Davis Center Book Prize
The AAASS Davis Center Book Prize, sponsored by the Kathryn W. and Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, will be awarded annually for an outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography in the previous calendar year. 2008 is the first year the Davis Book prize will be awarded.
2008 Davis Center Book Prize Committee
The winner of the 2008 AAASS Davis Center Book Prize will be chosen by the AAASS Davis Center Book Prize Committee:
- Gerald Easter, Boston College; Committee Chair, 2008-2010; easterg@bc.edu
mailing address:
229 McGuinn Hall,
Political Science Department,
Boston College,
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 - Ted Gerber, University of Wisconsin-Madison; 2008-2010;
mailing address:
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
(CREECA) Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia,
8128 Sewell Social Science Building,
1180 Observatory Drive,
Madison, WI 53706-1393 - Nancy Ries, Colgate University; 2008-2010;
mailing address:
Institute for Advanced Study,
School of Social Sciences,
Einstein Drive,
Princeton, NJ 08540
Rules of eligibility
Rules of eligibility for the Davis Center book prize competition are as follows:
- The copyright date inside the book must list 2007 as the date of publication
- The book must be originally in the form of a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no more than two authors
- Authors may be of any nationality as long as the work is originally published in English
- Works may deal with any area of Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe
- The competition is open to works of scholarship in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography, and also to social science works that cross strict disciplinary boundaries
- Textbooks, collections, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible
To nominate a publication send one copy of eligible monograph to the AAASS main office (address below in the footnote of the page) AND to each Committee member listed above.
Nominations must be received no later than May 2, 2008.
Submissions should be clearly marked “Davis Center Book Prize.” If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose a letter with an e-mail address with the copy mailed to the AAASS main office.
The Davis Center Book Prize carries a cash award. The 2008 award will be presented in November at the AAASS National Convention in Philadelphia.
