News & Notices: Awards

196 The Latin Americunist 9 Fall 2006 NEWS & NOTICES: AWARDS The Sturgis Leavitt Prize The $200.00 prize is awarded annually for the best article published by a SECOLAS member on a Latin American or Iberian subject. It will be awarded in 2007 for an article published between April 1, 2005 and December 3 1, 2006. The article may be in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish. Preference may be given to articles that have an appeal beyond a single discipline. Submit papers for consideration to the chair of the prize committee by March 1,2007: Dr. Timothy Hawkins HIHAWKIN@ISUG W. INDSTATE.EDU Edward Moseley Student PaperAward SECOLAS members are asked to encourage graduate students to begin thinking about next year’s conference, and to submit quality papers for the Edward Moseley competition. Papers in all categories of Latin American studies, including social sciences, history, humanities, and literature are eligible. The paper must be presented at the meeting to be eligible for the prize. The winning paper will be published in the 2007 Annals and its author will be awarded a monetary prize of $100.00. Submit papers for consideration to the chair of the prize committee by March 1, 2007: Dr. Michael Hall HAIIMICH@MAII.ARMSTRONG.EDU News & Notices 197 TheAlfred B. Thomas Book Award TheA.B. Thomas Book Award was established by the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) to honor the labors and contributions of Alfred Barnaby Thomas, one of its founders and long-time supporters. He died in December 1990, at the age ofninety-four. The policies of the award process are as follows: The award will be $500.00 9 The committee may select two honorable mentions Applicants must have been members of SECOLAS for two years in order to have their work considered Co-authored works will be acceptable but anthologies and edited works will not The book’s theme must be Latin American or Iberian The award will be given annually Committee members will be three in number, always having at least one non-Thomas, non-historian Books for consideration must be sent to each of the committee members by December 1st of the year prior to the award (books may not be returned) Eligible books must have been published in either 2005 or 2006. Books published in 2005 must not have been submitted for consideration in the previous year The committee members for 2006-2007 are: Dr. Max Paul Friedman (Chair) History, Florida State University 401 Bellamy Bldg., Tallahassee, FL 32306 MFRIEDMA@FSU.EDU Dr. Kathleen Martin Sociology & Anthropology, Florida International University DM 334, Miami, FL 33199 MARINK@FIU. EDU Dr. Isabel Z. Brown Foreign Languages, University of South Alabama 322 Humanities Bldg., Mobile, AL 36688 IBROWN@JAGUAK~.USOUTHAL.EDLI ...