Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 67 (2014) Winner
Ari Kelman
アリ・ケルマン
Ari Kelman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- null
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Madison, Wisconsin (student) → Providence, Rhode Island (graduate school) → Pennsylvania (Penn State employment) → Davis, California (UC Davis employment)
Career
- Occupations
- historian, university professor, author
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis, Penn State University
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | — | Department of History | Bachelor of Arts | 1987–1991 | United States |
| Brown University | Graduate School | Department of History | Ph.D.（博士） | 1991–1998 | United States |
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Department of History
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1987–1991
Year of Graduation:
1991
Country:
United States
BA in History
Brown University
Graduate School
/ Department of History
Degree:
Ph.D.（博士）
Period:
1991–1998
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
United States
Received MA (1993) and Ph.D. (1998)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Bancroft Prize | A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek | — | Columbia University (Bancroft Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Avery O. Craven Award | A Misplaced Massacre | — | Organization of American Historians | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Tom Watson Brown Book Award | A Misplaced Massacre | — | Tom Watson Brown Book Award (organization varies) | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Robert M. Utley Prize | A Misplaced Massacre | — | Western History Association | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Abbott Lowell Cummings Prize | A River and Its City | — | Vernacular Architecture Forum | 受賞 |
Bancroft Prize
2014
Work:
A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek
Organization:
Columbia University (Bancroft Prize)
Result:
受賞
Avery O. Craven Award
2014
Work:
A Misplaced Massacre
Organization:
Organization of American Historians
Result:
受賞
Tom Watson Brown Book Award
2014
Work:
A Misplaced Massacre
Organization:
Tom Watson Brown Book Award (organization varies)
Result:
受賞
Robert M. Utley Prize
2014
Work:
A Misplaced Massacre
Organization:
Western History Association
Result:
受賞
Abbott Lowell Cummings Prize
2004
Work:
A River and Its City
Organization:
Vernacular Architecture Forum
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A River and Its City
2003 Environmental historyAn environmental history focusing on New Orleans and its uneasy relationship with the Mississippi River.
urban historyenvironment and societyrivers and flood control
A Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek
2013 public history / memory studiesExamines struggles over remembering the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, drawing on archives and oral histories to document memorialization efforts.
memory and memorializationNative American historypublic history
Battle Lines: A Graphic History of the Civil War
2015 non-fiction / graphic novelA visual, non-fiction graphic history of the U.S. Civil War co-created with an artist.
Civil Warhistory educationvisual history
Bibliography
- A River and Its City (2003)
- A Misplaced Massacre (2013)
- Battle Lines (2015)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly yet accessible prosecombines archival research with oral history
- Recurring Motifs
- relationship between memory and placeinteraction of environment and societycontested public memory
Legacy
Known for work at the intersection of public history, memory studies, and environmental history; his scholarship has bridged academia and the public, with A Misplaced Massacre contributing to memorialization and visibility of Native American memory.
Academic Societies
- Organization of American Historians (award-related)
- Western History Association (award-related)
Archives
- UC Davis Department of History archives (related materials)
In Popular Culture
- Served as senior creative consultant for PBS American Experience: New Orleans
Trivia
- Co-founded the blog The Edge of the American West.
- A Misplaced Massacre addresses controversies over memory and memorialization of the Sand Creek Massacre.
- Wrote for popular outlets about New Orleans' environmental history during and after Hurricane Katrina.