2015 GSA Prize Competitions

In 2015, the GSA will again make a number of awards. We hope that as many members as possible will make nominations and submissions. For the membership of the various prize committees for 2015, please see the committee appointments listed below.

In 2015, the DAAD/GSA Book Prize will be awarded for the best book in history or social sciences that has been published in 2013 or 2014. Inquiries, nominations, and submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor Will Gray(Purdue University), by 20 February 2015. The other members of the committee are Professors Jonathan Strom (Emory University) and Helga Welsh (Wake Forest University).

The DAAD Article Prize will be awarded for the best article in Germanistik or culture studies that appeared in the German Studies Review in 2013 or 2014. Inquiries, nominations, and submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor Peter McIsaac (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), by 20 February 2015. The other members of the committee are Professors Priscilla Dionne Layne-Kopf (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Andrew Piper (McGill University)

The Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize is awarded every other year, and will again be awarded in 2015 for the best book in Holocaust Studies published in 2013 and 2014. Submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor Bradley Prager (University of Missouri, Columbia), by 20 February 2015. The other members of the committee are Professors Abigail Gilman (Boston University) and Dagmar Herzog (CUNY Graduate Center).

The prize for the Best Essay in German Studies by a Graduate Student will again be awarded in 2015. The deadline for nominations and submissions is 15 March 2015. Papers should be 6,000-9,000 words in length. The winner will be published in the German Studies Review. Nominations and submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor Claudia Breger (Indiana University). The other members of the committee are Professors Anjeana Hans (Wellesley College) and Thomas Pegelow Kaplan (Davidson College).