The AHA warmly congratulates all of its 2024 Conference Award and Bursary recipients!
Ken and Amirah Inglis Postgraduate and ECR Conference Awards 2024
The 2 Ken and Amirah Inglis Grants are funded by a donation from Seumas Spark and Jay Winter to the AHA Public Fund to honour the legacy of Ken and Amirah Inglis. The successful postgraduate applicant for this award was Nikolas Orr. The successful ECR applicant for this award was Nathan Gardner. Congratulations to Nik and Nathan!
AHA Postgraduate and ECR Conference Awards 2024
The scheme is intended to encourage and support emerging historians who would otherwise be unable to attend the conference. The Conference Awards are an important funding, writing and mentoring opportunity for postgraduate and ECR members. The judges were impressed with the range and quality of submissions across the board. The successful applicants were Ruma Chakravarti, Rick Hayward, Catherine Gay and Hengguang Zhu. Congratulations all!
Jill Roe ECR Conference Scholarship 2024
The Jill Roe Early Career Researcher AHA Conference Scholarship Scheme supports Early Career Research historians to attend and present at the AHA annual conference. Funding for this scheme is made possible by a generous bequest from Professor Emerita Jill Roe (1940–2017), an eminent and much-loved Australian historian who made a very significant contribution to the writing, teaching and public communication of history in Australia and abroad. The recipients of the final instalment of the Jill Roe ECR Conference Scholarship in 2024 are Jessica Urwin and Lisa Cooper. Congratulations to both!
Patrick Wolfe ECR Conference Bursary 2024
The Patrick Wolfe ECR Conference Bursary honours the career of Dr Patrick Wolfe (1949-2016), an eminent historian and forerunner in the field of settler colonial studies. This award is designed to extend Patrick’s legacy and support early career researchers to participate in the AHA Conference. The recipients of the Patrick Wolfe bursary for 2024 are Andrea Ballesteros Danel and Nikita Vanderbyl. Congratulations Andrea and Nikita!