Midwestern History Association
WEBThe Midwestern History Association is dedicated to rebuilding the field of Midwestern history, which has suffered from decades of neglect and inattention.
Podcast — Midwestern History Association
WEBHeartland History is the official podcast of the Midwestern History Association. Hosted by Camden Burd and Ramya Swayamprakash, the podcast features interviews with scholars, writers, and other professionals about the history of America’s heartland.
Overview — Midwestern History Association
WEBMar 31, 2024 · For purposes of these awards, “the Midwest” includes the twelve states of the region as defined by the US Census: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Middle West Review — Midwestern History Association
WEBIn March of 2015, the Midwestern History Association launched Studies in Midwestern History to create a space for commentary about the field of Midwestern history. Now defunct, the journal is housed at Grand Valley State University and can be found here. Photo by Ted Frantz.
Organizational Structure — Midwestern History Association
WEB1. Advocating the study of the history of the American Midwest, a region which has been greatly neglected by professional historians in recent decades; 2. Re-building the infrastructure necessary to promote the study of the history of the American Midwest; 3.
2025 Conference — Midwestern History Association
WEBThe Midwestern History Association invites proposals for papers to be delivered at the Eleventh Annual Midwestern History Conference hosted by the State Historical Society of Iowa and University of Iowa, to be held May 15-16, 2025 at the State Historical Building in Des Moines, Iowa.
Hamlin Garland Prize in Popular History
WEBThe award is named after the Midwestern writer Hamlin Garland, a product of Wisconsin, Iowa, and South Dakota who sought to promote writing about his home region and published widely in popular outlets. His many books include Daughter of the Middle Border, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1922.
Frederick Jackson Turner Award - Midwestern History Association
WEBThe Frederick Jackson Turner Award for Lifetime Achievement in Midwestern History is an annual award given to senior scholars and/or public historians. It is intended to honor historians whose work carries forth Turner’s interest and influence upon the practice of Midwestern history across multiple professional dimensions.
Dorothy Schwieder Prize — Midwestern History Association
WEBDorothy Schwieder Prize is awarded annually for the best article on Midwestern history published during the previous calendar year (2023). Schwieder was the first female professor of history at Iowa State University and the author of numerous books about Iowa, including Iowa: The Middle Land (1996).
Past Conferences — Midwestern History Association
WEB2020 Midwestern History Conference. May 12-13, 2020 - cancelled. 2019 Midwestern History Conference. May 30-31, 2019. 2018 Midwestern History Conference. June 6, 2018. 2017 Midwestern History Conference. June 7, 2017. 2016 Midwestern History Conference.