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AwardsBest Dissertation Award | George Priestley Award | The Barbara T. Christian Award I Gordon K. Lewis Prize Dissertations in English, Spanish or French, completed at an accredited college or university during the previous two years (i.e., 2009 and 2010), are eligible for the 2011 CSA Best Dissertation Award. The dissertation may be written in any academic discipline as long as it deals substantially with a topic pertinent to Caribbean Studies. The prize is open to applicants of all nationalities, ethnicities, genders and places of residence. However, a dissertation shall not be eligible if it has already been published in book form (or is under contract for publication at the time of submission). Authors wishing to have their dissertation considered, should submit the following documents no later than January 17, 2011, to: Holger Henke, Ph.D. a. A detailed abstract of the dissertation, not to exceed 7 pages, submitted in hard copy and on CD-Rom in MS WORD (2003) format. The abstract should explain the thesis addressed in the dissertation, the significance of the research, how the dissertation builds on prior work, methodology, and research results. George Priestley Graduate Student Award The Caribbean Studies Social Justice Graduate Student Paper Award is being established in honor of Dr. George Priestley in recognition of his lifelong contributions to social justice, anti-racism, HIV/AIDS awareness, the Afro-Latino identity, and international human rights issues. Dr. Priestley was a key member of the CSA executive committee for many years who unselfishly gave his time and leadership to the organization in capacity of executive council member and program chair. This award honors a graduate student attending the 2011 conference whose paper is focused on the areas that were most important to Dr. Priestley. Graduate students can self nominate their papers or they can be nominated by a current CSA member. All graduate student papers submitted for consideration for this award will be judged based on excellence in scholarship, methodology and creativity in any of the following areas: Social justice, anti-racism, HIV/AIDS awareness, Afro-Latino identity and international human rights issues as they pertain to Latin America or the Caribbean both regionally and/or in the diasporic community. The award will consist of a plaque and $200 dollars. The award committee is composed of three current CSA members and one member of the Priestley family. The award will be presented at the 2011 CSA awards night in Curacao. The award nominee will need to submit her/his package by May 2, 2011 for full consideration. The award nominee must be a current graduate student enrolled at a university who is presenting their work at the 2011 CSA conference in Curacao. An application packet needs to consists of the following items: 1. An electronic letter of nomination Submit the complete award package to: Mr Amilcar Priestley coiconsulting@gmail.com La Asociación de Estudios del Caribe establecerá el premio Justicia Social George Priestley para la ponencia del estudiante con licenciatura. Dicho premio es en honor y en reconocimiento del trabajo del Dr. George Priestley quien durante su vida hizo aporte y contribuyo al debate de justicia social, antirracismo, conocimiento y conciencia del problema del VIH/SIDA, identidad Afro-Latina, y la problemática de derechos humanos a nivel internacional. El Dr. Priestley fue uno de los miembros claves del comité ejecutivo de la AEC por muchos anos quien aporto generosamente su tiempo y liderazgo a esta organización como miembro del cónsul ejecutivo y presidente. Este premio honra al estudiante con licenciatura que acuda a la conferencia del 2011 y cuya ponencia enfoque las áreas que fueron de mas importancia para el Dr. Priestley. Dicho estudiante podrá auto nominar su ponencia o puede ser nominado por un miembro corriente de la AEC. Todas las ponencias sometidas por estos estudiantes para consideración, serán juzgadas a base de dominio del tema, metodología y creatividad en cualquiera de las siguientes áreas; Justicia Social, Anti-Racismo, conciencia del VIH/SIDA, identidad Afro Latina y la problemática de Derechos Humanos tanto a nivel regional y/o en la comunidad en la diáspora. El premio será de una placa y $200.00 dólares. El comité nominador estará compuesto de tres personas que actualmente son miembros de la AEC y un miembro de la familia Priestley. El premio se presentara la noche de premios en la conferencia de la AEC del 2011 que tendrá lugar en Curacao. La persona nominada deberá someter su paquete lo mas tardar Mayo 2, 2011 para ser considerado de lleno. Además, debe tener una licenciatura, estar matriculado en una Universidad y presentar su trabajo en la conferencia de la AEC en Curacao. El paquete de aplicación debe contener lo siguiente: 1. Una carta electrónica de nominación. Someta el paquete completo a: Sr. Amilcar Priestley coiconsulting@gmail.com
The Barbara T. Christian Award, 2011 “What I write and how I write is done in order to save my life. ...Literature is a way of knowing that I am not hallucinating, that whatever I feel/know is. It is an affirmation that sensuality is intelligence, that sensual language is language that makes sense.” From “The Race for Theory” The Barbara T. Christian Literary Award was established in 2001 by CSA past President Dr. Cora Christian to
celebrate her sister’s intellectual legacy in black feminist criticism. A $500 cash award and certificate will be given to the best paper presented by an Undergraduate, Graduate or Junior (non-tenured) faculty in any discipline presented at the 2011 Caribbean Studies Association Conference in Curacao. While papers may be on any subject, the methodology, analysis and/or themes should reflect those issues important to Dr. Barbara T. Christian, either through the use of her work, or by embodying a framework, perspective, or approach clearly rooted in the ideas and insights of black feminist thought.
The 2011 award will be adjudicated by a committee headed by Dr. Irma Mcclaurin (imcclaur@umn.edu)
Deadline for paper submission is July 8 2011, and the paper must have been delivered during the May 30 - June 3 sessions. The author of the winning essay must be a CSA member in good standing at the CSA 2011 Conference. Gordon K. Lewis Prize To honor the memory of distinguished Caribbeanist Gordon K. Lewis, the Caribbean Studies Association has established a yearly award to be given for the best book about the Caribbean published over the previous three-year period in Spanish, English, French or Dutch. The nominated book should approach the chosen subject or aspect of Caribbean life conditions and situations from an interdisciplinary perspective, and should clearly be shown to have regional impact. Monographs in all disciplines and fields of Caribbean scholarship will be considered. Preference will be given to books written by one or more authors as opposed to edited volumes. Please submit books to:
Prof. Linden Lewis
Department of Sociology
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 United States of America Deadline for submission is: April 1, 2011
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