AWSS Prize Deadlines Quickly Approaching

Mon Aug 4 14:38:15 UTC 2014

Dear SEELANGERS:

I am posting this announcement on behalf of the
Association for Women in Slavic Studies.

Christine Worobec
Northern Illinois University

>From Karen Petrone (petrone at uky.edu)
Date: Monday - August 4, 2014 7:58 AM

Prize Deadlines: September 1 and September 15, 2014

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, MARY ZIRIN
PRIZE, AND GRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The AWSS Outstanding Achievement Award recognizes the
work of a scholar in the field of Slavic Studies, who has also
served as a mentor to female students/colleagues in this field.
To nominate, please 1) write a letter detailing what your
candidate for this award has achieved in Slavic Studies in terms
of a) scholarship or other professional accomplishment and
b) mentoring of female students/colleagues; 2) provide a short
list of references with accompanying email addresses so that the
committee can contact these referees discreetly for further
information. The committee recommends that this list include
both peers and students/staff. For a list of past Outstanding
Achievement Award recipients, click on
http://www.awsshome.org/past-awards.html#achieve

Please email your letter and list by September 15, 2014, to
Karen Petrone (Chair) at:petrone at uky.edu; Choi Chatterjee
at: cchatte at exchange.calstatela.edu; Adele Lindenmeyr at:
adele.lindenmeyr at villanova.edu

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MARY ZIRIN PRIZE

The Association for Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS) is
pleased to announce a call for nominations for the Mary
Zirin Prize in recognition of an independent scholar in the
field of Slavic Studies. The award of $500 is named for
Mary Zirin, the founder of Women East-West.

Working as an independent scholar, Zirin produced and
encouraged fundamental works in Slavic/East European
Women's Studies and has been instrumental in the
development of the AWSS. The Prize aims to recognize the
achievements of independent scholars and to encourage
their continued scholarship and service in the fields of Slavic
or Central and Eastern European Women's Studies.

The Committee encourages the nomination of candidates at
all career stages. For the purpose of this award, an
independent scholar is defined as a scholar who is not employed
at an institution of higher learning, or an employee of a university
or college who is not eligible to compete for institutional support
for research (for example, those teaching under short-term
contracts or working in administrative posts). We welcome
nominations from CIS and Central and Eastern Europe.

The Zirin Prize Committee will accept nominations (including self-
nominations) until September 1, 2014. Nominations must include:
(1) a nomination letter of be no more than two-pages double-
spaced; (2) the nominee's current curriculum vitae; and (3) a
sample publication (e.g., article or book chapter). The nomination
letter must describe the scholar's contribution to the field, as well
as work in progress.

Nominations should be sent to Marilyn Smith at
msmith at fivecolleges.edu, or by postal mail to Marilyn Schwinn
Smith, 14 Allen Street, Amherst, MA 01002

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GRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE

AWSS invites submissions for the 2014 Graduate Essay Prize. The prize is
awarded to the author of a chapter or article-length essay on any topic in
any field or area of Slavic/East European/Central Asian Studies written by
a woman, or on a topic in Slavic/East European/Central Asian Women's/
Gender Studies written by a woman or a man. This competition is open to
current doctoral students and to those who defended a doctoral dissertation
in 2013-2014.  If the essay is a seminar paper, it must have been written
during the academic year 2013-2014. If the essay is a dissertation chapter,
it should be accompanied by the dissertation abstract and table of
contents.  Previous submissions and published materials are ineligible.
Essays should be no longer than 50 double-spaced pages, including
reference matter, and in English (quoted text in any other language should
be translated). Completed submissions must be received by September 1,
2014.

Please send a copy of the essay and an updated CV to each of the three
members of the Prize Committee; materials may be sent via regular mail
or as email attachments.  Please address any questions to the chair of the
prize committee.

Committee:

Adele Lindenmeyr, Ph.D., Committee Chair
Interim Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Villanova University
SAC105
800 Lancaster Ave
Villanova, PA 19085 USA
Adele.lindenmeyr at villanova.edu

Professor Janet Johnson
Associate Professor, Political Science & Women's Studies
Brooklyn College, CUNY
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210
Johnson at brooklyn.cuny.edu

Professor Adrienne Harris
Associate Professor of Russian
Baylor University
One Bear Place #97390
Old Main 313A
Waco, TX 76798-7390
Adrienne_Harris at baylor.edu

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