2013 RUDOLF VIRCHOW AWARDS

2013 RUDOLF VIRCHOW AWARDS

Rudolf Virchow, a 19th century German physician, was a key founder of
social medicine. His contributions centered on his recognition that
multiple intersecting factors - social, political, and economic - produce
disease and illness. He argued that the circumstances and deprivations of
poverty increase people's susceptibility to disease and result in reduced
life expectancy and quality of life. He eloquently articulated the limits
of medicine in the absence of material security, a sentiment which informed
his view that nation-states play an important role in ensuring health
security for a citizenry. Virchow viewed advocacy as an essential part of
health praxis, and, in keeping with this legacy, the Critical Anthropology
for Global Health Caucus honors Virchow's work with three awards.

The annual Rudolf Virchow Awards are given by the Critical Anthropology for
Global Health Caucus, a special interest group of the Society for Medical
Anthropology. The Professional Award honors a recent published article, and
the Graduate and Undergraduate Student Awards honor recent student papers
that have not yet benefited from editorial review. Winning submissions
combine a critical anthropology focus with rich ethnographic data, and best
reflect, extend, and/or advance critical perspectives in medical
anthropology.

Submissions
The submission deadline for the 2013 Rudolf Virchow Awards is July 31, 2013.

Awards are made in the following categories: 1) Professional,2) Graduate
Student and 3) Undergraduate Student (see below). We encourage you to
submit your own work and/or to nominate papers of your students or articles
of colleagues.

If you wish to submit a paper for consideration, please e-mail the paper
and a cover letter of introduction to the 2011 Virchow Awards Chair, Heide
Castañeda, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, at
hcastaneda@usf.edu<mailto:hcastaneda@usf.edu> by July 31, 2013. Hard copies
are no longer accepted. Confirmation of receipt will be sent. To ensure a
prompt and fair review, papers will not be accepted after the July 31, 2013
11:59 pm PST deadline.

Professional Award Category
The professional award will be awarded for an article or chapter published
during 2012 in a peer-reviewed journal (print or online) or peer-reviewed
edited volume. Articles may be singly- or co-authored. Technical reports
and other contracted works are not considered for this award. Professional
articles must be submitted electronically in Adobe PDF format as they
appeared in print.

Graduate Award Category
The graduate student award will be awarded for a paper that was written in
2012 or 2013 and that has not yet been subjected to editorial review. Papers
that have been submitted to a journal or edited volume, but that have not
yet benefited from review may be included in this category. Theses and
dissertations will not be accepted. However, a summary no longer than 30
pages double-spaced (inclusive of references) of a thesis or a dissertation
that can stand on it own, or a chapter that has been revised to stand on its
own will be considered for this award. Papers from students who have
graduated are still accepted in this category as long as the paper was
written in 2012 or 2013. Graduate student papers must be submitted in Adobe
PDF or Word format with a title-only first page. File sizes must be less
than 2MB. The document must exclude the author's name, author's advisor, and
university affiliation throughout. The cover letter should include this
information. Only papers, not interactive media, will be considered for
this award.

Undergraduate Award Category
The undergraduate student award will be awarded for a paper written in 2012
or 2013 while the student was still an undergraduate. Honors theses are not
accepted. However, a shortened version no longer than 30 pages double-spaced
(inclusive of references) of the thesis or a chapter from the thesis that
has been revised to stand on its own will be considered for this award.
Undergraduate student papers must be submitted in Adobe PDF or Word format
with a title-only first page. File sizes must be less than 2MB. The
document must exclude the author's name, author's advisor, and university
affiliation throughout. The cover letter should include this information.
Only papers, not interactive media, will be considered for this award.