2012 GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
Last year’s panelists
SAE 2012 GRADUATE PAPER COMPETITION
The Society for the Anthropology of Europe is calling for abstract
submissions for its annual graduate student paper competition. Four finalists will be invited to present their work and will receive
commentary on it by senior anthropologists Sarah Green and David Kideckel
at an SAE-sponsored panel at the 2012 AAA Meetings in San Francisco. One
of the finalists will receive the SAE Graduate Student Paper Prize, which
comes with a $400 award.
Interested graduate students were invited to submit a 500-word (maximum),
single-authored abstract to Jaro Stacul (J.Stacul.94@cantab.net) by March
26, 2012. Jaro Stacul reports that he received 17 abstracts (11 from the US, 4 from the UK, 1 from France, and 1 from Spain).
Jaro stated, “I am happy to announce that the following four students have been selected as finalists:
(In alphabetical order)
Julie Kleinman (Harvard U.);
Johanna Mitterhofer (U. Massachusetts, Amherst);
Susan Rottmann (U. Wisconsin, Madison);
Catalina Tesar (University College London).”
The selection of the finalists was based on the submitted abstract,
which must deal with some aspect of Europeanist anthropology and/or
Europeanist anthropology's contribution to the broader field of
anthropology. This rule will be interpreted liberally to include papers of
a comparative and/or theoretical nature. Selection criteria include the
quality of the research project as well as how well the abstract addresses
the AAA Meetings theme 'Borders and Crossings'. The abstract should
include a statement of the problem being investigated as well as the
methods and results of the study, the theoretical literature which the
paper aims to address, and the significance of research.
The winner will be announced at the SAE Business Meeting. This decision
will be based on the AAA-length paper which the finalists must submit by
mid-October 2012. The papers should be written with the goal that they
will ultimately be elaborated and submitted for publication. All finalists
will receive guidance from a senior anthropologist such that they can
pursue publication in relevant journals. The committee will evaluate
originality, contribution to the field, and writing style appropriate for
a manuscript in preparation for publication in an academic journal.
Jaro Stacul, Chair, SAE Student Paper Award Committee