The Martin Diskin Dissertation Award is made possible through the generosity of Oxfam America, LASA, and LASA members. This award is offered at each LASA International Congress to an outstanding junior scholar who combines Professor Diskin’s commitment to the creative combination of activism and scholarship.
The award will be presented to an advanced doctoral student or recent PhD. All advanced doctoral candidates must demonstrate that they will complete their dissertation prior to the LASA International Congress. LASA considers recent PhD recipients to be individuals who received their degrees after the LASA Congress prior to the one at which the award is to be presented. LASA welcomes dissertations written in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
The Award Committee will evaluate candidates using three criteria: 1) Overall scholarly credentials, based on the CV; 2) The quality of the dissertation writing, research, and analysis as determined by the dissertation outline and sample chapter submitted; 3) The primary advisor’s letter of recommendation. The definition of activist scholarship shall remain broad and pluralist, to be discussed and interpreted by each selection committee.
Application Instructions
An interested applicant should submit the following materials:
All application materials must be submitted electronically, and received at the LASA Secretariat by January 15, 2010. The email address is lasa@pitt.edu.
The Martin Diskin Dissertation Award recipient will receive a $1,000 stipend.
LASA members are encourage to distribute this call for nominations as widely as possible, with particular attention to their colleagues and students.
The selection committee consists of Laura Enriquez, University of California/Berkeley, Chair; Cecilia Blondet, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos; Cecilia Menjivar, Arizona State University; Greg Grandin, New York University, Kathryn Sikkink, University of Minnesota; Kimberly Theidon, Harvard University and Jonathan Fox, Oxfam America.