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2009 OAH ERIK BARNOUW AWARD
Home The Erik Barnouw Award, first given in 1983, honors the late Erik Barnouw, Columbia University, a historian of the mass media.  One or two awards are given annually in recognition of outstanding programming on network or cable television, or in documentary film, concerned with American history, the study of American history, and/or the promotion of history.

The winning film or video program will be screened and the award will be presented at the 2009 annual meeting of the OAH in Seattle, Washington, March 26-29.  The producer(s) of the winning film or video program will receive $1,000 (or $500 should two films be selected).  Only films and video programs released January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008 are eligible for entry.  Films and videos selected as "honorable mention" will be shown at the annual meeting, along with the Barnouw winner, as part of the OAH Screening History film series.

One copy of each entry must be received by each committee member and the OAH by December 1, 2008.  No late submissions will be accepted. One copy of each entry, clearly labeled "2009 Erik Barnouw Award Entry," must be mailed directly to:

Stephen Aron
Department of History
6265 Bunche Hall
University of California, Los Angeles and Autry National Center
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1473

Elspeth H. Brown
Until June 30, 2008
Director, Centre for the Study of the United States
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place, Room 326-N
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3K7
After July 1, 2008
59 Fuller Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M6R 2C4 CANADA

Lary May (Committee Chair)
88 Arthur Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Organization of American Historians
PO Box 5457
Bloomington, IN 47407-5457

List of Past Winners

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