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The Anthony Leeds Prize in Urban Anthropology, Submissions Due June 15th
The Leeds Prize is awarded each year by the Society for Urban/National/Transnational/Global Anthropology (SUNTA, formerly known as the Society for Urban Anthropology) for the outstanding book in urban, national and/or transnational anthropology published in 2011. The prize is named in honor of the late Anthony Leeds, a distinguished pioneer in urban anthropology. The prize is awarded to a book that uses ethnographic data from complex, transnational, urban societies in methodological innovative ways. The goal of the prize is to showcase model studies that advance the research agenda of urban anthropologists. The Prize Committee is chaired by Robert Rotenberg and includes Xiang Biao, Winner of the 2008 prize for “Global Body Shopping” (Princeton University Press), Bob White winner of the 2009 prize for “Rumba Rules” (Duke University Press) and Philippe Bourgois, winner of the 2010 prize for “Righteous Dopefiend (University of California Press).
- This year’s deadline for submission is June 15, 2012. No books received after that date will be considered for the 2011 prize.
- To be eligible for consideration a book must be relevant to the field of urban, national or transnational anthropology. The book must have a publication year of 2011. Textbooks and anthologies will not be considered, but books of original scholarship by more than one author may be submitted.
- Winners must to be willing to serve on the prize selection committee for three years.
- Prizes are awarded at the business meeting of the Society at the American Anthropological Association meetings each year. Winners must be willing to have their prize acceptance remarks published in City and Society, SUNTA’s journal.
- A letter of nomination (from an author, a colleague, or a publisher) is required only for those authors whose discipline is not anthropology. The letter should specify the relevance of the book for an urban anthropology prize.
- *Four* copies of the book should be sent to:
- Robert Rotenberg
- Leeds Prize Committee
- Department of Anthropology
- DePaul University
- 2343 N. Racine Avenue
- Chicago, IL 60614-3107
- Please be sure that books’ package is clearly marked “Leeds Prize Committee.”
- Please address all questions concerning the prize to Robert Rotenberg at rrotenbe@depaul.edu.
- The panelists and panel-organizers must all have been current students when the panel was accepted (although a non-student discussant is acceptable).
- Panels must be submitted directly through the AAA web site by April 15.
- SUNTA must be marked as the reviewing section in the submission.
- Please reach SUNTA Program Chair Nancy Abelmann by April 15 if you would like your panel considered for this award and/or with inquiries at nabelman@illinois.edu.
Click here for a list of past Leed’s Prize winners.
SUNTA Graduate Paper Prize, Submissions Due September 15th, 2012
The Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology is pleased to announce its graduate paper prize competition. We are seeking nominations – by faculty – of student papers that address SUNTA’s interests, including transnational social processes, impacts of globalization, refugees and immigrants, space and place, and poverty and homelessness. The prize includes a cash award of $250. The winner will be announced at the 2012 AAA meetings in San Francisco.
Papers should be submitted by email to Lindsay DuBois at Lindsay.DuBois@dal.ca by September 15th 2012. Alternative submission arrangements can be made through contacting Lindsay DuBois at the email above. Authors who are current graduate students or who have graduated within the 2012 calendar year are eligible for the competition, as long as the submission was composed while s/he was a graduate student. Although submissions will be accepted from faculty only (students may not submit papers on their own), faculty need not write in support: a nomination is sufficient; letters of recommendation/justification are welcome but not required. International entries are encouraged. SUNTA membership is not required.
Papers should be no more than 30 double-spaced pages, 12-point font, including bibliography, notes and images/figures. The paper’s formatting (e.g., citations, bibliographies etc.) should be consistent throughout. Send queries to Lindsay.DuBois@dal.ca.
Click here for a list of past student award winners.
SUNTA Undergraduate Paper Prize, Submissions Due September 15th, 2012
The Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology is pleased to announce its undergraduate paper prize competition. We are seeking nominations — by faculty — of student papers that address SUNTA’s interests, including refugees and immigrants, space and place, and poverty and homelessness. The prize includes a $150 award. The winner will be announced at the 2012 AAA meetings in San Francisco, California.
Papers should be submitted by email to Alaka Wali – awali@fieldmuseum.org by September 15th, 2012. Alternative submission arrangements can be made through contacting Alaka Wali at the email above. Authors who are undergraduates or who have graduated within the 2012 calendar year are eligible for the competition, as long as the submission was composed while s/he was an undergraduate. Although submissions will be accepted from faculty only (students may not submit papers on their own), faculty need not write in support: a nomination is sufficient — letters of recommendation/justification are welcome but not required. International entries are encouraged. SUNTA membership is not required.
Papers should be no more than 30 double-spaced pages, 12-point font, including bibliography, notes and images/figures. Papers should be single-author, not co-authored. The paper’s formatting (e.g., citations, bibliographies etc.) should be consistent throughout. Send queries to Alaka Wali, awali@fieldmuseum.org.
Click here for a list of past student award winners.
Prize for the Best Student Panel at the 2012 AAA Annual Meeting
SUNTA will select a “Best Graduate Student Panel” for the forthcoming AAA 2012 in San Francisco. Graduate Student Members of the winning panel will split the $1000 award to defray the costs of travel to San Francisco. This prize will be awarded at the SUNTA Business Meeting at the AAA Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
This year’s Annual Meeting theme – Borders and Crossings – should be one of broad interest to SUNTAites.
SUNTA has broad interests in the theories, problems, processes, and institutions of urban, national and transnational life. SUNTA appreciates that urban life and problems in the modern world are interrelated with national and transnational institutions, processes, and forces. SUNTA, therefore, particularly focuses on these interrelationships as they affect and are affected by the everyday social and cultural lives of people living, acting, and struggling in cities.
Eligibility and Procedures:
Click here for a list of past student award winners.
Submissions for SUNTA Column
The Society for Urban, National and transnational Anthropology invites submissions for the SUNTA column published in the Sections News area of the monthly Anthropology News newsletter.
News updates, conference announcements, essays, and research summaries of interest and relevance to the general membership are welcomed. Columns can be up 700 words, and photos will be included as space allows.
Please contact SUNTA Contributing Editor and Secretary Susan Falls (sfalls@scad.edu) regarding potential submissions and deadlines.
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