Winners of the 2007 Zora Kipel Prizes in Belarusian Studies

[Curt F. Woolhiser]

Winners of the 2007 Zora Kipel Prizes for Publications in Belarusian Studies

The North American Association for Belarusian Studies (NAABS) and the family of
Zora Kipel are pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Zora Kipel Memorial
Prize competition for publications in Belarusian studies. The $500.00 book
prize has been awarded to Hanna Kislicyna (Belarusian State University, Miensk)
for her groundbreaking critical study of recent trends in Belarusian literature,
_Novaja litaraturnaja situacyja: zmiena kulturnaj paradyhmy_ [The New Literary
Situation: A Shift in the Cultural Paradigm] (Miensk: Lohvinau, 2006). The
winner of the $200.00 article prize is Andrij Danylenko (Pace University, New
York) for his article "'Prostaja mova', 'kitab' and Polissian standard" (_Die
Welt der Slaven_ LI, 2006), which presents an innovative approach to the
question of the linguistic status and dialectal basis of the East Slavic 'ruski
jazyk' and 'prostaja mova'  employed as administrative and literary languages in
the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Winner of the 2007 Zora Kipel Prize for Unpublished Student Papers

NAABS and the Kipel family are delighted to announce the winner of the first
annual prize for outstanding unpublished student papers in Belarusian studies.
This year's prize, in the amount of $100.00, has been awarded to Vital
Harmatny, a student of history at Belarusian State University (Miensk), for his
paper "Praviadziennie ahrarnaj reformy u Paleskim vajavodstvie u
1921-1939 hh." [The Implementation of Agrarian Reform in the Polesie Palatinate
in 1921-1939], which presents an in-depth analysis, based on extensive archival
research, of the interwar Polish government's attempts at agrarian reform in
West Polesie (modern-day southwestern Belarus).


NAABS Mission Statement

The North American Association for Belarusian Studies (NAABS) is a
non-profit scholarly organization which promotes research, study, and teaching
in all aspects of Belarusian studies, including the fields of history, language
and
linguistics, literature and the arts, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology,
political science, economics, and international relations. To achieve these
goals, and to foster the exchange of information among scholars engaged in
various aspects of Belarusian studies, the Association publishes a biannual
newsletter,_Naviny_, sponsors panels and roundtables at international, national
and regional conferences in the U.S. and Canada, organizes conferences and
symposia, and supports the publication of research by North American
Belarusianists.
     For further information about the Association and its activities, including
recent issues of the newsletter and membership information, please see the
NAABS website: www.belarusianstudies.org.




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Curt Woolhiser
Preceptor in Slavic Languages
Department of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Harvard University
12 Quincy St., Barker Center
Cambridge, MA 02138-3879 USA

Tel. (617) 495-3528
Fax (617) 496-4466
email: cwoolhis at fas.harvard.edu
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