The selection committee for the J.H. Stewart Reid Memorial Fellowship is pleased to announce that Brian Catlos has been awarded the Fellowship for 1997-98.

Mr. Catlos is a PhD student at the University of Toronto, where he obtained his BA and MA degrees. His doctoral work is on medieval studies and his interests centre on questions of social and cultural identity and conflict and cooperation between different groups of the medieval Mediterranean. He has published several articles and conference papers. Mr. Catlos has also been distinguished by a number of scholarly awards including one from the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Historical Association.

Jean Becker, a PhD student at McMaster University, placed second in the competition and will be awarded the portion of the $5,000 award that Mr. Catlos is unable to accept. Under the terms of the award the Reid Memorial fellow may not hold scholarships or awards that exceed $16,000 in total, inclusive of the $5,000 Reid Memorial Fellowship. Mr. Catlos is the holder of a SSHRCC Doctoral Fellowship in excess of $14,000.

The Fellowship was established by CAUT through voluntary contributions by faculty associations and unions and individual faculty members from across the country to honour the memory of the first executive secretary of the association.

The $5,000 Fellowship is available to citizens or permanent residents of Canada who are working towards a doctoral degree at a Canadian university.