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Marcia
Herndon Award
Deadline for Nominations:
April 1, 2008
The Gender and Sexualities Taskforce
Section of the Society for Ethnomusicology is pleased to announce the
annual Marcia Herndon Award. The award has been created to honor
exceptional ethnomusicological work in gender and sexuality including,
but not limited to, works that focus upon lesbian, gay, bisexual,
two-spirited, homosexual, transgendered and multiple gender issues and
communities. The winning submission will exemplify the highest
qualities of originality, interpretation, theory, and communication.
The certificate and award of $150 will be
conferred at the annual meeting of the GST and announced at the annual
meeting of the Society. The committee will entertain nominations from
any individual, and scholars are encouraged to nominate their own work.
Eligibility: Open
to any SEM member. Submitted projects should have been completed
during the two preceding calendar years (for example, in order to be
eligible for nomination by April 1, 2007, the work should have been
published/presented between January 1, 2005 and December 30, 2006).
Works will be excepted from any country and in any language (if a
non-English work, contact the prize committee for requirements about
providing an English translation or abstract). Eligible "work"
includes a published article, book, edition, annotated translation,
conference paper, or other scholarly product (such as film, CD,
website) accepted by the award committee. Individuals may be
nominated for and receive the award on more than one occasion.
Nominations should include the name of
the scholar, a description of the work, and a statement to the effect
that the work was completed during the previous two academic years.
"Completion" means the publication or commitment to publish from an
editor in the case of articles, books, editions, etc.; delivery at a
conference or the like in the case of a paper. The committee will
contact the nominee for additional materials as needed.
Self-nominations should also include a copy of all or part of the work
(if longer than an article) to be considered and a c.v. The committee
will return copies of works if requested.
Nominations, with five sets of application materials, should be
postmarked by April 1, 2008
and sent to Dr. Gillian Rodger.
Questions should be directed to
the GST Award Committee Chair:
Dr. Gillian Rodger
Assistant Professor of Music
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Music Building 235
2400 E. Kenwood
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201
grodger(at)uwm.edu
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