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From: "Casper, Monica J - (mjcasper)" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 21 December 2014 18:13:28 GMT
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Subject: [REPRONETWORK] Announcement of Adele E. Clarke Book Award, and call for nominations
Reply-To: "Casper, Monica J - (mjcasper)" <[log in to unmask]>
Dear colleagues,
I am delighted to announce the 2015 Adele E. Clarke Book Award—a brand new honor in our field!
As many of you know, Adele Clarke is a sociologist and historian who recently retired from UC San Francisco. She is among the pioneers studying reproduction, and we are delighted to recognize the interdisciplinarity that has served as the basis of her considerable body of work. We believe it reflects the diverse ReproNetwork community.
The new book award committee (listed below) has worked very hard to put together an excellent description of the award, and I thank Rene, Laura, Vanessa, and Jennifer, as well as Christine Morton and Danielle Bessett, for their assistance in this process. We intend to use this description for books published in 2014; we welcome comments that can be incorporated in future iterations of this award description.
Please circulate this announcement widely.
ADELE E. CLARKE BOOK AWARD DESCRIPTION
ReproNetwork, an interdisciplinary group of researchers who study reproduction, invites submissions for the 2015 Adele E. Clarke Book Award. This award is for an outstanding socio-cultural study of reproductive processes, experiences, technologies, politics, and/or practices published in 2014. Consistent with the composition of the ReproNetwork community (detailed below), the prize committee welcomes submissions by historians, sociologists, anthropologists, public intellectuals, activists, and others.
Initiated by the ReproNetwork community in 2014, the Adele E. Clarke Book Award will be presented each fall to honor a groundbreaking work judged to be the most potentially influential contribution to scholarship on reproduction. Influence may reflect the book’s quality, timeliness, innovation, and/or overall impact on the field of reproductive studies.
CRITERIA
· Book must make a contribution to understanding of reproduction
· Book must be sole-authored or co-authored; edited collections and anthologies will not be considered
· Book must have a copyright date of 2014
Please send questions to the chair of the committee, Monica J. Casper, at [log in to unmask].
NOMINATION PROCEDURE
The deadline for receipt of all materials is May 1, 2015.
Authors, publishers, or other scholars and advocates may nominate a book. Please send a signed letter of nomination specifying how the book meets the criteria to the chair of the prize committee. The nomination letter may be sent by E-mail ([log in to unmask]) or postal service (see below). Books submitted without an accompanying letter of nomination cannot be considered.
In addition to the letter, please arrange to have the publisher send a copy of the book directly to each member of the Selection Committee at the following addresses:
Monica J. Casper, GWS, 925 N. Tyndall Avenue, PO Box 210438, Tucson, AZ 85721-0438
Rene Almeling, Sociology Department, Yale University, PO Box 208265, New Haven, CT 06520
Lara Freidenfelds, 118 Hillside Ave, Chatham, NJ 07928
Vanessa M. Hildebrand, Department of Anthropology, Mather Memorial Hall, Room 207, Case Western Reserve University, 11220 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7125
Jennifer Lahl, Center for Bioethics & Culture Network , 3380 Vincent Rd. Suite HUB, Pleasant Hill, CA 94582
Books and nomination letters must be received by the deadline of May 1, 2015 to be considered.
2015 BOOK PRIZE COMMITTEE
Chair: Monica J. Casper, Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Arizona
Rene Almeling, Sociology, Yale University
Lara Freidenfelds, History, Independent Scholar
Vanessa Hildebrand, Anthropology, Case Western
Jennifer Lahl, Center for Bioethics & Culture Network
ABOUT REPRONETWORK
ReproNetwork aims to provide a space for social scientists and advocates working on reproductive issues to connect with one another—a place to share research ideas and resources. ReproNetwork includes students, professors, advocates, sociologists, anthropologists, midwives, and others. You may become a member by subscribing to our listserv at www.ReproNetwork.org or by following our Facebook page.
**************************************Monica J. Casper, Ph.D.Professor and Head, Gender and Women's StudiesAffiliated Faculty, Africana Studies ProgramAffiliated Faculty, School of SociologyUniversity of Arizona110 GWS, 925 N. Tyndall AvenuePO Box 210438Tucson, AZ 85721-0438(520) 626-9158