Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Eighteenth Century Russian Studies Association, I would like to advertise a Call for Submissions for the 2014 Marc Raeff Book Prize. The Raeff Book Prize is awarded annually for a publication that is of exceptional merit and lasting significance for understanding Imperial Russia, particularly during the long eighteenth-century. The recipient of the award will be recognized with a cash prize, which will be presented in November 2014, during the ASEEES annual convention. The award is sponsored by the ECRSA and named in honor of Marc Raeff (1923-2008), historian, teacher, and dix- huitièmiste par excellence. In 2013, Alexander M. Martin won the Prize for his Enlightened Metropolis: Constructing Imperial Moscow, 1762-1855 (Oxford, 2013). We would be grateful for you assistance in advertising the Prize to all interested parties. I look forward to any questions you may have, at [email protected] Thank you for your consideration and attention, John Randolph 2014 President, ECRSA Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Call for Submissions The 2014 Marc Raeff Book Prize The Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association, an affiliate organization of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), is now accepting submissions for the fourth annual Marc Raeff Book Prize. We encourage your press to submit relevant entries to the members of the prize committee (listed below). The Raeff Book Prize is awarded annually for a publication that is of exceptional merit and lasting significance for understanding Imperial Russia, particularly during the long eighteenth-century. The recipient of the award will be recognized with a cash prize, which will be presented in November 2014, during the ASEEES annual convention. The award is sponsored by the ECRSA and named in honor of Marc Raeff (1923-2008), historian, teacher, and dix- huitièmiste par excellence. Please address all questions about the prize to John Randolph (President 2014, ECRSA) at [email protected] Submissions should be made (see Nominating Instructions below, with addresses) by July 31, 2014. Eligibility The publication must be a monograph, translation, or reference work about any aspect of the long eighteenth century, on any of the territories of the former imperial Russian state. Textbooks, festschrifts, and edited collections of essays are not eligible unless they constitute significant and innovative contributions to the field.The submitted work must bear a copyright date of either one or two years preceding the award year (e.g. for the 2014 competition the published copyright date should be 2013 or 2014). It can be published in any language read by members of the ECRSA Prize Selection Committee (including Russian) and in any format (analog or digital). The geographic area of study is broadly defined as the territories of the former imperial Russian state and the Soviet Union. The publication must deal in whole or in part with the long eighteenth century, here defined as the period from the last quarter of the seventeenth-century to the first quarter of the nineteenth-century. Books that have received other prizes are eligible.Scholarly merit, originality, and felicity of style will be the main criteria for selection. Nominating Instructions Authors or publishers should send one copy of eligible publication to each ECRSA Prize Selection Committee member (see addresses below) AND to the ASEEES main office.Submissions should be clearly marked “Marc Raeff Book Prize.” Nominations must be received no later than 31 July 2014. Award winners will be personally notified of the award prior to 1 October 2014. Composition of ECRSA Prize Selection Committee: Marcus Levitt University of Southern California Dept. of Slavic LanArts and Sciences Los Angeles, CA 90089-4353 [email protected] Cynthia H. Whittaker Department of History Baruch College One Bernard Baruch Way New York, NY 10010 [email protected] Maria Di Salvo Piazza Collegio Borromeo 7 27100 Pavia Italy [email protected] John W. Randolph, President, ECRSA [ex-officio] 309 Gregory Hall, MC-466 Department of History University of Illinois 810 S. Wright St. Urbana, IL 61801 [email protected] ASEEES Main Office Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (formerly AAASS) 203C Bellefield Hall, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260-6424 USA
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