Call for nominations for the USC Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies

[Alex Rudd]

Dear SEELANGS Members,

I've been asked to share the following announcement with you.
Although it has nothing to do with potatoes, I hope you will read it.
Any replies should be sent not to me or to the list, but to Jolanta
Davis at jmdavis at fas.harvard.edu.  Thanks.

- Alex, list owner of SEELANGS

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Call for nominations for the USC Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies

The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
invites nominations for the 2010 University of Southern California
Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies, awarded annually for an
outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eastern Europe or Eurasia
in the fields of literary and cultural studies in the previous
calendar year.

Rules of eligibility for the University of Southern California Book
Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies competition are as follows:

* The copyright date inside the book must list the previous calendar
year as the date of publication (the book must have been published in
2009 to be eligible for the 2010 competition)

* The book must be originally in the form of a monograph, preferably
by a single author, or by no more than two authors

* Authors may be of any nationality as long as the work is originally
published in English

* Works may deal with any area of Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia

* The competition is open to works of scholarship in literary and
cultural studies, including studies in the visual arts, cinema, music,
and dance

* Textbooks, collections, translations, bibliographies, and reference
works are ineligible

To nominate a title, please send one copy of eligible monograph to
each Committee member AND to the AAASS main office:

John Bowlt
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Southern California
Taper Hall 255
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4353

Margaret Beissinger
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
245 East Pyne
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544

Bożena Shallcross
The University of Chicago
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Foster Hall 402
1130 E 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

AAASS
Book Prizes
8 Story Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Nominations must be received no later than May 7, 2010.

Submissions should be clearly marked “USC Book Prize Nomination.” If
you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was
received please enclose with the copy mailed to the AAASS main office
a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope
or a postcard.

The University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and
Cultural Studies carries a cash award. The 2010 award will be
presented in November at the AAASS National Convention in Los Angeles,
California.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

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
jmdavis at fas.harvard.edu
Web site: www.aaass.org

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