[URBANTH-L] Call for Submissions for the 2007 Leeds Prize in Urban, National and Transnational Anthropology

[Rotenberg, Robert]

The Leeds Prize is awarded each year by the Society for Urban/National/Transnational/Global Anthropology (formerly known as the Society for Urban Anthropology) for the outstanding book in urban, national and/or transnational anthropology published in 2006. The prize is named in honor of the late Anthony Leeds, a distinguished pioneer in urban anthropology. The Prize Committee is chaired by Robert Rotenberg and includes Nancy Abelmann (winner of the 2004 prize for her book "The Melodrama of Mobility: Women, Talk, and Class in Contemporary South Korea" (University of Hawaii Press) and Lorna Rhodes (winner of the 2005 prize for "Total Confinement: Madness and Reason in a Maximum Security Prison" (University of California Press)), and João Biehl (winner of the 2006 prize for "Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment" (University of California Press).  This year's deadline for submission is June 15, 2007. No books received after that date will be considered for the 2006 prize. A letter of nomination (from an author, a colleague, or a publisher) and *four* copies of the book should be sent to:

 

Robert Rotenberg

Leeds Prize Committee

Department of Anthropology

DePaul University

2343 N. Racine Avenue

Chicago, IL 60614-3107

 

Please be sure that books are clearly marked "Leeds Prize Committee."

 

To be eligible for consideration a book must be relevant to the field of urban, national or transnational anthropology. The book must have a publication year of 2006. Textbooks and anthologies will not be considered, but books of original scholarship by more than one author may be submitted.

Authors must to be willing to serve on the prize selection committee for three years if their book is chosen. Authors must be willing to have their prize acceptance remarks published in *City and Society*, SUNTA's journal. Please address all questions concerning the prize to Robert Rotenberg.

 

Robert Rotenberg
Leeds Prize Committee
Department of Anthropology
2343 N. Racine Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
773 325-7460

rrotenbe at depaul.edu