Yale’s Jon Butler awarded a 2014 China residency by the OAH

Jon Butler, the Howard R. Lamar Emeritus Professor of American Studies, History and Religious Studies, was awarded a 2014 China Residency at Beijing Foreign Studies University by the Organization of American Historians (OAH).

Jon Butler, the Howard R. Lamar Emeritus Professor of American Studies, History and Religious Studies, was awarded a 2014 China Residency at Beijing Foreign Studies University by the Organization of American Historians (OAH).    

Jon Butler

The prize announcement was made at the OAH annual meeting, in Atlanta, Georgia, earlier this month. Thanks to a grant from the Ford Foundation, the OAH, and the American History Research Association of China, three U.S. scholars will participate in this year’s seminars. As part of the exchange program, three Chinese scholars are provided the opportunity to do research in the United States at select universities.

Butler served as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2004-2010), chair of the Department of History (1999-2004), and chair of the American Studies Program (1988-1993). In 2010 he received the Byrnes-Sewall Prize for Teaching Excellence in Yale College and the Edward Bouchet Leadership Award for Diversity and Equal Opportunity.

Founded in 1907, the OAH is the largest learned society and professional organization dedicated to the teaching and study of the American past. The OAH promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourages wide discussion of historical questions and equitable treatment of all practitioners of history.

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