The John Boswell Prize will be awarded for an outstanding book on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history published in English in 2009 or 2010.
The Joan Nestle Undergraduate Prize will be awarded for an outstanding paper on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history completed in English by an undergraduate student in 2009 or 2010.
Call for Submissions: 2011 John Boswell and Joan Nestle Prizes
The Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History, an affiliate society of the American Historical Association, will award the John Boswell and Joan Nestle Prizes in 2011:
The John Boswell Prize will recognize an outstanding book on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history published in English in 2009 or 2010.
The Joan Nestle Undergraduate Prize will recognize an outstanding paper on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer history completed in English by an undergraduate student in 2009 or 2010.
Materials may be submitted by students, faculty, authors, readers, editors, or publishers. Self nominations are encouraged.
Send one copy of the nominated book or paper to each of the three members of the Prize Committee by 31 December 2010. Joan Nestle Undergraduate Prize submissions may be emailed to the committee members.
Prize Committee Chair:
Ellen Herman
Department of History
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1288
eherman@uoregon.edu
Chris Waters
Chair, and Hans W. Gatzke ’38 Professor of Modern European History
Department of History
85 Mission Park Drive
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
cwaters@williams.edu
Stephanie Gilmore
Assistant Professor and Chair
Women’s and Gender Studies Department
105 Denny Hall
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
gilmores@dickinson.edu
Mailed submissions must be postmarked by 31 December 2010; emailed submissions must be postmarked by 11:59pm (Pacific time), 31 December 2010.
If you have questions about the prizes, please contact the Chair of the Committee on LGBT History, Ian Lekus, at lekus@fas.harvard.edu. Do not mail submissions to the CLGBTH Chair.