Deadline: 1 June 2012
The Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize of the African Studies Association is awarded annually at the ASA Annual Meeting to the author of the best book on East African Studies published in the previous calendar year. Initiated in 2012, the award was made possible by a generous bequest from the estate of the late Professor Kennell Jackson, the award honors the eminent historian, Professor Bethwell A. Ogot.
ELIGIBILITY
Scholarly works published in any country, in any language in the previous calendar year are eligible for the award. Edited collections, new editions of previously published works, bibliographies, dictionaries and works of fiction are not eligible. For the purposes of this award East Africa is defined to include the territories of present day Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia (as constituted at independence), Djibouti, Eritrea, and Mauritius.
For the purposes of this prize, scholarly works will be understood broadly to encompass works informed by an understanding of the scholarship in a given field or fields. In making its selection the prize committee will pay particular attention to significance, originality and quality of writing.
SUBMISSION PROCESS
To nominate a book, publishers should send a nomination letter outlining the book’s significance. They should provide their name, publisher, address, email address, telephone, fax, the title(s) nominated, and one copy of each title to each of the following members of the prize committee:
Professor Edmond J. Keller
Department of Political Science?
3361 Ralph Bunche Hall?
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone: (310) 206-5581
Fax: (310) 825-0175(Fax)
Email: ekeller@ucla.edu
Professor Simone Gikandi
Department of English
22 McCosh Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-1016
Office phones: 609-258-4060
Fax: 609-258-1607
Email: sgikandi@princeton.edu
Professor L. Carol Summers
Department of History
University of Richmond
316 Ryland Hall
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8976
Fax: (804) 287-1992
Email: lsummers@richmond.edu
Please also send an email indicating the contact person, publisher, address, email address, telephone, fax, and the title(s) of the nominated publication(s) to the African Studies Association at secretariat@africanstudies.org
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For inquiries: secretariat@africanstudies.org
For submissions: send a copy to each of the prize committee members above
Website: http://www.africanstudies.org
