The MacCurtain/Cullen Prize in Irishwomen's History, 2010
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The MacCurtain/Cullen Prize in Irishwomen's History was offered by the Women's History Association of Ireland in recognition of the outstanding contribution to Irishwomen's history made by Dr Margaret MacCurtain and Mary Cullen.
The 2010 award was open to MA and MPhil scholars at any university on the island of Ireland working in the area of Irishwomen's history. Submissions could deal with any chronological period, any historical subject relating to women and any geographical location within Ireland, and could be written in English or Irish. Articles were expected to show originality of research, skilful use of analysis and recognition of the important role of gender in the historical process.
Students undertaking a minor Masters thesis, or who had received an MA or MPhil up to two years before 2009, were eligible. Membership of the WHAI was a requirement for entry, and articles were to be 6,000 to 8,000 words including notes and bibliography. Entries were sent to the then President and Secretary of the association, with a closing date of 25 January 2010.
Entries were adjudicated by a special committee of the WHAI and the prize was awarded at the association's annual conference. The winning entry received a bursary of €150 and was to be published in the new Irish Journal for Feminist Studies.
Recent calls for papers (2009)
Gender and the City: a special issue of Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, guest-edited by Maureen A. Flanagan (Department of History, Michigan State University) and Maryann Valiulis (Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Trinity College Dublin). The due date for papers was 15 August 2009.
Margaret MacCurtain and Mary Cullen are among the historians who shaped the field in Ireland; see the 2009 panel discussion in their honour.