Joachim Remak Dissertation Fellowship

The Joachim Remak Dissertation Fellowship was established by Professor Remak’s two children, Catherine and Robert, in remembrance of their father’s legacy and his passion for history and promoting peace. The Remak Fellowship supports a graduate student who is working on a dissertation in European history, including European imperial and/or transnational history, from the nineteenth century to the present.  Joachim Remak was born in […]

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Mary Beth McGee Fellowship

The Mary Beth McGee Fellowship Fund, an endowed fund, shall be used to support graduate study toward the Ph.D. degree in medieval and early modern European history, including European overseas empires (ca. 1000 – 1850 CE). 2022 Chloé Roberts 2021 Elizabeth Schmidt

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Ann Rappaport Prize

Ann Rappaport Prize for the best graduate research paper/article or dissertation chapter on any aspect of European History, including European imperial and/or other aspects of transnational European History from the 18th century to the present.  Papers are eligible which were completed during the previous or current academic year.   2021-22 Abylay Stambayev   2020-21 Elizabeth Schmidt   2019-20 Kristen Thomas-McGill

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Graduate Student Fellowship Support Fund

This fund was established by anonymous donors to provide fellowship support to graduate students, either during the recruitment process, or for incumbent graduate students in addition to previously granted funding. Recipients are chosen by the Graduate Admissions Committee or the Graduate Financial Aid Committee, in cooperation with the Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of History. Present and Previous Recipients […]

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Schlaikjer Fellowships for Japanese History

This fellowship was created in 2016 with a generous grant from Erich Schlaikjer and his wife Patricia McIntyre. They met in Tokyo in the early 1980s and retain a deep interest in Japan and its culture. 2022 Nirupama Chandrasekhar 2021 Kandra Polatis, Elena Mailander and Erin Trumble 2020 Kandra Polatis and Erin Trumble 2018 Travis Seifman & Kandra Polatis 2017 […]

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History Associates Board Research Travel Fellowship

This award was created in 2017 to honor the memory of History Associates Board members who made an exemplary contribution to our mission. The aim of the award is to support the travel expenses of distinguished graduate students nominated by Department of History Faculty. Recipients: 2022 Salma Shash, “Criminal Lives in Modern Egypt 1829-1914″ (given in memory of Jo Beth […]

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Stephen Hay Award

The Award honors the memory of Professor Stephen Hay, who died in March 2001. The award supports graduate study of Islamic thought and culture. Recipients: 2022 Salma Shash 2021 Anthony Greco 2020 Gokh Alshaif 2019 Amy Fallas 2018 Ibrahim Mansour 2017 No award 2016 Munther Al-Sabbagh, “The social function of credit in 16th century Syria and Egypt.” 2013 – 2015 No award […]

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Robert O. Collins Award

This prize was created by the department in 2008 to honor the memory of Prof. Robert O. Collins, who taught African History at UCSB from 1964 until his retirement in 1994. In recognition of his own lifelong commitment to research and publication, and with the support of a generous gift from Prof. Collins’ three children, the Robert O. Collins Prize […]

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History Associates Graduate Fellowships

The History Associates, with advice from the History department, make awards each year to graduate students of particular merit at any stage in their graduate careers. Awards vary in amount, depending on need and circumstances. Recipients: 2022 Gokh Alshaif, Sarah Dunne, Emma John, Bridge McWaid, Mika Thornburg 2021 Christabel Agyeiwaa, Harini Alladi, Tannishtha Bhattacharjee, Sarah Dunne, Janna Haider and Emma […]

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John Coleman Award

The John Coleman Award goes to the graduate student who wrote the best paper in Cold War history, international history or military history, the three fields that defined John Coleman’s career interests. John served in the military in Vietnam. He was a former journalist who traveled widely and returned to school to pursue a degree in international relations. The Hawaiian […]

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Richard K. Mayberry Award

The Richard K. Mayberry Award goes to Ph.D. students in the Department of History for overall scholarly excellence. This prize is to be used for purchase of books in the student’s area of study. It is given in memory of Richard K. Mayberry, UCSB graduate student (1979-80). Previous recipients: 2022 Addie Jensen 2021 Sergey Salushchev 2020 Nicole de Silva 2019 […]

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Esmé Frost Fellowship

The ESMÉ FROST FELLOWSHIP was created by emeritus Professor Frank J. Frost in memory of his daughter Esmé, after her tragic death in an automobile accident. The fellowship supports graduate study toward the Ph.D. degree in the various fields of pre-modern European History, including Ancient Mediterranean work, Medieval Europe, and Early Modern Europe. Recipients: 2022 Justin Devris and Jenny Meissner […]

