Call for nominations for the AAASS Jelavich Book Prize

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The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies 
(AAASS) announces the 2006 competition for the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize.

Barbara Jelavich was a distinguished and internationally respected 
scholar whose numerous publications included Modern Austria, Russia's 
Balkan Entanglements, and the two-volume History of the Balkans. The 
Jelavich Prize was established in 1995 in her memory to recognize and 
to encourage the high standards she set in her many areas of 
scholarly interest and to promote continued study of those areas.

The prize is awarded annually for a distinguished monograph published 
on any aspect of Southeast European or Habsburg studies since 1600, 
or nineteenth- and twentieth-century Ottoman or Russian diplomatic 
history. Only English-language books published in the U.S. during the 
previous calendar year will be considered.

The 2006 award will be announced in November at the AAASS National 
Convention in Washington, D.C. Prize-winning books are publicized 
nationally and internationally by the AAASS. The Jelavich Prize 
carries a cash award.

Rules of Eligibility:
--The book must have been published in 2005 in the United States;
--The book must be a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by 
no more than two authors;
--Authors must be scholars who are citizens or permanent residents of 
North America;
--The competition is open to works on any aspect of Southeast 
European or Habsburg studies since 1600, or 19th- and 20th-century 
Ottoman or Russian diplomatic history;
--Textbooks, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible.

If you wish to nominate a book please ask the publisher to submit 
copies for consideration to the prize committee, or contact the AAASS 
National Office, aaass at fas.harvard.edu.

For precise rules of eligibility for each prize and the mailing 
addresses for committee members, visit our Web site, 
<http://www.aaass.org/>www.aaass.org, and click on "AAASS Prizes."

Deadline for nominations is May 19, 2006.


Jolanta M. Davis
NewsNet Editor and Publications Coordinator
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
8 Story Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel.: 617-495-0679
fax: 617-495-0680
Web site: www.aaass.org  

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