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The University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies, established in 2009, and sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Southern California, is awarded annually for an outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eastern Europe or Eurasia in the fields of literary and cultural studies in the previous calendar year.
The University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies carries a cash award. The 2010 award will be presented in November at the AAASS National Convention in Los Angeles, California.
Winner of the 2009 University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies
The 2009 University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies was presented to Priscilla Meyer for How the Russians Read the French: Lermontov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, published by the University of Wisconsin Press.
(Please click on the name of the winner to see the citation for the award, to connect to the publisher's web page with more information about the book, please click on the title)
2010 University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies Committee
The winner of the 2010 University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies will be chosen by the following scholars:
- John Bowlt, University of Southern California; Committee Chair, 2009-2011
(mailing address):
John Bowlt
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Southern California
Taper Hall 255
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089-4353 - Margaret Beissinger, Princeton University; 2009-2011
(mailing address):
Margaret Beissinger
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
245 East Pyne
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544 - Bożena Shallcross, University of Chicago; 2009-2011
(mailing address):
Bożena Shallcross
The University of Chicago
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Foster Hall 402
1130 E 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Rules of eligibility
Rules of eligibility for the University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies competition are as follows:
- The copyright date inside the book must list the previous calendar year as the date of publication (the book must have been published in 2009 to be eligible for the 2010 competition)
- 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, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia
- The competition is open to works of scholarship in literary and cultural studies, including studies in the visual arts, cinema, music, and dance
- Textbooks, collections, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible
Nominating Instructions
Send one copy of eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses above) AND to the AAASS main office (address in the footnote). Nominations must be received no later than May 7, 2010.
Submissions should be clearly marked “University of Southern California Book Prize Nomination.” If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the AAASS main office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.
