DESIGN HISTORY SOCIETY ESSAY PRIZE 2002
Submissions are invited for the Design History Society Essay Prize 2002,
established in 1997 in order to maintain high standards in Design History
in Higher Education.
Entries are invited for two awards: one undergraduate, one post-graduate.
CRITERIA
The competition is open to any student on a BA or MA course in which Design
History is a component.
The following criteria need apply:
· The essay should be written English
· The essay should be of dissertation length – at least 6,000 words
· Two hard copies of the essay (with any illustrations) to be
submitted
· The entrant must have been a full- or part-time student within the
academic year 2001/2002
· The entrant should not have been previously published
· All essays must be accompanied by an academic nomination.
Guidelines for selection are available to tutors on request.
· The closing date is Tuesday, 02 July 2002. Submissions received
after this deadline will be returned.
PRIZE
· A bursary of £250.00 given by the Design History Society
· Expert editorial guidance with regard to publication in the Journal
of Design History (publication subject to the approval of the Editorial
Board)
· £100.00 worth of Oxford University Press publications
· 5 Paperbacks in the Oxford History of Art series
· Free place at the DHS conference: Aberystwyth, September 2002
Application forms and guidelines outlining selection and nomination
criteria are available from:
Elisabeth Bogdan
Design History Society Essay Prize
Faculty of Media, Arts and Society
Southampton Institute
East Park Terrace
Southampton, Hants. SO14 0YN
Tel: 07946 388938, or 020 8673-8266
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Presentation of the essay prizes will be made at the Design History
Conference at the School of Art, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 03-05
September 2002
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