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Thomas N. Sizgorich Memorial Award

Thomas Sizgorich’s first seminar paper was published in Past & Present. His second was published in the American Historical Review. His doctoral dissertation was recognized by the Council of Graduate Schools as the best dissertation in the humanities for the biennium 2004-05. The published version,Violence and Belief in Late Antiquity: Militant Devotion in Christianity and Islam (2009), catapulted him into […]

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Patricia Cohen Endowed Graduate Fellowship

The Patricia Cohen Endowed Graduate Fellowship was created in 2015 in honor of Emeritus Professor Patricia Cline Cohen, who is an internationally renowned scholar of the social history of the colonial and early national periods of the U.S., U.S. Women’s and Gender History, and the History of Sexualities.  The fellowship provides research travel money for graduate students working in the […]

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Kenneth Mouré and Sara Norquay Graduate Study Award

Kenneth Mouré was professor of European economic history at UCSB from 1989-2009 and chair of the department from 2005-2009. Upon leaving to chair the History department of the University of Alberta, Prof. Mouré and his wife, artist Sara Norquay, created this award to support graduate student research in European archives and libraries. Present and previous recipients: 2022 Raymok Ketema and […]

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Monica Orozco Prize

Dr. Monica Orozco, who earned her PhD in Latin American history from UCSB in 1999, is Director of the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library. She established this award in 2011 to recognize the best paper on a historical subject in Latin American history produced by a graduate student in History or Latin American and Iberian Studies with a strong preference for […]

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Philip W. and Maria Powell Prize

The Philip W. and Maria Powell Prize is awarded to a History graduate student who has made a distinguished contribution to Latin American and Iberian studies at UCSB. It is given in memory of Philip W. Powell, a founding member and first chair of the department, who was Professor of History from 1948 to 1981. Present and previous recipients: 2022 […]

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Richard and Jeanne Williams Endowed Fellowship

The Richard And Jeanne Williams Endowed Graduate Fellowship is used to recruit and support History graduate students of the highest caliber. Richard Williams is an alumnus of UCSB and former chair of the UCSB Foundation. Present and previous recipients: 2022 Julie Johnson 2021 Alexandra Noi 2020 Chloe Roberts 2019 Elizabeth Schmidt 2018 Fang He 2017 Thomas Franke 2016 Fang He 2015 Cody Stephens […]

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Robert L. Kelley Fellowship

The Robert L. Kelley Fellowship recognizes the outstanding graduate student in the fields of Professor Kelley’s interest: U.S. intellectual history, public history, or the history of public policy. Robert Kelley was one of the founding members of the UCSB Department of History. Present and previous recipients: 2022 Neil Johnson & Moriah Ulinskas 2021 Addie Jensen and Anna Rudolph 2020 Nora Kassner 2019 Kashia […]

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Stuart Bernath Research Prize

The Stuart Bernath Research Prize was awarded for the first time in 2008 by friends and family of the late Stuart Bernath. It is given to a History department graduate student to be used for travel related to dissertation research. Present and previous recipients: 2013-2022 No award 2012 Eric Fenrich 2011 Sarah Watkins 2010 Rachel Winslow 2009 Nicole Pacino 2008 Leandra Zarnow

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C. Warren Hollister Memorial Fellowship

The C. Warren Hollister Memorial Fellowship was created in 2002. It honors the memory of Warren Hollister, a founding member and former chair of the department (1958 – 1992) who turned UCSB into a world-recognized center for the study of medieval European history. The Hollister Fellowship supports graduate students in the field of medieval European history. Present and previous recipients: 2022 Allison Bocchino 2021 Giulia […]

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The Frank and Amanda Frost Prize

Emeritus History Prof. Frank Frost and his wife, Amanda, established this prize to encourage graduate student research in the history of political economy. Broadly conceived to cover any chronological period or geographical area, the prize goes to the best seminar paper, dissertation chapter, or dissertation that explores an episode in the history of political economy that had results that changed […]

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Darcy Ruth Ritzau Graduate Student Award

The Darcy Ruth Ritzau Graduate Student Award was established by our former Graduate Program Assistant to help meet the needs of history graduate students who have unusual circumstances or financial needs that could not be met by existing resources. Preference will be given to first-year students. Present and previous recipients: 2022 Nora Kassner & Bridge McWaid 2021 Maria del Pilar […]

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Van Gelderen Graduate Fellowship

