Call For Graduate Student Papers: Catharine Macaulay Prize
The Catharine Macaulay Prize
Deadline for submission: May 31, 2014
Participating in Women's Caucus has been one of my most rewarding experiences at a member of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS). The annual meeting's luncheons offered a place for me to get to know other scholars in my field. I don't think I would have gone to so many ASECS conferences over the past seven years if I hadn't found this community of scholars.
During the past three years, I served on the judges' committee for the Macaulay Prize, so now that I'm Caucus secretary, I am invested in making sure this prize keeps growing in terms of the quality and quantity of submissions.
Please share this information as the May 31st deadline is new and the award has been raised from $350 to $500 this year.
Here's the prize's official description:
The Catharine Macaulay Prize is an annual award made by the Women’s Caucus of ASECS for the best graduate student paper on a feminist or gender studies subject presented at the ASECS Annual Meeting or at any of the regional meetings during the academic year.In addition to special recognition, the prize carries a cash award of $500.
To be eligible for the prize, papers must advance understanding of gender dynamics, women’s experience, and/or women's contributions to eighteenth-century culture, or offer a feminist analysis of any aspect of eighteenth-century culture and/or society.
The paper you submit for the prize should be the one you presented at the conference without expansion or significant revision.
Submissions for the Catharine Macaulay Prize must be sent directly to the ASECS office for consideration:
ASECS PO Box 7867 Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 27109 or as an email attachment (Word): asecs@wfu.edu
The winner of the prize will be notified soon after the committee has made its decision and will be announced at the following year’s annual meeting and the Women's Caucus luncheon.
For more details see the Women's Caucus Website.
More updates on the other prizes will be coming, too! But until then, read about them on the new and lovely Women's Caucus website: