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Two years ago the International Association of Inter-American Studies held its first competition for the best essay and for the best thesis in Inter-American Studies. The winners were Earl E. Fitz (Vanderbilt University) for the essay competition and Jeffrey Lawrence (Princeton University) for the thesis competition.<\/p>\n

Continuing its efforts to promote inter-American Studies, the Association is now announcing this year’s competitions. There are again two awards, one for the best master\u2019s or doctoral or post-doctoral thesis and one for the best article or essay in Inter-American Studies completed since August 2014<\/strong>. Submitted work does not yet need to be in print to be considered. Only work in Spanish or in English can be submitted. Each award carries a cash prize of 250 euros or 280 U.S. dollars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Contestants who would like to have their work considered will need to join the association. If you would like to do so, please go to http:\/\/www.interamericanstudies.net\/?page_id=26<\/a> (in English) or to http:\/\/www.interamericanstudies.net\/?page_id=135<\/a> (in Spanish). Please be advised that members with student status may ask for their membership fees to be waived. To ask for a fee waiver, please contact our treasurer Heidi Moertl at treasurer@interamericanstudies.net<\/a> with proof of your student status.<\/p>\n

To submit work to be considered for the award for best master\u2019s or doctoral or post-doctoral thesis <\/strong>completed since August 2014, please send your thesis as a WORD or PDF file as well as an abstract of one page or less to the four jury members:
\nUlla Kriebernegg (Karl-Franzens-Universit\u00e4t Graz) at ulla.kriebernegg@uni-graz.at<\/a>,
\nGraciela Mart\u00ednez-Zalce (Universidad Nacional Aut\u00f3noma de M\u00e9xico) at zalce@servidor.unam.mx<\/a>,
\nAntonio Barrenechea (University of Mary Washington) at abarrene@umw.edu<\/a>, and
\nFrancisco Lomel\u00ed (University of California at Santa Barbara) at lomeli@spanport.ucsb.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To submit work to be considered for the award for best academic article or essay<\/strong> completed since August 2014, please send your article or essay as a WORD or PDF file as well as an abstract of one page or less to the four jury members:
\nLuz Ang\u00e9lica Kirschner (Bielefeld University; South Dakota State University) at luz_a.kirschner@uni-bielefeld.de<\/a>,
\nMar\u00eda Herrera Sobek (University of California at Santa Barbara) at maria.sobek@evc.ucsb.edu<\/a>,
\nEmron Esplin (Brigham Young University) at emronesplin@gmail.com<\/a>, and
\nStefan Rinke (Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin) at rinke@zedat.fu-berlin.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The deadline for submissions is September 10, 2016<\/strong>. The winners of both awards will be announced at the business meeting of the International Association of Inter-American Studies at UC Santa Barbara on October 5, 2016. Award recipients who are not present at that meeting will receive their award and prize by mail.<\/p>\n

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