The following competition may be of interest to undergraduates and postgraduates at UK universities. Please feel free to circulate among your students!
Best wishes,
Madeleine Brook
[OGN Coordinator]
www.ogn.ox.ac.uk
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As part of 'Round 2' of the Oxford German Network's annual national Oxford German Olympiad, we are delighted to announce a competition for university students in assocation with Camden House and Boydell & Brewer.
Oxford German Olympiad 2015 ‘Round 2’
Camden House – Book Proposal
Closing date: 12 noon, Friday, 3 April 2015
Camden House was founded in 1979 and has become a driving force in the publication of scholarly books on German and Austrian literature and culture for English-speaking readers. The imprint of the British/American publisher Boydell and Brewer is committed to fostering high-quality research across the period spectrum from the Middle Ages to contemporary culture and presenting this in appealing books that are written in a clear and accessible style.
The competition invites participants to write a book proposal on a topic in the field of German literature and/or film that would make a successful and important book and would fit the profile established by Camden House in German studies.
For books published by Camden House see:
https://www.camden-house.com/store/ listCategoriesAndProducts.asp?idCategory=12.
There will be two prizes, one each for a submission by an undergraduate and a graduate of German studying at a UK university. Research students are eligible up to 4 years from commencement of a doctoral course.
Each submission should consist of the following, in English or German:
1) A contents page giving the title and chapter headings (1 side of A4)
2) A description of the book (maximum of 300 words). It should be written so that, while appropriate for an expert, it is readily comprehensible to a well-educated non-specialist and indeed draws such a reader in. As such, it is important that it first establish the context and importance of the topic before going into what the book does with it.
The competition will be co-judged by members of the Oxford German Network and Camden House. The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
The two winners will each be awarded a prize consisting of EITHER a cash (cheque) prize of £100 OR books of their choice published by Camden House up to a value of £ 150 and invited to a prize-giving ceremony at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, on 23 June 2015.
Entrants for the graduate prize whose proposal relates to an actual project are asked to submit a separate statement if they wish their project to be considered for publication by Camden House. They should send this statement to the following address:
[log in to unmask], subject line: Camden House – Book Proposal.
The award of the prize does not depend on submission of such a statement.
Click here for the online entry form:
http://www.ogn.ox.ac.uk/camden-house-book-proposal.
Please note that we cannot accept postal entries. Entries received after the deadline at 12 noon on Friday 3 April 2015 will not be considered.
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