

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Contact Stephen D. Andrews
Interim Executive Editor, Journal of American History (Chair, 2026 David Thelen Award Committee)
oah@oah.org
Tel: 812-855-7311 Address 1215 East Atwater Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47401