This award, established in 1996, honors the best feminist theory and/or gender studies graduate student paper presented at the current year’s ISA Annual Convention.
ABOUT THE AWARD
- The recipient receives a certificate and $100. The prize money is drawn from the FTGS Section account
- The award comes with a peer-review by the International Feminist Journal of Politics with a prospect for publication.
- Nominations may be made by anyone in the profession. We encourage in particular discussants and chairs on FTGS panels to let us know about outstanding papers you encountered. Self-nominations are also welcome. The person nominated must have been a student at the time the paper was presented.
- The Award Committee consists of members of the FTGS Executive Committee. The Committee terms are at the discretion of the Section Chair.
- The Committee Chair is responsible for notifying the Recipient of the Award and encouraging the Recipient to attend the Annual Convention at which the Award is to be presented so as to receive the Award in person.
- Nominations should include contact information of the nominee and, in the case of self-nominations, also a copy of the relevant paper. They should be submitted to the chair of the Award Committee: Elisabeth.Pruegl@graduateinstitute.ch
- Nomination deadline: July 1, 2010
- Results of the competition will be announced in early September 2010.
AWARD RECIPIENTS:
- 2010: Lauren Wilcox, University of Minnesota, "Explosive Bodies: Suicide Bombing as an Embodied Practice and the Politics of Abjection"
- 2009: Rahel Kunz, University of Lucerne, Ann-Kristin Sjoberg, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, "Emancipated or Oppressed? Female Combatants in the Colombian Guerrilla"
- 2008: Nikki Detraz, Colorado State University
- 2007: Catia Confortini, University of Southern California
COMMITTEE CHAIR:
Elisabeth Prügl, Professor
Political Science Unit
Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Case postale 136 - 1211 Genève 21 - Suisse
Elisabeth.Pruegl@graduateinstitute.ch
http://graduateinstitute.ch
