The History Department at the University of Texas at Arlington, home of one of the nation’s first PhD programs in transatlantic history, announces its annual nationwide competition for the Dennis Reinhartz Transatlantic History Award, sponsored by the E. C. Barksdale Essays in History and our Omicron Kappa Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. We invite advanced undergraduate students and MA students who have written essays or research papers on topics related to the interconnection and interrelations of people and cultures around and across the Atlantic Ocean from 1500 to the present time to submit their essays for our contest. Essays should be between 10 and 50 pages long. The deadline for submissions is September 1, 2010. Announcements about the prize of $250 will be made by October 15, 2010.

For more information contact: Professor Thomas Adam at adam@uta.edu