Hi Everyone,
I'm writing to inform you of the following prize opportunity for recent and
incipient PhDs working on magic. Please pass this information along. If you
would like a poster please write me and I will send you a PDF version.
The Richard Kieckhefer Prize
The Richard Kieckhefer Prize was established by the Societas Magica in 2009 to
honor Professor Kieckhefer’s contributions to the field and his mentoring of
younger scholars. It is awarded annually for an unpublished article by a recent
PhD (within 2 years of graduation), in any area of the scholarly study of magic,
witchcraft, or related fields, judged by the selection committee to be of
outstanding quality. In exceptional cases consideration will also be given to
graduate student submissions. The prize is supported by Penn Press Journals
and the Societas Magica.
The winner will be announced at the Societas Magica meeting in May 2011 as well
as in its newsletter and on its website. The winning entry will also be
published in the journal Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft and the author will
receive a cash prize of $500. Articles from all academic disciplines are
welcome. Submissions should be in English and approximately 6,000 words in
length. Applicants must not have received their PhD earlier than September
2008. A committee appointed by the Societas Magica will judge the entries. It
is not necessary that the prize be awarded each year. The deadline for
submissions is January 15, 2011. Please forward an electronic version of the
article (.rtf or .doc preferred) to [log in to unmask] In addition,
please send three printed copies with a letter indicating date of past or
expected reception of PhD and the granting institution to:
Frank Klaassen, President
Societas Magica
Department of History
University of Saskatchewan
718 - 9 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, SK
Canada S7L 0M3
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Frank Klaassen
President, Societas Magica
General Editor, Opuscula: Short Texts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Director, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies
University of Saskatchewan
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