Richard Stein Essay Prize
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Association
The Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Association is delighted to announce the naming of the INCS Essay Prize in honor of Richard Stein, Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon, for his role as a principal founder of INCS and for his long and crucial service to developing and nurturing our organization. His books and articles as well as his teaching at Harvard, Berkeley, and Oregon have focused on the connections among Victorian literature, history, visual culture, and other arts. In 1985 he recognized something we now take for granted: the need for a collaborative organization devoted to the interdisciplinary study of the nineteenth century.
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS) invites nominations and submissions for its Richard Stein Essay Prize. The $500 award recognizes excellence in interdisciplinary scholarship on any nineteenth-century topic. Articles that appeared in print in a journal or an edited collection in 2017 are eligible; if the date of publication is not 2017, but the essay appeared in 2017, it is eligible. Essays published in online, peer-reviewed journals are considered to be “in print” and are thus eligible.
INCS members are encouraged to submit their own work and to nominate essays written by other INCS members. To be eligible for the prize, authors must be 2017 members of INCS. If potential contestants have forgotten to join INCS during 2017, they may do so within a grace period of one month. Authors joining INCS on or after Jan. 1, 2018 in order for their 2017 essay to be eligible must specify that their membership count for 2017, rather than 2018. Membership is always for the calendar year.
The winning essay will be announced at the 2018 INCS conference in San Francisco, California from March 1-4, 2018. The winner will be invited to assemble a panel for the 2019 INCS conference in Dallas, Texas.
Please send an electronic copy of the nominated essay (PDF preferred) to Professor Narin Hassan, Georgia Institute of Technology, at incsprize2017@gmail.com no later than January 21, 2018. In the case of an essay that appeared only online, a durable link is acceptable in lieu of a PDF. For more details about the essay competition, the conference, or the organization, please visit the INCS website: http://www.incsscholars.org. Specific questions about the 2017 Richard Stein Essay Prize may be directed to Narin Hassan at narin.hassan@lmc.gatech.edu.