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.
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.
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, 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.
The Harry C. Koenig prize for Catholic Biography to be expanded to include an award for a scholarly article.
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.
The Notre Dame student’s dissertation research, covering several topics, took him to several archives in Cincinnati.
The University of Kansas graduate student in history conducted research in Mexico.
Cajka, a doctoral candidate at Boston College, is the first Graduate Student Representative to the Executive Council.
R. Bentley Anderson meets the pontiff during a research trip to Rome.
ACHA President Liam Matthew Brockey shares his plans for the Association during his 2016 term.
A detailed look at the Association’s work and operations, covering awards, elections, finances, and the Catholic Historical Review.
The Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Art History received the award at the ACHA’s Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
The longtime Bellarmine University professor was honored at the 2016 Annual Meeting in Atlanta.
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.
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.
The deadline for submissions is April 30. The winner will be announced in the fall of 2016.
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.
Two travel grants of $500 each will be awarded to students presenting at the meeting. Application deadline is Oct. 15.
Cummings, associate professor of American history at Notre Dame, will take office alongside two newly elected Executive Council members in 2016.
In winning the 2015 honor, Miller becomes the first two-time Shea Prize-winner in ACHA history.
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.”
Floyd, a PhD candidate at Tulane University, reports on her doctoral research into Peruvian devotional prints.
Twomey chronicles her ACHA-funded research at the Baptisteria Sacra Index, a research database of medieval baptismal fonts at the University of Toronto.
Father Davis, a widely respected teacher and scholar, was a longtime member of the Association.
The Research Grant committee recently announced the recipients of the 2015 ACHA Graduate Student Summer Research Grants.
Cajka, a Ph.D. candidate at Boston College, reports on his research on lay Catholics’ “search for conscience” from the 1960s through the 1980s.
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.
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.
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.
Peter Cajka, a Ph.D. candidate at Boston College, reviews the recent Annual Meeting.
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.
Winners of Distinguished Scholarship, Service and Teaching Awards honored alongside Shea Book and Koenig Biography Prize recipients.
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.”
$1500 book award honors best work in Italian or Italo-American history. Read on for submission details.
Sarah Nytroe of DeSales University, recipient of the first Junior Faculty Research Grant, reports on the research that the 2013 ACHA grant funded.
Learn about the candidates, read their vision statements, and review their c.v.s. Balloting runs from Sept. 13-29. Members were e-mailed instructions for accessing the voting system on Sept. 12.
Click on to submit a nomination for 2014 awards via our online system. The submission deadline is Oct. 1.
The ACHA 2014 Spring Meeting will be held March 27-29 in Cincinnati, Ohio at Xavier University. Online registration is now open.
UPDATE 3/20: A revised version of the official program is now available for download (PDF)
Deadlines for 2014 junior faculty, grad-student, and institutional grants are in October and January.
The 94th ACHA Annual Meeting will be held from Jan. 2-5, 2014. Register online now, or read on for more details, including the final conference program and details on host hotels.