CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:
COMMITTEE ON LGBT HISTORY BOSWELL AND NESTLE PRIZES
The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History calls for nominations for its 2015 John Boswell and Joan Nestle Prizes.
The John Boswell Prize is awarded for an outstanding book on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history published in English in 2013 or 2014. Learn more at http://clgbthistory.org/prizes/john-boswell-prize/.
The Joan Nestle Undergraduate Prize is awarded for an outstanding paper on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history completed in English by an undergraduate student in 2013 or 2014. Learn more at http://clgbthistory.org/prizes/joan-nestle-prize/.
Students, faculty, authors, readers, editors, or publishers can nominate. Self-nominations are encouraged. For John Boswell Prize-nominated books, authors/editors should work with publishers to mail one copy to each member of the Prize Committee. Please email PDFs of Joan Nestle Undergraduate Prize submissions to each committee member with the nominee’s name in the subject line. Questions can be addressed to prize committee chair Estelle Freedman.
2015 Prize Committee:
*Dr. Estelle Freedman, Chair, Department of History, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Building 200, Stanford, CA 94305-2024, ebf@stanford.edu
*Dr. T.J. Tallie, c/o Jennifer Ashworth, Newcomb Hall, 204 West Washington Street, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia 24450, ttallie@gmail.com
*Dr. Mir Yarfitz, Department of History, Wake Forest University, Tribble Hall B101, P.O. Box 7806, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, yarfitmh@wfu.edu
Mailed submissions must be postmarked by 3 October 2014; emailed submissions must be postmarked by 11:59pm (Pacific time), 3 October 2014. Please note that the deadline is earlier this year than in years past.
Winners will be announced at the Committee on LGBT History’s annual reception at the 2015 American Historical Association Conference in New York City.
The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History, an affiliated society of the American Historical Association, meets annually in conjunction with the AHA conference and sponsor LGBTQ history sessions. It advocates for LGBTQ history broadly, including the development of LGBTQ studies courses, inclusion of LGBTQ topics in history curricula, promotion of LGBTQ archival and public history projects, and coordination with other professional caucuses. The CLGBTH also seeks to prevent discrimination against LGBTQ historians, in keeping with AHA policies. Visit us at clgbthistory.org/. “Like” us on Facebook at: tinyurl.com/clgbthfb.