Sociology of Culture Call for Awards Nominations
Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book
Section members, authors, or publishers may nominate books published in 2011 or 2012. Self-nominations are welcome. Authors must be members of the Culture Section. Send a nominating letter, including a description of the book and its significance, to each of the committee members. Books that do not have an accompanying nomination letter by the deadline will not be considered for the prize. Also, please arrange for the book's publisher to send a copy of the book to each committee member. The deadline for nominations and receipt of books is March 1, 2012.
Committee chair:
David Garland (Committee Chair)
Department of Sociology
New York University
295 Lafayette St., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10012
Email: david.garland@nyu.edu<mailto:david.garland@nyu.edu
Teresa Gowan
8 Rue du Portail
Nebias, France 11500
Email: tgowan@umn.edu<mailto:tgowan@umn.edu
Allison Pugh
Department of Sociology
University of Virginia
2015 Ivy Road
Dynamics Building, 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 400766
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4766
Email: apugh@virginia.edu<mailto:apugh@virginia.edu
Guobin Yang
Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures Barnard College 321A
Milbank Hall
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10028
Email:gyang@barnard.edu
Clifford Geertz Prize for Best Article
Section members may nominate articles and original chapters of edited collections published in 2010-2012 (although not pieces that have previously won a Culture Section award). Self-nominations are welcome. Authors must be members of the Culture Section. Send a nominating letter, including a description of the article and its significance, along with an electronic copy of the article to each member of the prize committee. Articles that are not accompanied by a nomination letter will not be considered for the prize. The deadline for receipt of nominations and articles is March 1, 2012.
Committee chair:
Melissa Wilde (Committee Chair)
Department of Sociology
University of Pennsylvania
3718 Locust Walk, Ste. 113 McNeil Building Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299
Email: mwilde@sas.upenn.edu<mailto:mwilde@sas.upenn.edu
Terry McDonnell
Department of Sociology
University of Notre Dame
810 Flanner Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Email: terence.e.mcdonnell@nd.edu<mailto:terence.e.mcdonnell@nd.edu
Geneviève Zubrzycki
Department of Sociology
University of Michigan
500 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382
Email: genez@umich.edu<mailto:genez@umich.edu
Suzanne Langer Prize for Best Student Paper
Section members may nominate any work (published or unpublished), written by someone who is a student at the time of submission. Self-nominations are welcome. Authors must be members of the Culture Section. This award includes a $300 prize to reimburse part of the cost of attending the 2012 ASA Annual Meeting. Send a nominating letter, including a description of the paper and its significance, along with an electronic copy of the paper to each member of the prize committee. Papers that are not accompanied by a nomination letter will not be considered for the prize. The deadline for receipt of nominations and articles is March 1, 2012.
Commmittee chair:
Shaul Kelner (Committee Chair)
Department of Sociology
Vanderbilt University
PMB 351811
Nashville, TN 37235-1811
Email: s.kelner@vanderbilt.edu<mailto:s.kelner@vanderbilt.edu
Avi Astor
Department of Political and Social Sciences Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Campus de la Ciutadella Jaume I Building C/ Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27
08005 Barcelona, Spain
Email: avi.astor@gmail.com<mailto:avi.astor@gmail.com
Isaac Reed
Department of Sociology
University of Colorado
Campus Box 327
Boulder, CO, 80309
Email:isaac.reed@colorado.edu