Announcement of 2009 AWSS Book/Article Prizes

[Adele Lindenmeyr]

The Association for Women in Slavic Studies invites nominations for the 2009 
Competition for the Heldt Prizes, awarded for works of scholarship and 
translation. To be eligible for nomination, all books and articles for the first 
three prize categories must be published between 15 April 2008 and 15 April 
2009.  The publication dates for the translation prize, which is offered every 
other year, are 1 June 2007 to 15 April 2009.
1.	Best book in Slavic/Eastern European/Eurasian women's studies; 
2.	Best article in Slavic/Eastern European/Eurasian women's studies; 
3.	Best book by a woman in any area of Slavic/East European/Eurasian 
studies. 
4.	Best translation in Slavic/Eastern European/Eurasian women’s studies.
One may nominate works in more than one category, and more than one item 
in each category.  Articles included in collections will be considered for 
the "best article" prize only if they are individually nominated.  The prizes will 
be awarded at the AWSS meeting at the AAASS National Convention in Boston 
in November, 2009.
To nominate any work, please send or request that the publisher send one 
copy to each of the four members of the Prize committee by 1 May 2009:
Adele Lindenmeyr, Professor of History 
Heldt Prize Committee chairperson
Department of History
Villanova University
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085

Eliot Borenstein
Professor, Russian & Slavic Studies	
Director, Morse Academic Plan
New York University				
100 Washington Square East,  903D
New York, NY 10003

Kristen Ghodsee
Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies
Bowdoin College
7100 College Station
Brunswick, ME 04011

Carol Avins
Professor of Russian
Rutgers University
739 S. Highland Avenue
Merion Station, PA 19066

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