IAMHIST-Michael Nelson Prize (9/30/2014)

From: Cynthia Miller <[email protected]>

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

THE 2015 IAMHIST- MICHAEL NELSON PRIZE FOR A WORK IN MEDIA AND HISTORY=20=



The IAMHIST-MICHAEL NELSON PRIZE FOR A WORK IN MEDIA AND HISTORY is a =
biennial prize awarded for the book, radio or television program or =
series, film, DVD, CD-ROM, or URL making the best contribution on the =
subject of media and history, which has been published or shown in the =
preceding two years. =20

The prize is dedicated to Michael Nelson, whose passion for media and =
journalism inspired IAMHIST throughout the years.  For more information =
on Michael Nelson, please consult: www.michaelnelsonbooks.com =20

Two awards will be made.  The first, a prize of $1000, will be for the =
best contribution by a book; the second, a prize of $500 will be for the =
best contribution by a (multi) media contribution.  This second prize =
will consider media such as films, CD-ROMs, and URLs separately from =
print media, in the hope of encouraging the submission of scholarly work =
in non-print media. =20

Submissions for the 2015 IAMHIST Prize for a Work in Media and History =
should reach the committee before September 30, 2014. The prize will be =
awarded for a publication and (multi) media contribution on the subject =
of media and history published or shown between September 2012 =96 =
September 2014. =20

The prize was awarded for the first time in 2007, at the XXIInd IAMHIST =
conference in Amsterdam. The winner was Wendy Webster (University of =
Central Lancashire), for her book ENGLISHNESS AND EMPIRE, 1939-1965 =
(Oxford University Press, 2005).  Thanks to an especially strong field =
of entries, two winners were chosen in 2009: RECONSTRUCTING AMERICAN =
HISTORICAL CINEMA FROM =91CIMMARON TO =91CITIZEN KANE,=92 by Jennifer E. =
Smyth (University of Warwick), and VOICES IN RUINS: GERMAN RADIO AND =
NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION IN THE WAKE OF TOTAL WAR, by Alexander Badenoch =
(Technical University of Eindhoven). Both works were cited by the prize =
committee as making outstanding contributions to the field, based on =
excellence of research, originality, accessibility, and scholarly =
usefulness.  In 2011, the prize was awarded to IT=92S THE PICTURES THAT =
GOT SMALL: HOLLYWOOD FILM STARS ON 1950S TELEVISION (2009), by Christine =
Becker.  In 2013, the first year of the (multi) media prize, the =
recipients were: J. EDGAR HOOVER GOES TO THE MOVIES: THE FBI AND THE =
ORIGINS OF HOLLYWOOD=92S COLD WAR, by James Sbardellati, and THE MEDIA =
HISTORY DIGITAL LIBRARY (www.mediahistoryproject.org).

Rules of the IAMHIST prize: =20

1. The prize is awarded biennially. =20

2. Invitations for submissions and names of the winners will be =
published in the Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, on =
the IAMHIST website, on flyers, displayed in the universities of =
teaching members of IAMHIST, and by letters to appropriate bodies. =20

3. The prize will be awarded for the book, radio or television program =
or series, film, DVD, CD-ROM, or URL making the best contribution on the =
subject of media and history to have been published or shown in the =
preceding two years (which, for the 2015 prize, will be from September =
2012 =96 September 2014). =20

4. Three copies of the work must be submitted to the IAMHIST prize =
sub-committee chair by 30 September of the year preceding the award (in =
this case, September 30, 2014).  =20

5. The submitted work must be in the form of printed text, audio tape, =
VHS cassette, DVD or CD-ROM. It must be accompanied by back-up material, =
as appropriate, such as scripts and shot lists. =20

6. Works which are not in English must be accompanied by an English =
translation or an English synopsis. =20

7. The winner will be selected by a sub-committee of the Council of =
IAMHIST, under the chairmanship of IAMHIST Treasurer, Cynthia Miller.=20

Submissions should be sent to:  Professor Cynthia J. Miller 484 Bolivar =
St. Canton, MA  02021 USA. Email: [email protected] =20

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