American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

AAASS Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize

The AAASS Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) and the Stanford University Center for Russian and East European Studies, is awarded annually for the most important contribution to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences published English in the United States in the previous calendar year.

2008 AAASS Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize Committee

The winner of the 2008 AAASS Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize will be chosen by the AAASS Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize Committee:

Rules of eligibility

Rules of eligibility for the Vucinich book prize competition are as follows:

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 “Wayne S. Vucinich 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 Vucinich Book Prize carries a cash award. The 2008 award will be presented in November at the AAASS National Convention in Philadelphia.

2007 Vucinich Book Prize Winner

The 2007 Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize was awarded to Alexei Yurchak, for Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation, published by Princeton University Press.

The 2007 Vucinich Book Prize Committe would also like to recognize the five other contenders on its 2007 Vucinich Book Prize short list:

Past winners of the AAASS Vucinich Book Prize

The following scholars received the AAASS Vucinich Book Prize in the past:

(to read the citation for the award, please click on the winner's name; to connect to the publisher's web page with more information about the book, please click on the title)