The John B. and Theta H. Wolf Award is granted annually to a doctoral student at a university in the United States or Canada for dissertation research on a scholarly project in French history (any period) that reflects John Wolf’s interest in and contributions to the study of European history. The Wolf award is administered jointly by the Society for French Historical Studies and the Western Society for French History.

2008

Ethan Katz, PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin, for
"Jews and Muslims in the Shadow of Marianne:  Conflicting Identities and Republican Culture in France, 1914-1985"

2007

Jeannette E. Miller, Ph.D. candidate, The Pennsylvania State University, for “The French State’s Policies toward the Harkis from the End of the Algerian War to the Present: Shifts, Stagnations, and Contradictions.”

2006

Edward Kolla, Ph.D. candidate, Yale University

2005

Cynthia Kreisel, Rutgers University, for "Breaking the Silence between War and Revolution: French Women's Sexuality and the Morés of Daily Life, 1953 - 1967."

2004

Camille Robcis, Ph.D. candidate at Cornell University, for "Rethinking the Family: Psychoanalysis, Anthropology, and the Problem of Kinship in France."

2003

Benjamin Kafka, Stanford University, "The Imaginary State: Paperwork and Political Thought in France, 1789-1860."

2002

Andrew Jainchill, UC Berkeley, "Republicanism and the Origins of French Liberalism, 1794-1817."

2001

Ronald Hass, Rice University, "Maoism in French Politics During the 1960s and 1970s."

2000

Nicole Herz, University of Virginia, University of Virginia "A Social and Cultural History of Photography in Lille, France (1839-1914)."

1999

Tracy Neal Leavalle, Arizona State University, "Religion, Encounter, and Community in French and Indian North America."

1998

Paul Schue, University of California, Irvine, "And all their Heros Spoke Spanish: Conceptions of Spanish Civil War Heroism in Contemporary France."