BRAZIL SECTION AWARDS – ​ ​ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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The Brazil Section at LASA invites its members to submit scholarly work for its annual prizes in the field of Brazilian Studies.  Submissions in Portuguese, English, or Spanish will be considered in the following categories:  a) the best book about Brazil (US$ 500); the best article on Brazil published in an academic journal (US$ 300); and the best doctoral thesis focusing on Brazil (US$ 200).

In all cases the Brazil Section award committees recognize innovative, rigorous, and well-crafted scholarship that contributes significantly to our understanding of Brazil, past and/or presente.

Only books and articles published in the 2015 calendar year are eligible. The same applies to Ph.D. dissertations which must have been​ approved in  2015. Interdisciplinary work is welcome! Electronic (digital) books and edited volumes won’t be considered.

All members of the Brazil Section are eligible to submit their work.  If you know a colleague who is not a member but would like to be considered for one of the prizes – book, article or doctoral thesis – please inform the person that it is a requirement to join  LASA and the Section before submission. Please spread the word.

Submissions 

​Deadline: February 15, 2016
​a. ​D​octoral theses
​ – please submit electronically to:​​

Ivani Vassoler

​ (ivani.vassoler@gmail com)

Adam Joseph Shellhorse

​ (aj.shellhorse@temple.edu)

​Tereza Albuquerque (campitele@terra.com.br)
​Theses​ should include the front​ page with signatures of professors / supervisors / committee members and the approval date (2015).

b. Published articles
​ – ​​please submit electronically to:

Joseph Marques

​ (​joseph.marques@graduateinstitute.ch)

Jessica Rich

​(​jessica.rich@marquette.edu)

Please indicate the journal title and publication date.

c. ​Books -​

please submit one copy of the volume (four in total) to:

Tracy Devine Guzmán (Chair)
University of Miami
Merrick Building 212
 P. O. Box 248093
Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA ​

João Feres

Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos – IESP
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ
Rua da Matriz, 82 – Botafogo
22260-100 Rio de Janeiro – RJ-BRASIL​

 

Jan Hoffman French

3106 Ithaca Street
Durham, NC 27707

​USA
​​ ​

Vitor Izecksohn

Rua General Glicério, 445 apt. 904 – Laranjeiras
​22245-120 Rio de Janeiro – RJ – BRASIL

​If you have questions about the Book Award please contact Tracy Devine Guzman(tdguzman@miami.edu)​
 Please make sure that your publisher is aware of the deadline (Feb 15).

In all cases, please add to your submission your complete address, institutional affiliation, phone number and e-mail address.
Please note:
a.  if your submission does not reach the respective committee by the deadline (Feb 15) it will not be considered for the award.
b. If  membership to the Section cannot be confirmed, the work will not be considered for the award.
All submissions will be evaluated by multidisciplinary committees. Articles, books and Ph.D. dissertations will not be returned. Winners will be notified during the reception of the Brazil Section at the LASA conference in New York City in May 2016.