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MARTIN DISKIN dissertation award

Deadline: July 15, 2011

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:

  • A current CV
  • A dissertation abstract of 250 words, the dissertation outline or table of contents, and one sample chapter, which exemplifies your approach to activist scholarship
  • A letter of recommendation from the candidate’s primary advisor which focuses explicitly on the candidate’s qualifications for the Martin Diskin Dissertation Award

All application materials must be submitted electronically, and received at the LASA Secretariat by July 15, 2011. The email address is lasa@pitt.edu.

The Martin Diskin Dissertation Award recipient will receive a $1,000 stipend.

The 2012 selection committee consists of Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University, Chair; Teresa Valdés, CEDEM; Antônio Sérgio Guimarães, Universidade de São Paulo; Cynthia Arnson, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; and Jonathan Fox, Oxfam America.

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