The History of Anthropology Interest Group (HOAIG) is pleased to announce its second competition for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper in the History of Anthropology. HOAIG is an interest group of the AAA’s General Anthropology Division that provides a gathering place for discussions of the history of anthropology and the human sciences.

This prize will be awarded to a paper about the history of anthropology, broadly construed. We encourage students to submit papers they have written based on original, primary source research, or that analyze ideas, texts, contexts, or figures (whether marginalized or centralized) in the discipline’s history. Papers may reflect the influence of global anthropologies, Indigenous studies, Black studies, Science and Technology Studies, information science, the history, sociology, or philosophy of science, or other scholarly fields on the history of anthropology. They may challenge conventional histories of the discipline and its traditional geographic and institutional centers.

The winning author will a receive a $100 award, and recognition by HOAIG at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association (November 18-22 in St. Louis, MO).

Eligibility Criteria

1. Applicants must be in a degree-granting program (including master’s and doctoral programs) or have graduated during the 2025 or 2026 calendar years.
2. Papers must be the original work of the author. Course papers, dissertation chapters, and journal articles in preparation, under review, or accepted/published during the 2026 calendar year are eligible for consideration.
3. Papers must be 5,000-12,000 words including bibliography and references. Images should be embedded within the document itself and citations and references should be consistent with Chicago style.
4. Papers should be submitted as a Word document (.doc/docx) along with a 1-2 page CV for the author.

Submission (paper and CV) must be emailed by September 1, 2026 to Andrew Newman (Andrew.Newman@wayne.edu). Please use the same email for questions about the award. HOAIG looks forward to your contributions!