Research in the Humanities Award
The biannual Research in the Humanities Award recognizes a publication that serves as testimony to the author's comprehensive grasp of the subject(s) of inquiry and research and, in turn, outstanding scholarship. The faculty member will have demonstrated outstanding research in the Humanities and will have made substantive contributions to humanistic thought through a monograph or other scholarly work published during the two years prior to the award year.
In each odd-numbered year, the Graduate School solicits nominations of Humanities faculty members in the Departments of Africology; Art History; Communication, English; Foreign Languages and Literature; French, Italian, and Comparative Literature; Linguistics; History; Philosophy; Spanish and Portuguese.for the award.
Eligibility and Selection
- Faculty members in the Departments of Africology; Art History; Communication, English; Foreign Languages and Literature; French, Italian, and Comparative Literature; Linguistics; History; Philosophy; Spanish and Portuguese..
- Author of monograph published during the two years prior to the award year.
The Associate Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Architecture in the Graduate School, the Associate Dean of Humanities in L&S, and senior humanities faculty members of the Divisional Committee of the Arts and Humanities will compose the Selection Committee. The faculty member selected for the Research in the Humanities Award will be honored at the Fall Awards Ceremony and receive a $1,500 prize from an account at the UWM Foundation established for this award by former Graduate School Associate Dean for Research Robert A. Jones and his spouse, Mary B. Jones.
Nomination Procedure
Calls for nomination are generally issued in February of each award year, with a March deadline. For more information, send e-mail to vle@uwm.edu or call 414-229-5483.