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ACHA honors National Park Service with Distinguished Service Award
The Park Service, which celebrated its centennial in 2016, was honored for its preservation of American historical heritage.
Call for Papers: ASCH-ACHA Spring Meeting in Berkeley
The Program Committee invites members and other interested scholars to submit paper and session proposals for the meeting to be held April 6-9, 2017.
Christopher Riedel awarded 2016 Guilday Prize
Riedel, a visiting assistant professor of history at Boston College, is honored for his 2016 article entitled “Praising God Together: Monastic Reformers and Laypeople in Tenth-Century Winchester.”
2016 ACHA election results announced
Richard Gribble is elected vice president; David Endres and Martin Menke will join the Executive Council.
ACHA announces Distinguished Award recipients
William Issel of San Francisco State University, Jeffery Burns of the Franciscan School of Theology, and the U.S. National Park Service will be honored at the ACHA Annual Meeting in January.
Andrew D. Berns awarded 2016 Marraro Prize
The assistant professor of history at the University of South Carolina was honored for his 2015 book The Bible and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Italy.
Rev. Marvin R. O’Connell dies
Rev. O’Connell, professor emeritus of history at the University of Notre Dame, was the ACHA’s 2013 Distinguished Scholar Award recipient. He died on Aug. 19.
Katrina B. Olds awarded 2016 Shea Prize
The associate professor of history at the University of San Francisco was honored for Forging the Past: Invented Histories in Counter-Reformation Spain (Yale University Press, 2015).
Franz Posset awarded 2016 Koenig Prize
Franz Posset, a scholar noted for his work in Reform history, has been awarded the 2016 Harry C. Koenig Prize in Catholic Biography for his work Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522). A Theological Biography.
Executive Council establishes new award
The Harry C. Koenig prize for Catholic Biography to be expanded to include an award for a scholarly article.
Johnna L. Sturgeon reports on research in Munich
Sturgeon, a Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University, applied an ACHA grant toward travel to Germany, where her research explored Portuguese theologian Andreas de Escobar.
Michael Skaggs reports on ACHA-financed research in Cincinnati
The Notre Dame student’s dissertation research, covering several topics, took him to several archives in Cincinnati.
George A. Klaeren reports on ACHA-funded graduate research
The University of Kansas graduate student in history conducted research in Mexico.
Peter Cajka, Doctoral Candidate at Boston College, Appointed to Executive Council
Cajka, a doctoral candidate at Boston College, is the first Graduate Student Representative to the Executive Council.
Executive Secretary and Treasurer meets Pope Francis
R. Bentley Anderson meets the pontiff during a research trip to Rome.
President’s 2016 Welcome Letter
ACHA President Liam Matthew Brockey shares his plans for the Association during his 2016 term.
ACHA 2015 Annual Report
A detailed look at the Association’s work and operations, covering awards, elections, finances, and the Catholic Historical Review.
Walter S. Melion of Emory receives Distinguished Scholar Award
The Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Art History received the award at the ACHA’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
Clyde F. Crews honored with Distinguished Teaching Award
The longtime Bellarmine University professor was honored at the 2016 Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
Trappists receive Distinguished Service to Catholic Studies Award
The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, better known as the Trappists, were honored at the 2016 ACHA Annual Meeting with the Distinguished Service to Catholic Studies Award.
Call for Papers: 2017 ACHA Annual Meeting in Denver
The call for papers for the ACHA’s 2017 Annual Conference is open. Read on to submit your proposal, and for details on submitting a joint ACHA-AHA or ACHA-ASCH panel. The submission deadline is April 15, 2016.
Submission period open for 2016 Koenig Prize for Catholic Biography
The deadline for submissions is April 30. The winner will be announced in the fall of 2016.
2016 Distinguished Award recipients announced
Prof. Walter Melion Department of Emory University, Rev. Clyde Crews of Bellarmine University, and the Trappist monks of the Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery (Conyers, Ga.) are honored with awards.
Travel grants available for students attending Atlanta meeting
Two travel grants of $500 each will be awarded to students presenting at the meeting. Application deadline is Oct. 15.
Kathleen Sprows Cummings elected VP
Cummings, associate professor of American history at Notre Dame, will take office alongside two newly elected Executive Council members in 2016.
Maureen C. Miller of UC Berkeley wins Shea Book Prize
In winning the 2015 honor, Miller becomes the first two-time Shea Prize-winner in ACHA history.
Nino Zchomelidse of Johns Hopkins receives 2015 Marraro Prize
Zchomelidse receives the award for the best work in Italian history for her book Art, Ritual, and Civic Identity in Medieval Southern Italy, a “fascinating portrait of the Easter liturgical celebration in medieval southern Italy.”
Ellis Dissertation Award-winner Emily C. Floyd reports on ACHA-funded research
Floyd, a PhD candidate at Tulane University, reports on her doctoral research into Peruvian devotional prints.
Carolyn Twomey, BC Ph.D candidate, reports on ACHA-funded research
Twomey chronicles her ACHA-funded research at the Baptisteria Sacra Index, a research database of medieval baptismal fonts at the University of Toronto.
Cyprian Davis remembered
Father Davis, a widely respected teacher and scholar, was a longtime member of the Association.
Graduate Student Grant recipents announced
The Research Grant committee recently announced the recipients of the 2015 ACHA Graduate Student Summer Research Grants.
Pete Cajka reports on ACHA Graduate Student Grant-financed research
Cajka, a Ph.D. candidate at Boston College, reports on his research on lay Catholics’ “search for conscience” from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Sean Brennan, recipient of Junior Faculty Grant, reports on his research
Brennan, an associate professor of history at the University of Scranton, reports on research for his book project The Life of Fabian Flynn: A Catholic Warrior of the Second World War and the Cold War.
ACHA 2014 Annual Report
The Annual Report covers all of the ACHA’s activities. Includes reports from the President, Executive Secretary, CHR editor, and Program Committee. Accessible only to ACHA members.
2016 Annual Meeting: Deadline for paper submissions extended to April 18
The ACHA is now accepting full panel and individual paper proposals for its 2016 Annual Meeting to be held in Atlanta from Jan. 7-10, 2016.
Recap: 2015 Annual Meeting in NYC
Peter Cajka, a Ph.D. candidate at Boston College, reviews the recent Annual Meeting.
Distinguished awardees honored
Earlier this month, Prof. William Portier of the University of Dayton, Prof. Dennis Ryan of The College of New Rochelle, and the Rev. John Padberg, S.J., representing the Institute of Jesuit Sources, were honored with the ACHA’s Distinguished Awards in Scholarship, Teaching and Service, respectively. Read on for the complete text of the award citations.
ACHA Awardees honored at Presidential Luncheon
Winners of Distinguished Scholarship, Service and Teaching Awards honored alongside Shea Book and Koenig Biography Prize recipients.
O’Malley wins Shea prize for 2014
John W. O’Malley wins ACHA book award for Trent: What Happened at the Council, “a book that will endure [and] be cited by historians…for a long time to come.”