2021 Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize Committee Accepting Submissions Until Oct. 1, 2020

The Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI) and the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) invite nominations and submissions for the 2021 Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize, which includes a $1000 honorarium. Eligible doctoral dissertations must have been completed in 2018-2020, and must focus primarily on Abraham Lincoln’s life, career and/or legacy, preferably offering new interpretations, new evidence or primary source materials, and/or reevaluating previously accepted conclusions. Comparative studies (e.g., leadership studies, biographies) will be considered as long as Lincoln is the main focus of more than one chapter. Studies of individuals traditionally associated with Lincoln will also be considered. Dissertations written in a language other than English between 2016 and 2020 are eligible but must be translated and submitted in English.

Selection will be made by a joint ALA/ALI committee. The winner will be notified by January 2021, with the expectation of accepting the award in person (travel and lodging provided) at either the ALA banquet on February 12, 2021, in Springfield, Illinois, or the ALI symposium in March 2021, held at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

Dissertations must be submitted by email as a PDF to Michelle Krowl (mkrowl@aol.com) and Mark Pohlad (MPOHLAD@depaul.edu). Submissions must be received by October 1, 2020.

For more information and for lists of past winners of each prize, please visit http://www.lincolninstitute.org/ or http://abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abo...awards-2/.

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(08-25-2020 09:15 AM)STS Lincolnite Wrote:  2021 Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize Committee Accepting Submissions Until Oct. 1, 2020

The Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI) and the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) invite nominations and submissions for the 2021 Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize, which includes a $1000 honorarium.

For more information and for lists of past winners of each prize, please visit http://www.lincolninstitute.org/ or http://abrahamlincolnassociation.org/abo...awards-2/.

The 2012 winner was Cynthia Nicoletti and the subject of her dissertation:

“The Great Question of War: The Legal Status of Secession in the Aftermath of the American Civil War, 1865-1869,” University of Virginia.

This was the same issue that President Lincoln addressed in his July 4, 1861 Message to Congress. See the thread "Maryland constitutional questions after Fort Sumter."