In 2013 the GSA will again make a number of awards. We hope that as many members as possible will make nominations and submissions.
The DAAD/GSA Book Prize will be awarded for the best book in history or social sciences that has been published in 2011 or 2012. Inquiries, nominations, and submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor Carl Caldwell, Rice University, by 15 February 2013. The other members of the committee are Professors Monica Black (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) and Ben Marschke (Humboldt State 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 2011 or 2012. Inquiries, nominations, and submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor Jennifer Kapczynski, Washington University in St. Louis, by 15 February 2013. The other members of the committee are Professors William Collins Donahue (Duke University) and John Pizer (Louisiana State University).
The Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize is awarded every other year, and will again be awarded in 2013 for the best book in Holocaust Studies published in 2011 and 2012. Submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor Jeffrey Herf, University of Maryland at College Park, by 15 February 2013. The other members of the committee are Professors Hilary Earl (Nipissing University) and Bradley Prager, University of Missouri, Columbia.
The prize for the Best Essay in German Studies by a Graduate Student will again be awarded in 2013. The deadline for nominations and submissions is 15 March 2013. Papers should be 6,000-9,000 words in length. The winner will be published in German Studies Review. Nominations and submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor Anthony Steinhoff, University of Quebec, Montreal. The other members of the committee are Professors Perry Myers(Albion College) and Maiken Umbach (University of Nottingham).