This Fellowship will reward excellence in historical research on Mexico at the dissertation level. It will be awarded at each LASA International Congress to a Mexican graduate student in the final phase of his or her doctoral research in Mexican history, broadly defined. Selection will be based on scholarly merit, and on the candidate’s potential contribution to the advancement of humanist understanding between Mexico and its global neighbors.
Selection will be made by a committee named by the LASA President. One member will hold a permanent position in the history department of the Colegio de México, and one will be a member of the Conference on Latin American History (CLAH). Deliberations will be carried out electronically and a decision made three months prior to the Congress. The Fellowship winner will be announced in the Award Ceremony of the LASA Congress.
Members of the 2012 selection committee are: Mauricio Tenorio, University of Chicago; Alan Knight, Oxford University; Pablo Piccato, Columbia University; Peter Guardino, Indiana University and Javier Garciadiego, El Colegio de México.
A qualified applicant must hold Mexican citizenship and be in the final phase of her/his doctoral program, i.e. finished with coursework and exams, but not yet granted the Ph.D. Applications must be accompanied by 1) verification by the dissertation committee chair of the student’s good standing in the doctoral program; 2) one-page (single space) statement that summarizes the dissertation project, in either English or Spanish; 3) brief (two pages maximum) curriculum vitae.
To nominate a candidate, send these materials no later than July 15, 2011, to Milagros Pereyra-Rojas, LASA Executive Director, lasa@pitt.edu.
Donations for the CAH Fellowship Fund should be made payable to LASA and sent to LASA, 416 Bellefield Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260. The Fellowship will be drawn from interest earnings to ensure that it will continue in perpetuity. The award amount will be determined by the size of the endowment. All donations to LASA are tax deductible.