Darlene Clark Hine Endowment
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The Darlene Clark Hine Endowment Fund honors the extraordinary work and legacy of Dr. Darlene Clark Hine, an award-winning author and founding editor of UIP’s prestigious The New Black Studies Series and recipient of a National Humanities Medal for her groundbreaking scholarship in African American women's history.
The endowment supports authors and publications in Black studies through two annual awards: an author grant and a production subvention. Through the author grant, The Press will award a direct, unrestricted grant to an author under contract with the University of Illinois Press to complete their book. The production subvention will underwrite publication costs to ensure that a book can be published sustainably and priced affordably.
Help continue the legacy of Dr. Hine's commitment to mentorship and scholarship by supporting Black studies publications that build a greater understanding of the African American experience.
About Darlene Clark Hine
Dr. Hine is the John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor Emerita at Michigan State University. She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006 and received a 2014 National Humanities Medal for her contributions in Black Women’s History and her pioneering study of the intersection of race, class, and gender. She is an award-winning author and a coeditor, with Dwight McBride, of UIP’s influential The New Black Studies Series. Most of all, she has mentored scores of graduate students and authors who are now making their own mark on the field.
The mission of fostering the publication and dissemination of new scholarship fittingly reflects Dr. Hine’s lifelong commitment to encouraging and building up the community of Black scholars.
Note: The fund is not connected to the Darlene Clark Hine Award given by the Organization of American Historians. You can learn more about the book award here.
Books supported by the Darlene Clark Hine Endowment:
Assemblies of Sorrow
