{"id":220609,"date":"2024-11-04T11:56:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=220609"},"modified":"2024-11-04T11:56:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T16:56:50","slug":"historian-manisha-sinha-awarded-southern-historical-association-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/11\/historian-manisha-sinha-awarded-southern-historical-association-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Historian Manisha Sinha Awarded Southern Historical Association Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Manisha Sin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">h<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a, professor of history and James L. and Shirley A. Draper Chair in American History at the University of Connecticut, has been awarded the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesha.org\/blassingame\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">2024 John W. Blassingame Award<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for her significant contributions to the field of African American history.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The honor <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is awarded to an individual every three years by the Southern Historical Association.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The prize recognizes and celebrates Sinha\u2019s distinguished scholarship in African American history and dedicated mentorship of African American students.\u00a0\u00a0Sinha\u2019s graduate students nominated her for the award. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Sinha\u2019s award was announced during the 90th annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association, which was held from October 24-27, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri.\u00a0\u00a0Associate Professor of History Deirdre Cooper Owens accepted the award on Sinha\u2019s behalf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Southern Historical Association promotes an \u201cinvestigative rather than memorial approach\u201d to Southern history. 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