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From: Spanish and Portuguese studies. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Sebastiaan Faber
Sent: 12 April 2006 20:08
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Subject: Spanish Civil War Essay Prize
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ALBA George Watt Memorial Essay Contest 2006
The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) is pleased to announce the
continuing annual competition for the George Watt Memorial Essay prizes.
ALBA awards prizes for the best essays about the Spanish Civil War, the
global anti-fascist political or cultural struggles of the 1920s and
1930s, or the lifetime histories and contributions of the Americans who
fought in support of the Spanish Republic from 1936-1938.
At least two prizes of $500 each will be awarded each year, one to the
best undergraduate student work and one to the best graduate student
work on one or more of the above topics. Work will be judged on the
basis of originality and effectiveness of argument and presentation. The
work must be have been produced to fulfill an undergraduate or graduate
course or degree requirement. We welcome submissions from both U.S. and
international contestants.
The deadline for receipt of essays for the 2006 awards is May 1, 2006.
Works produced either during the year of submission or during the
previous calendar year are eligible for the competition. Essays must be
at least 5,000 words long to be considered for a prize.
Applicants should be sure to include a title page with name, address,
e-mail, and telephone number. Please e-mail entries as MS-Word
attachments to:
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Award winners will be announced in May 2006. ALBA's Executive Committee
appoints the judges for the contest.
Daniel Czitrom
Chair, George Watt Award Committee
Department of History
Mount Holyoke College
S. Hadley MA 01075
ALBA is a non-profit organization devoted to the preservation and
dissemination of the record of the American role in the Spanish Civil
War and its aftermath. ALBA supervises a major archive at New York
University's Tamiment Library (the most comprehensive historical archive
documenting the American involvement in the Spanish Civil War), and it
supports cultural and educational activities related to the war and its
historical, political, artistic, and biographical heritage.
Some 2,800 American men and women, realizing the danger international
fascism presented to the world, came to the defense of the Spanish
Republic in the years just prior to the Second World War. On the other
side were forces led by rebel Spanish generals supported by Hitler and
Mussolini.
The prizes honor the memory of Abraham Lincoln Brigade veteran George
Watt (1914-1994), not only for his own long anti-fascist record but also
as a symbol of the many American men and women who risked, and sometimes
lost, their lives in this struggle. Watt himself was a veteran of Spain
who then served in the U.S. Army Corps in World War II. An effective and
passionate voice for a variety of social causes in his lifetime, Watt
was also a driving force behind the creation and on-going work of ALBA.
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Sebastiaan Faber
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
Dept of Hispanic Studies
Oberlin College
50 N Professor St
Oberlin, OH 44074-1091
tel.: (440)775-8189
fax: (440)775-6888
email: <[log in to unmask]>
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