Call for Nominations for 2004 AAASS Book Prizes

[Jolanta Davis]

Call for Nominations for 2004 AAASS Book Prizes

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) invites
nominations for the 2004 Book Prizes. Please note the new, W. Bruce Lincoln
prize, established this year and awarded for the first published monograph
or scholarly synthesis of exceptional merit and lasting significance for
the understanding of Russia's past.

To be eligible, books must have been originally published in English in
2003 in the form of a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no
more than two authors. The Hewett Prize, however, may be awarded for
chapters of books or substantial articles. Also, the Lincoln Prize is
awarded biennially and the nominations should have been published during
the last two preceding years--2002 or 2003. Textbooks, translations,
bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible. The AAASS Book Prizes
carry a cash award and will be presented at the Awards Presentation
reception during the 36th National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, on
Monday, December 6, 2004.

If you wish to nominate a book please ask the publisher to submit copies
for consideration to the prize committee, or contact the Jolanta Davis,
AAASS Publications Coordinator, jmdavis at fas.harvard.edu. For precise rules
of eligibility for each prize and the mailing addresses for committee
members, visit our Web site, <www.aaass.org>.

Deadline for nominations is May 14, 2004.

AAASS/Orbis Books Prize for Polish Studies is awarded annually for the best
book in any discipline, on any aspect of Polish affairs. Only works
originally published in English, outside of Poland, are eligible; the book
must be a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no more than two
authors.

Ed A. Hewett Book Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding publication
on the political economy of the centrally planned economies of the former
Soviet Union and East Central Europe and their transitional successors.
Only works originally published in English in the form of monographs,
chapters in books, and substantial articles are eligible.

Barbara Jelavich Book 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. The book must have been published in the United States;
authors must be citizens or permanent residents of North America.

W. Bruce Lincoln Prize is awarded biennially for a first book of
exceptional scholarly merit and enduring significance for the understanding
of Russia's past on any aspect of Russian history dealing with any period.
The book must bear a copyright date of 2002 or 2003; must be published in
English and in North America; the geographic area of study is broadly
defined as the territories of the former imperial Russian state and the
Soviet Union.

Marshall Shulman Book Prize is awarded annually for an outstanding
monograph dealing with the international relations, foreign policy, or
foreign-policy decision-making of any of the states of the former Soviet
Union or Eastern Europe. The book must have been published in the United
States; authors must be American scholars or residents of the U.S.

Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize is awarded annually for the most important
contribution to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies in any
discipline of the humanities or social sciences. Policy analyses, however
scholarly, are not considered.

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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