AAASS Tucker/Cohen prize for an outstanding doctoral dissertation

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AAASS Tucker/Cohen prize for an outstanding doctoral dissertation in 
political science and political history of the Soviet Union

PLEASE NOTE THE DEADLINE IS NEXT WEEK -- APRIL 15, 2006

The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies calls 
for nominations for the 2006 Tucker/Cohen dissertation prize.

The prize carries a $5,000 award intended to help the author turn the 
dissertation into a publishable manuscript.

The Tucker/Cohen prize is awarded annually (if there is a 
distinguished submission) for an outstanding doctoral dissertation in 
the tradition of historical political science and political history 
of the Soviet Union as practiced by Robert C. Tucker and Stephen F. Cohen.

The prize will be awarded for the first time at the AAASS convention 
in Washington, D.C., November 2006, for any dissertation defended in 2005.

By April 15, 2006, faculty supervisors should nominate no more than 
one dissertation, sending to each committee member listed below their 
letter and a 700-1000-word abstract from the candidate, specifying 
the location, sources, and general findings of the research. 
(Candidates may also initiate the nomination, but it must come from 
their advisors.) The committee will read this material and then 
request copies of the dissertations that best meet the criteria, as 
defined in the statement below.

The committee consists of Alex Rabinowitch (2512 Buttonwood Lane, 
Bloomington, IN 47401), chair; William Taubman (Amherst College, 
Department of Political Science, Amherst, MA 01002); and Elizabeth 
Wood, (History Faculty, MIT, E51-180, 77 Massachusetts Ave, 
Cambridge, MA 02139).

The dissertation may originate in any university department. While it 
may involve other Soviet republics, preference will be given to those 
that focus primarily on Russia during one or more periods between 
October 1917 and December 1991. And while it may include social, 
cultural, economic, international or other dimensions, its primary 
subject and analytical purpose should be in the realm of domestic 
politics, as broadly understood in public or academic life.

The dissertation must be defended during the year prior to the award.

A nomination will consist of an abstract of 700-1000 words and a 
detailed letter from the dissertation's main faculty supervisor, 
explaining the ways in which the work is truly outstanding in both 
its empirical and its interpretive contributions.

Awardees must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, associated 
with a university in the U.S.

With any questions regarding the prize, please contact:

Jolanta M. Davis
AAASS Publications Coordinator and NewsNet Editor

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic
Studies (AAASS)
8 Story Street
Cambridge, MA
tel.: 617-495-0679
fax: 617-495-0680
Web site: www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass

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