2017 Haiti-DR Section Prize Announcement
The Haiti-DR Section Article Prize
This prize will be presented for the best article on a Haiti or Dominican topic published in a peer-reviewed journal.
To qualify, authors must:
1.Be a paid member of both LASA and the Section for the coming year's conference (2017). Visit http://lasa.international.pitt.edu to (re)register for both LASA and the Haiti-DR Section by January 30, 2017.
2.Publish an original piece of scholarship in English, French, Kreyòl, Portuguese, or Spanish on a Haitian or Dominican topic in a peer-reviewed journal during 2016.
3. Submit the article electronically no later than January 30, 2017 to: emanley1@xula.edu
The Guy Alexandre Paper Prize
This prize, for a paper presented on Haitian or Dominican studies at the annual LASA conference, honors the well-respected Haitian Ambassador to the DR, scholar, and genuinely wonderful man and gifted diplomat who passed in 2014.
To qualify, authors must:
1. Be a paid member of both LASA and the Section for the coming year's conference (2017). Visit http://lasa.international.pitt.edu to (re)register for both LASA and the Haiti-DR Section by January 30, 2017.
2. Have made an original presentation in English, French, Kreyòl, Portuguese, or Spanish on a Haitian or Dominican topic at LASA 2016. If you presented but were not a member of the section you may join by January 30, 2017 and become eligible.
3. Submit the paper presentation to the committee no later than January 30, 2017. Papers may be edited from the original presentation form. We especially encourage emerging scholars and graduate students to submit their work. Please send the paper electronically to: emanley1@xula.edu
The Isis Duarte Prize
This prize, for a book published in 2016 on a Haitian or Dominican topic, honors Isis Duarte, a prominent sociologist, UASD professor, and pioneering scholar whose work on Dominican and Haitian migration and Dominican women and household economies made significant contributions to Dominican social sciences.
To qualify, authors must:
1. Be a member of both LASA and the Section for the coming year's conference (2017). Please visit http://lasa.international.pitt.edu to (re)register for both LASA and the Haiti-DR Section by January 30, 2017.
2. Publish an original academic-length monograph in English, French, Kreyòl, Portuguese, or Spanish on a Haitian or Dominican topic between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016. Translations of previously published works will only be accepted if a strong case can be made that the publication of the translation will have as broad an impact as the original work. Such a case should be made in the cover letter.
3. Submit an electronic copy of the monograph by January 30, 2017, accompanied by a cover letter (including a statement justifying the nomination for this prize) and CV (with complete contact information) to: emanley1@xula.edu
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http://lasa.international.pitt.edu/sections/haiti-dominicanrepublic/show.php?type=news&id=290&pg=2