2017 DAAD Book Prize
In 2017 the DAAD/GSA Book Prize will be awarded for the best book in history or social sciences that has been published in 2015 or 2016. Inquiries, nominations, and submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor'Heide Fehrenbach'(History, Northern Illinois University) by'20 February 2017. The other members of the committee are Professors'David Ciarlo'(University of Colorado ' Boulder) and'Daniel Riches'(University of Alabama).
2017 DAAD Article Prize
The'DAAD Article Prize'will be awarded for the best article in Germanistik or culture studies that appeared in the'German Studies Review'in 2015 or 2016. Inquiries, nominations, and submissions should be sent to the committee chair, Professor'Christina Gerhardt'(University of Hawai'i), by'20 February 2017. The other members of the committee are Professors Tobias Boes (University of Notre Dame) and Sonja Klocke (University of Wisconsin ' Madison).
2017 Graduate Student Paper Prize
The prize for the'Best Essay in German Studies by a Graduate Student'will again be awarded in 2017. The'deadline for nominations and submissions is'15 March 2017. Papers should be 6,000-9,000 words in length, in English or German. Non-US students are eligible. Papers should be nominated by a professor and accompanied by a short letter of recommendation. The winner will be published in the'German Studies Review.
Nominations and submissions should be sent to the committee chair,'Professor Almut Spalding'(Illinois College). The other members of the committee are Professors Margaret Lewis (University of Tennessee, Martin) and Jeffrey Luppes (Indiana University, South Bend).
2017 Milton Book Prize
The'Sybil Halpern Milton Book Prize'will be awarded in 2017 for the best book in Holocaust Studies published in 2015 or 2016. Submissions should be sent to the committee chair,'Professor Donna Harsch'(Carnegie Mellon University), by'20 February 2017.'The other members of the committee are Professors Jonathan Skolnik (University of Massachusetts ' Amherst) and Reinhard Zachau (University of the South).
For more information on the above competitions, please visit our prizes page here.