Prize and Award Descriptions
$1500
The Distinguished Service Award
$1,500 is awarded each year to a Conference member whose career in scholarship, teaching, publishing, librarianship, institutional development, or other fields evidences significant contributions to the advancement of the study of the Caribbean and Latin American History in the United States.
$1000
The Bolton-Johnson Prize
$1,000 is awarded annually for the best English-language book on any aspect of the Caribbean and Latin American History.
$500
Susan M. Socolow and Lyman L. Johnson Prize
$500 is awarded biennially for the book judged to be the most significant work on Southern Cone during the previous year.
$500
The Elinor Melville Prize for the Caribbean and Latin American Environmental History
$500 is awarded biennially for the best book on the Caribbean and Latin American Environmental History published in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese during the previous two years.
$500
The Howard F. Cline Prize in the Caribbean and Latin American Ethnohistory
$500 is awarded biennially for the best article or book on the Caribbean and Latin American ethnohistory during the previous two years.
$500
The James Alexander Robertson Prize
$500 is awarded annually for the best article appearing in the Hispanic American Historical Review.
$1500
The James R. Scobie Awards
Up to $1,500 is awarded each year for an exploratory research trip abroad to determine the feasibility of a Ph.D. dissertation topic dealing with some facet of the Caribbean and Latin American history. One or more travel grants will be awarded each year.
$1500
The Lewis Hanke Post-Doctoral Award
Provides a grant of up to $1,500 for research leading to transforming dissertations into publishable books.
$5000
The Lydia Cabrera Award
Up to $5,000 is given to support original research, re-editions of important works, and publications of source materials for pre-1868 Cuban History.
$500
The María Elena Martínez Prize in Mexican History
$500 is awarded annually for the book judged to be the most significant work on the history of Mexico published during the previous year.
$500
The Antonine Tibesar Prize
$500 is awarded annually, for the best article appearing in The Americas.
$500
The Paul Vanderwood Prize
$500 is awarded annually for the best article on the Caribbean and Latin American history published in a journal other than the HAHR and The Americas.
$500
The Warren Dean Prize in Brazilian History
$500 is awarded annually for the book judged to be the most significant work on the history of Brazil published in English during the year prior to the award year.
$500
Teaching Award
$500 is awarded to a CLAH member whose teaching evidences significant contributions to the advancement of the study of the Caribbean and Latin American history in the United States.