undergraduate paper in Feminist Anthropology
Dear all:
Attached and pasted below is the announcement of the next AFA Forman Prize
or the best undergraduate and graduate essay in feminist anthropology
essays from any of the four fields are strongly encouraged). Please post
nd circulate widely, as well as encourage your own students to submit
heir papers.
With best wishes,
Dorothy
* * * *
SYLVIA FORMAN PRIZE - 2009
5th Annual Competition
ssociation for Feminist Anthropology
AFA is pleased to invite graduate and undergraduate students to submit
ssays in feminist anthropology in competition for the Sylvia Forman
rize, named for the late Sylvia Helen Forman, one of the founders of AFA,
hose dedication to both her students and feminist principles contributed
o the growth of feminist anthropology. The winners, one graduate student
nd one undergraduate student, will receive a certificate; a cash award
$1,000 graduate and $500 undergraduate); and have their essay summaries
ublished in the Anthropology Newsletter.
We encourage essays in all four subfields of anthropology. Essays may be
ased on research on a wide variety of topics including (but not limited
o) feminist analysis of women's work, reproduction, sexuality, religion,
anguage and expressive culture, family a
nd kin relations, economic
evelopment, gender and material culture, gender and biology, women and
evelopment, globalization, and the intersectionality of gender, race, and
lass.
Essays will be judged on:
Originality of the research topic
Use of feminist anthropological theory to analyze a particular research
uestion
Organization, quality, and clarity of writing
Effective use of both theory and data
Significance to feminist scholarship
Timeliness and relevance of the topic
Note: Essays that have been submitted for publication but have not yet
een accepted may be eligible as entries, but authors of such essays
hould contact the Forman Prize Chair to confirm eligibility before the
ubmission deadline. Articles that are already accepted or published are
ot eligible. Only one submission per student will be accepted.
Essays should be no longer than 35 double-spaced pages, including
ibliography, and should be written using the American Anthropologist
tyle. Preferred mode of submission is by email to the Forman Prize Chair:
orothy Hodgson, at dhodgson@rci.rutgers.edu with ?Forman Prize
ubmission? in the subject line. Email attachment should be saved in
icrosoft Word only and any illustrations should be saved within the
SWord document in either .jpg or .tiff. If submitting a printed version,
our copies should be mailed to Dorothy Hodgson, Department of
nthropology, Rutgers University, 131 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ
8901. For questions email dhodgson@rci.rutgers.edu.
DEADLINE for submissions is June 1,=2
02009. Please note whether you are
ubmitting for the undergraduate or graduate prize and include your
ailing address, institutional affiliation, telephone number and e-mail
ddress as well as the name and institutional affiliation of the
nstructor/advisor who supervised the paper for acknowledgement. Be sure
o indicate where you can be reached during September 2009. Prizes will be
warded at the AFA Business Meeting during the AAA Annual Conference,
ecember 2-6 in Philadelphia, PA.
If neither you nor your instructor/advisor will attend this year's AAA
nnual Meeting in San Francisco, please add that information to the
ubmission. If you will be in attendance, please plan to come to the
ssociation for Feminist Anthropology Business Meeting (time and date to
e announced) to receive your award and/or support those who won.
