The Kenneth E. Naylor Young Scholar's Prize in South Slavic and Balkan Linguistics

[Danielle McLaughlin]

RE-ANNOUNCING:

The Kenneth E. Naylor Young Scholar's Prize in South Slavic and Balkan
Linguistics

NOTE:  We have altered the eligibility criteria slightly (from ABD to
'advanced graduate student' status', i.e. beyond the first year of study)
and are thus extending the deadline to SEPTEMBER 15.

We look forward to submissions from interested parties.



In memory of Kenneth E. Naylor, Balkanist and South Slavic linguist par
excellence, the Naylor Professorship in South Slavic Linguistics in the
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures at The Ohio
State University has established a prize of $500 for the best unpublished
paper by a young scholar on a topic in Balkan or South Slavic linguistics.

We thus solicit papers written in English by young scholars -- defined for
this competition as an advanced graduate student (who is beyond his/her
first year of study) or someone who is no more than three years beyond the
awarding of the Ph.D. degree at the time of submission -- that treats some
topic either in Balkan linguistics, taking a comparative approach and
treating at least two languages of Southeastern Europe, or in any of the
South Slavic languages on their own or in relation to the other languages.

In order to be eligible, the submitted paper must be unpublished, and not
under consideration for publication at the time of submission; however,
papers that have appeared in an issue of a "Working Papers" series are still
eligible for consideration in the competition.  Those that have appeared in
conference proceedings volumes of any sort are not eligible, unless they are
substantially revised and/or expanded.  Written versions of papers that have
been presented at a conference are eligible, as are chapters of
dissertations.  In all cases, however, the Committee will look for
self-contained scholarly articles of publishable quality that treat some
relevant topic (as spelled out above) in an interesting and insightful way,
following any appropriate approach (historical, synchronic, sociolinguistic,
etc.) and any theoretical framework.

Interested scholars should submit four copies of the paper along with an
abstract (no longer than 250 words) and a cover sheet with the title of the
paper, the author's name, affiliation, mailing address, e-mail address,
phone and fax numbers, date of General Examination or Ph.D. (as the case may
be), and social security number, to:

 Naylor Prize Competition
 Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
 232 Cunz Hall
 The Ohio State University
 Columbus, Ohio  USA  43210.

The deadline for receipt of the papers in the Department for the first
competition is SEPTEMBER 15, 2000.  The Screening Committee, consisting of
the Naylor Professor and former speakers in the annual Kenneth E. Naylor
Memorial Lecture series, expects to make the announcement of the winner by
December 1, 2000.  The winning paper will be published in an issue of the
journal Balkanistica.  The Committee reserves the right not to award the
Prize in a given year.

Please address any inquiries to the Naylor Professor, Brian D. Joseph, at
the above address or via e-mail at joseph.1 at osu.edu.

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