Are you writing a paper dealing with the history of war and society during academic year 2020-20201? If so, you may be eligible to submit your paper for consideration for a Best Paper Prize from the War and Society Program at Chapman University.

Students are urged to contact their professors about whether or not your paper might be a good candidate for submission to this competition.

Northern Illinois University students in HIST 422/522 Early Modern Europe should contact Professor Sandberg via e-mail to inquire about their projects.

Here is the announcement from the War and Society Program at Chapman University:

The War and Society Program at Chapman University invites submissions for the best papers in the field of War and Society (broadly defined to include themes such as race and the military, foreign relations, the home front, soldiers’ stories, memory and commemoration, and other related topics) written between August 2020 and May 2021 by either undergraduate or masters-level students. Papers may focus on the U.S. experience or global perspectives.

The prize selection committee, which includes national and international scholars, will give preference to those papers that employ substantial primary research along with multidisciplinary approaches.

Two prizes will be awarded:

The Undergraduate Paper Prize: Submission should come as a PDF, no more than 20 pages (exclusive of endnotes) with a short letter of support (no more than one page) from a faculty member who supervised the paper.

The Graduate Paper Prize for MA Students: Submission should be journal article length not to exceed 30 pages (exclusive of endnotes) with a short letter of support (no more than one page) from a faculty member who supervised the paper.

The prize in each category is one award of $1000, with a subsequent prize for honorable mention of $250 each in each category. The submission deadline is June 15, 2021. The competition is open to students from all institutions.