Fw: H-ASIA: AIIS Book Prizes

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: AIIS Book Prizes

> H-ASIA
> February 22, 2011
>
> American Institute of Indian Studies Book Prizes Announcement
> ************************************************************************
> From: Susan S Wadley <sswadley@syr.edu>
>
> AIIS BOOK PRIZES
>
> Note: the restriction on having had an AIIS award (language or fellowship)
> has been lifted.
>
> In order to promote scholarship in South Asian Studies, the American
> Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) announces the award of two prizes each
> year for the best unpublished book manuscript on an Indian subject, one in
> the humanities, "The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian
> Humanities" and one in the social sciences, "The Joseph W. Elder Prize in
> the Indian Social Sciences". Indiana University Press has the right of
> first refusal for any prize winner, with manuscripts being published in
> the Indiana University Press/AIIS series Contemporary Indian Studies
>
> (http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/index.php?cPath=1037_3130_3217&page=2).
>
> Only junior scholars who have received their PhD from institutions located
> in the U.S.A. within the last eight years (2003 and later) are eligible. A
> prize committee will determine the yearly winners and can chose to
> designate no winner in any given year if worthy submissions are lacking.
> AIIS will provide a subvention to Indiana Uni versity Press for all prize
> manuscripts.
>
> Unrevised dissertations are not accepted. We expect that the applicants
> will have revised dissertations prior to submission. AIIS currently
> sponsors a one-day workshop (on Thurs.) at the Madison South Asia
> Conference on turning your dissertation into a book. Contact AIIS or S.
> Wadley for details about applying to participate.
>
> Manuscripts are due October 1 each year, with an announcement of the
> awardees at the spring meeting of the Association for Asian Studies.
>
> Send manuscripts, postmarked no later than October 1, 2011, to the
> Publications Committee Chair, Susan S. Wadley, Anthropology, 209 Maxwell,
> Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244. Queries can be addressed to
> sswadley@maxwell.syr.edu
>
> Publications committee:
> Brian Hatcher, Tufts U.
> Joyce Flueckiger, Emory U.
> Pika Ghosh, Duke U.
> Priti Ramamurthy, U. of Washington
> Susan S. Wadley, Syracuse U.
>
>
> Susan S. Wadley
> Ford Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, Maxwell School
> Professor of Anthropology
>
> Office: 327 Eggers, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY 13244
>
> Mailing address:
> Anthroplogy, 209 Maxwell
> Syracuse University
> Syracuse NY 13244
>
> Phone: 315-443-4198 (email is way better than phone to reach me)
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