Announcements

Greg Kavka/University of California at Irvine Prize. Submissions are invited for the first award of the Greg Kavka/University of California at Irvine Prize in Political Philosophy, to be conferred at the Pacific Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association in the spring of 1999. The prize of $500 is to be awarded for the best paper in a refereed journal, or an original book chapter or original essay published in a collection with a multiplicity of contributors, in the field of political philosophy, broadly understood.

Papers from any area of political philosophy and political theory are welcome, including, but not limited to, the history of political philosophy, rational choice theory with implications drawn for political philosophy, and moral theory/applied ethics in which direct links are made to political philosophy or public policy. Papers for the spring 1999 award are eligible if they were published for the first time (not reprinted) between January 1, 1995 and December 31, 1997.

Nominations of papers for the Kavka Prize are encouraged from journal editors, authors, and colleagues. The deadline for submissions is September 1, 1998. Three copies of each nominated paper, with bibiographic/publication information and the author’s current academic affiliation or address, should be sent to Professor Leslie Francis, Department of Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. Please mark the envelope “Nominations for the Greg Kavka Prize.” The author of the prize winning selection will be notified by December 15, 1998.

Morris D. Forkosch Prize. The Journal of the History of Ideas awards each year the Morris D. Forkosch Prize for a book in intellectual history, the stipend now being raised to $2000.

Submissions are limited to the first book published by any author and to books published in English (no translations or collections) pertaining to one or more of the major disciplines associated with “intellectual history” broadly conceived: viz., history (including the history of various arts and sciences), philosophy (including the philosophy of science, aesthetics, and other fields), political thought (including economics, social science, and anthropology), and literature (including literary criticism and theory). The judges will favor publications displaying sound scholarship, original conceptualization, and significant chronological and interdisciplinary scope.

Publishers are requested to supply four copies of the book to the members of the committee. We ask publishers to assist us in the selection process by limiting their nominations to a maximum of two books published in 1998. Nominations must arrive at the addresses of the committee members by 31 December 1998. The winner will be announced in May 1999.

For further information contact: Prof. Donald R. Kelley, Editor, Journal of the History of Ideas, 88 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8542; tel.: 732-932-1227; fax: 732-932-8708; email: dkelley@rci.rutgers.edu.