FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:12:23 -0500 From: H-NET Announcements Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ANN: Gutenberg-e Prize Competition, 2000 Gutenberg-e Prize Competition, 2000 Prize Deadline: 2000-06-01 Gutenberg-e Prize Competition, 2000 Gutenberg-e is a prize competition for the best history dissertations in fields where the traditional monograph has now become endangered. Thanks to a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the AHA will award six prizes a year for a period of three years. Each prize will consist of a $20,000 fellowship to be used by the author for converting the dissertation into an electronic monograph of the highest quality. For the 2000 competition (the second in the series), nominations are being accepted for dissertations in the field of: History of Europe before 1800 One prize will be reserved for a dissertation or first-book manuscript by independent, public, or part-time scholars�that is, historians who do not have full-time employment in an institution that supports research. The other five prizes will go to dissertations defended after January 1997. Dissertations for the 2000 competition must be submitted on disk and in printed form, accompanied by a c.v. and a letter of nomination from the department chair or research adviser to AHA headquarters by June 1, 2000. Candidates may also nominate themselves, provided they have their dissertation adviser send in a letter of endorsement. The winners will be chosen by a panel of distinguished historians and will be announced at the AHA�s annual meeting in January, 2001. All of the prizewinning monographs will be published by the Columbia University Press, which will receive part of the subsidy from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop this program into a series that will create a model for online publication in history. The general rules are: * Dissertation Prizes: Each PhD-granting history department in the United States is eligible to submit up to two dissertations. Each entry must be submitted on disk and in printed form, accompanied by a c.v. and a letter of nomination from the department chair or research adviser describing the particular merits of the dissertation and providing contact information for the dissertation adviser and the potential awardee. In cases of self-nomination by the candidate, a letter of endorsement from the research adviser must also be sent. * Independent, public, or part-time scholar�s prize: Candidates for this prize can be self-nominated or nominated by the chair of the department where the candidate�s dissertation was defended. Each entry must include a copy of the dissertation or first-book manuscript on disk and in printed form, accompanied by a c.v. and a letter of nomination describing the particular merits of the dissertation or manuscript. * Entries for the 2000 competition must be sent to AHA headquarters and postmarked by or on June 1, 2000. Submissions should be addressed to: Gutenberg-e, AHA, 400 A Street, SE, Washington, DC, 20003-3889. Questions can be directed to Robert Townsend at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (202) 544-2422, ext. 118, or to Pillarisetti Sudhir at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (202) 544-2422, ext. 121. Queries may be faxed to (202) 544-8307. For details about the competition, visit our website at the link provided below. Contact information: Gutenberg-e Robert Townsend or Pillarisetti Sudhir American Historical Association 400 A Street, SE, Washington, DC 20003-3889 Phone:(202) 544-2422 Fax: (202) 544-8307 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Prize website: http://www.theaha.org/gutenberg This announcement was submitted via the H-Net Announcements Website. Find it at: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/show.cgi?ID=125443 ********************************************************* This announcement has been posted by H-ANNOUNCE, a service of H-Net, Michigan State University. For an archive of announcements and information about how to post, visit: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/announce ********************************************************* ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
