The Kalman Silvert Award Committee invites nominations of candidates for the year 2010 award. The Silvert Award recognizes senior members of the profession who have made distinguished lifetime contributions to the study of Latin America. The Award is given every 18 months.
Past recipients of the Award were:
John J. Johnson (1983)
Federico Gil (1985)
Albert O. Hirschman (1986)
Charles Wagley (1988)
Lewis Hanke (1989)
Victor L. Urquidi (1991)
George Kubler (1992)
Osvaldo Sunkel (1994)
Richard Fagen (1995)
Alain Touraine (1997)
Richard Adams (1998)
Jean Franco (2000)
Thomas Skidmore (2001)
Guillermo O’Donnell (2003)
June Nash (2004)
Miguel León-Portilla (2006)
Helen Safa (2007)
Alfred Stepan (2009)
The selection committee consists of Eric Hershberg (chair), LASA immediate past president; Charles R. Hale and Sonia E. Álvarez, past presidents, Philip Oxhorn, editor of the Latin American Research Review, and Alfred Stepan, 2009 Kalman Silvert awardee.
Nominations should be sent by January 20, 2010 to:
Milagros Pereyra-Rojas
LASA Executive Director
LASA Secretariat
416 Bellefield Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
E-mail: lasa@pitt.edu
Please include biographic information and a rationale for each nomination.