Deadline: 15 February 2009
The Women and Politics and Foundations of Political Theory sections of the American Political Science Association and the Women’s Caucus for Political Science announce the Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory. The award commemorates the scholarly, mentoring, and professional contributions of Susan Moller Okin and Iris Marion Young to the development of the field of feminist political theory. This annual award recognizes the best paper on feminist political theory published in an English language academic journal during the previous calendar year. Papers will be considered by self-nomination or nomination by other individuals. The award carries a cash award of $600. To be eligible, the article must have been published in 2008.
The deadline for submissions is February 15, 2009. To be considered for the award, one copy of the article should be sent to each member of the award committee by mail or electronically as a PDF attachment:
Award Committee Chair:
Joan Tronto
Professor of Political Science
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 5202
New York, NY 10016
jtronto [at] gc.cuny.edu
Award Committee Members:
Lori Marso
Professor of Political Science
Director of Women’s and Gender Studies
Union College
Schenectady, NY 12309
518-388-6423
marsol [at] union.edu
Wendy Gunther-Canada
Professor of Government
Political Science Program Director
University of Alabama at Birmingham
406 Heritage Hall
1401 University Boulevard
Birmingham, AL 35294
wgunther [at] uab.edu
Last year’s winners were Stephen T. Leonard and Joan C. Tronto for “The Genders of Citizenship,” American Political Science Review, 101 (1), February 2007: 33-46, and Tamara Metz “The Liberal Case for Disestablishing Marriage,” Contemporary Political Theory, 6 (2), May 2007: 196-217.
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