forward: Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship

[Mary Bucholtz]

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Mary

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> Contact: Suzanne Wu / 773-834-0386 / swu at press.uchicago.edu
>
> University of Chicago Press announces Catharine Stimpson Prize for
> Outstanding Feminist Scholarship
>
> The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce the creation
> of the
> Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship.
> Named in
> honor of the Founding Editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and
> Society, the Catharine Stimpson Prize is designed to recognize
> excellence
> and innovation in the work of emerging feminist scholars. The prize
> will be
> awarded for the first time in 2007 and biannually thereafter.
>
> The prize-winning paper, selected by feminist scholars from around the
> globe, will be published in Signs. The author will receive an
> honorarium of
> $1,000.
>
> Eligibility: Feminist scholars in the early years of their careers
> (less
> than seven years since receipt of the terminal degree) are invited
> to submit
> papers for the Catharine Stimpson Prize. Papers may be on any topic
> that
> falls within the broad rubric of discipline-based or interdisciplinary
> feminist scholarship. Papers submitted for the prize must be no
> longer than
> 10,000 words and must conform to the guidelines for Signs
> contributors.
> Submission guidelines are available at
> http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/Signs/instruct.html.
>
> Deadline for Submissions: The deadline for submissions for the
> inaugural
> Catharine Stimpson Prize competition is October 30, 2006.
>
> Papers should be submitted online via the Signs website
> (http://mss.uchicago.edu/Signs/). Be sure to indicate in the cover
> letter
> that the submission is for consideration for the Catharine Stimpson
> Prize.
>
> About Catharine Stimpson: Catharine Stimpson served as the first
> editor of
> Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society from 1975 to 1980.
> Currently
> the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at New York
> University,
> Stimpson was a central figure in the establishment of women's
> studies as a
> vital academic discipline. She has served as chairperson of the
> National
> Council for Research on Women, on the Ms. magazine Board of
> Scholars, and as
> director of the Women's Center of Barnard College, the Institute for
> Research on Women at Rutgers, and the MacArthur Foundation Fellows
> program.
>
> About Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society: The leading
> international journal in women's studies, Signs publishes articles
> from a
> wide range of disciplines in a variety of voices. The focus of
> essays ranges
> from cross-disciplinary theorizing and methodologies to specific
> disciplinary issues, framed to enter conversations of interest across
> disciplines.
>
> About the University of Chicago Press: Founded in 1891, the
> University of
> Chicago Press is today the largest American university press. The
> Journals
> Division currently publishes forty-seven award-winning periodicals and
> serials in a wide range of disciplines, including several journals
> that were
> the first scholarly publications in their respective fields. Online
> since
> 1995, the Journals Division has also been a pioneer in electronic
> publishing, delivering original, peer-reviewed research from
> international
> scholars to a worldwide audience.
>
> --
> Suzanne Wu
> Public Relations Coordinator
> Journals Division
> The University of Chicago Press
> 1427 East 60th Street
> Chicago, IL 60637
> voice: 773-834-0386
> fax: 773-702-0172
> swu at press.uchicago.edu
> www.journals.uchicago.edu


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