AAASS W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize
The W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize, sponsored by Mary Lincoln, is awarded biennially (in even numbered years) for an author's first published monograph or scholarly synthesis that is of exceptional merit and lasting significance for the understanding of Russia's past.
The prize was established in 2004 in memory of W. Bruce Lincoln, a Russian historian and a widely-read author.
2008 W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize Committee
The winner of the 2008 Lincoln Book prize will be chosen by the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize Committee.
- Gregory Freeze, Brandeis University; Committee Chair; freeze@brandeis.edu;
mailing address:
Department of History,
Kutz Hall,
Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA 02454 - Glennys Young, University of Washington;
mailing address:
c/o Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies,
University of Washington,
Box 353650,
Seattle, WA 98195 - Daniel H. Kaiser, Grinnell College;
mailing address:
Department of History,
1213 Sixth Avenue,
Mears Cottage,
Grinnell College,
Grinnell, IA 50112-1690
Rules of eligibility
Rules of eligibility for the AAASS W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize competition are as follows:
- The book must be an author's first published monograph or work of synthesis.
- It must bear a copyright date of either one or two years preceding the award year (for the 2008 competition the copyright should be 2006 or 2007).
- It 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. The book may deal with any period of history.
- Textbooks, translations, reference works, or edited collections of essays are not eligible.
- Books that have received other prizes are eligible.
- Scholarly merit, originality, and felicity of style will be the main criteria for selection.
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 “W. Bruce Lincoln 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 Lincoln Book Prize carries a cash award. The 2008 award will be presented in November at the AAASS National Convention in Philadelphia.
Past winners of the W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize
The following scholars received the AAASS/Orbis Books Prize for Polish Studies in the past:
(Please click on the winner's name to read the citation for the award; please click on the title to connect to the publisher's web page about the book)
- 2006 - Douglas Northrop received the award for Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia (Cornell University Press, 2004).
- 2006 - Benjamin Nathans received the award for Beyond the Pale: The Jewish Encounter with Late Imperial Russia (University of California Press)