The Van Gelderen Graduate Fellowship was established by longtime History benefactor JoBeth Van Gelderen and her late husband, Don, to support graduate students in American history, preferably students of the American West. Present and previous recipients: 2022 Elizabeth Schmidt 2021 David McIntosh 2020 Dana Hughes 2019 Mariel Aquino 2018 Rana Razek 2017 Sasha Coles 2016 Peggy Beedle 2015 Laura Hooton 2014 Francisco Beltran […]

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DeConde/Burns Prize

The DeConde/Burns Prize is awarded to a graduate student judged to be the best in outstanding accomplishment in foreign relations generally, with a preference for students in U.S. foreign relations. It was established in 2005 with a gift from Dr. Andrew Farrand (PhD 1979) to honor emeritus Prof. Alexander DeConde, a former chair of the department, and Prof. Richard Burns […]

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Wilbur Jacobs Prize

The Wilbur R. Jacobs Prize honors Wilbur R. Jacobs, Professor of History from 1949 to 1988 and a founding member of the History Department. It is awarded to an outstanding History graduate student in one of the three areas of Professor Jacobs’ research interest: colonial, Native American, or frontier studies. Present and previous recipients: 2022 Elizabeth Schmidt 2021 Laura Voisin George 2020 Rana […]

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Donald Van Gelderen Memorial Fellowship

The Donald Van Gelderen Memorial Fellowship is an endowment that was created by one of the History Associates’ most stalwart supporters, Dr. Jo Beth Van Gelderen, to recognize non-traditional students who, like herself, returned to graduate study in history after taking time off to pursue career and family interests. Current and previous recipients: (prior to 2006, this award was known as The […]

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William H. Ellison Prize

The William H. Ellison Prize, awarded in memory of William H. Ellison, Professor of History from 1925 to 1948, recognizes the best History graduate seminar paper, as determined by the History Prizes committee. Present and previous recipients: (Prior to 1990, this prize was administered by the History department) 2022 Tannishtha Bhattacharjee, “Spatial Orders and the Affective Architecture of a New Nation: Making of […]

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Harold and Kathleen Drake Fund

This fund was established in 2008 to aid graduate students in ancient Mediterranean and ancient Chinese history in a variety of ways, including the Drake Entrance Fellowship for recruiting outstanding graduate students, the Drake Research Assistantship for support of current students, and travel funds. It honors Roman historian Hal Drake, who taught at UCSB for 38 years, and his wife, […]

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History Associates Graduate Endowment

For more than 25 years, Dr. Jo Beth Van Gelderen has encouraged donations to the History Associates Fellowships by means of an annual challenge whereby she matches other contributions dollar-for-dollar. In 2006, she established the History Associates Graduate Endowment to provide a stable source of funding for graduate students in the UCSB History department. The earnings from this endowment fund […]

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Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly Graduate Student Award

Ingrid Dineen-Wimberly, who received her Ph.D. in History in 2008, created this award in 2011 in gratitude to the UCSB History Associates and as an incentive to other PhDs who, like herself, received crucial support when working on their degrees. It is intended to help support current or incoming History PhD students who are also raising children. Students may self-nominate […]

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J. Bruce Anderson Memorial Fellowship

The J. Bruce Anderson Memorial Fellowship is awarded to the outstanding teaching assistant in the Department of History, in memory of J. Bruce Anderson, UCSB graduate student (1969-76). Present and previous recipients: 2022 Salma Shash 2021 Donna Anderson 2020 Sarah Dunne 2019 Susan Schmidt and Will Thompson 2018 Julie Johnson 2017 Nicole DeSilva 2016 Rana Razek 2015 Holly Roose 2014 […]

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Lawrence Badash Prize

The Lawrence Badash Prize recognizes the outstanding graduate student essay in history of science, technology or medicine in any era or geographical arena, or on weapons control. It honors Lawrence Badash, Professor Emeritus of the History of Science. Present and Previous Recipients: 2022 Isidro González, “Dysgenic Data: Making Field Workers, Propositi, and Family Histories at the Sonoma State Home, 1910s-1920″ […]

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Michael Bransfield Prize

Michael Bransfield was a highly talented member of one of the department’s first classes in Public History. An avid environmentalist, Michael hitchhiked across the country twice by himself, camping along the way. Here began his love affair with the national parks, especially Yosemite. Michael died prematurely in 1983 while completing an internship in Louisiana. His extensive personal library forms the […]

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Dick Cook Memorial Award

The Dick Cook Memorial Award is presented to a graduate or undergraduate student who is outstanding in terms of service to the department. It is given in honor of Dick Cook, the founding president of the UCSB History Associates. This gift is eligible for matching dollars from the Van Gelderen challenge. Recipients: 2021 Dane Beatie (undergraduate) and Addie Jensen and Mattie Webb […]

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