call for nominations for AAASS/Orbis Books Prize for Polish Studies

[Jolanta M. Davis]

The AAASS/ORBIS Books PRIZE FOR POLISH STUDIES
2001 COMPETITION

The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), in
conjunction with Orbis Books Ltd. of London, England, announces the 2001
competition for the AAASS/Orbis Books Prize for Polish Studies. The prize,
inaugurated in 1996, will be awarded annually for the best book in any
discipline, on any aspect of Polish affairs. Only English-language books
published outside of Poland during the previous calendar year will be
considered.

Past winners include:
2000 -- Grzegorz Ekiert and Jan Kubik, Rebellious Civil Society: Popular
Protest and Democratic Consolidation in Poland, 1989-1993 (University of
Michigan Press)
1999 -- Daniel H. Cole, Instituting Environmental Protection: From Red to
Green in Poland (St. Martin's Press)
1998 -- Padraic Kenney, Rebuilding Poland: Workers and Communists,
1945-1950 (Cornell University Press)
1997 -- Kathleen M. Cioffi, Alternative Theatre in Poland (Amsterdam:
Harwood Academic Publishers)
1996 -- Richard Noyce, Contemporary Painting in Poland (Roseville East,
Australia: Craftsman House)

RULES OF ELIGIBILITY:
--The book must have been published in 2000;
--Only works originally published in English, outside of Poland, are eligible;
--The book must be a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no
more than two authors;
--The competition is open to works in any discipline, dealing with any
aspect of Polish affairs;
--Textbooks, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible;
--Preference will be given to works by younger scholars.

AAASS/Orbis Books Prize Committee and Nominating Instructions:

Halina Filipowicz, Chair
Dept. of Slavic Languages
University of Wisconsin
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Anna Cienciala
Department of History
University of Kansas
mailing address:
3045 Steven Drive
Lawrence, KS 66049

Izabela Kalinowska-Blackwood
Dept. of European Languages, Literatures and Cultures
State University of New York
Frank Melville, Jr. Memorial Library
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3359

Book publishers, journal editors, or authors should send copies of eligible
works to the Chair and to each of the Committee members as soon as possible
for consideration for this year's prize. Nominations must be received no
later than May 11, 2001. Submissions should be clearly marked "AAASS/Orbis
Books Prize Nomination." Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope
for acknowledgment that your nomination was received.

The AAASS/Orbis Books Prize carries a cash award. The 2001 award will be
announced in November at the 33rd AAASS National Convention in Crystal
City, Virginia. Prize-winning books are publicized nationally and
internationally by the AAASS.


Jolanta M. Davis
Publications Coordinator and NewsNet Editor
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
8 Story Street
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
tel.: (617) 495-0679
fax: (617) 495-0680
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/

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