[Linganth] APLA Book Prize

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[On behalf of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology]



*APLA BOOK PRIZE ANNOUNCEMENT*

The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to
invite nominations for the *2016 APLA Book Prize competition*. The
association will recognize work that best exemplifies creativity and rigor
in the ethnographic exploration of politics, law, and/or their interstices.
The 2016 APLA book prize will be awarded at the American Anthropological
Association meeting in Minneapolis and will be reviewed in PoLAR: Political
and Legal Anthropology Review. It also carries an award of $1,000. An
honorable mention may be identified by the committee, if appropriate.

 *ELIGIBILITY:*

To be eligible for consideration, a book must examine law and/or politics
ethnographically, and must have been published in English during the year
prior to the competition (2015).  Either single- or multi-authored books
are eligible, however edited volumes, reference works, or second editions
of previously published works are excluded from consideration.  Books
translated into English from another language are eligible for
consideration.  In such cases, the year that the translation was published
is considered the year of publication for purposes of eligibility.

NOMINATION PROCESS:

Books may be nominated by the author(s), the press, or an APLA member.
Nominations must be accompanied by a nominating letter. Send the letter and
a copy of the nominated book *no later than May 1, 2016* directly to *each*
of the APLA book prize committee members: Rosemary Coombe, York University,
230 Willard Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M6S 3P8; Alex Golub, Department of
Anthropology, University of Hawaii, 2424 Maile Way, Saunders Hall 346,
Honolulu HI 96822-2223; Erik Harms, Department of Anthropology, Yale
University, 10 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT 06520; Audra Simpson, Columbia
University 601 W. 115th St. Apt. 45, New York, NY 10025 and Andrea
Ballestero, MS 20, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX 77005.
Address inquiries to the Chair of the Book Prize Committee, Andrea
Ballestero, aballes at rice.edu. Visit our website at
www.politicalandlegalanthro.org  to learn more about APLA.
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