On behalf of the Association for the Study of Nationalities and the Harriman Institute, we are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies.
"The Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies" sponsored by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, is awarded
annually by the ASN for an outstanding book published in the previous calendar year on Russia, Eastern Europe or Eurasia in which substantial attention is paid to questions of ethnicity and/or nationalism.

The name of the winner will be announced at the 15th Annual ASN World Convention, to be held April 15-17, 2010 at Columbia University, New York, NY. (http://www.nationalities.org/convention/convention.asp)

Rules of Eligibility

Rules of eligibility for the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies are as follows:

* The copyright date inside the book must list 2009 as the date of publication.
* Authors may be of any nationality as long as the work is originally published in English.
* Works may deal with any area of Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia (including the Balkans, Central Europe, the Baltics, Russia,
Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Afghanistan, and China).
* The competition is open to works of scholarship in any field, so long as substantial attention is paid to the study of nationalism
and/or ethnicity, broadly defined.
* Edited volumes, textbooks, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible.
* Books by currently serving judges of the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies, or by immediate family members
of this group, are not eligible.

Nominating Instructions

Send one copy of each eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses above) AND to the ASN office at:
Rothschild Book Prize Nomination
c/o Book Review Editor, Nationalities Papers
Department of Political Studies
Queen's University
Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room C402
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
CANADA

Submissions should be clearly marked "Rothschild Book Prize Nomination." If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the ASN office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.

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Deadline: 2009/12/15