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Labor & Labor Movements Section Call for Award submissions

1/13/2020

 
2020 Labor and Labor Movement awards 

a) Distinguished Scholarly Book Award DEADLINE: 2/1/2020
The LLM’s section's Distinguished Scholarly Book Award goes to what is judged by the award committee to be the best book based on original research published in the sociology of work, the labor process, the working class, labor unions, or working class movements. To qualify, the book must have been published between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019. No more than one book nomination per person is allowed. Section members are strongly urged to nominate books for the prize. Self-nominations are welcome. In order to be considered by the committee, the author (or authors) must join or be members of the Labor section. Please send your nomination to the committee chair Jasmine Kerrissey, at jasmine@soc.umass.edu no later than February 1, 2020. Upon receipt of your email nomination, you will be provided with the mailing addresses of the award committee members. Nominators/Nominees/Publishers will have until March 1, 2020 to send hard-copies to the committee members.

b) Distinguished Scholarly Article Award DEADLINE: 3/01/2020
The LLM section’s Distinguished Scholarly Article Award goes to what is judged by the award committee to be the best article in the sociology of work, the labor process, the working class, labor unions, or working class movements published between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019. Articles based on qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodologies are welcome. Research may be U.S. based, international, or global in scope. Section members are strongly urged to nominate articles for the prize. Self-nominations are welcome. In order to be considered by the committee, the author (or authors) must join or be members of the Labor section. Nominations must include an electronic copy of (or link to) the article, and all nominations must be received no later than March 1, 2020. Please send all nominations to the chair of the award committee, Vanesa Ribas, at vribas@ucsd.edu.

c) Student Paper Award DEADLINE: 3/01/2020
The LLM section’s Distinguished Student Paper Award goes to what is judged by the award committee to be the best paper written by a graduate student on the sociology of work, the labor process, the working class, labor unions, or working class movements between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019. Papers based on qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodologies are welcome. Research may be U.S. based, international, or global in scope. Published papers, papers under review, and unpublished article-length manuscripts are eligible. Authors must be enrolled students at the time the paper was written and cannot have won the student paper award in the previous 3 years. In addition, authors must be members of the LLM section at the time of submission. The winner receives $250. Section members may self-nominate, and faculty should encourage graduate students to submit promising work. Nominations must include an electronic copy of the paper and must be submitted no later than March 1, 2020 to the Distinguished Student Paper Award committee chair, Lu Zhang at lu.zhang1@temple.edu.

Book Award reminder

1/31/2019

 
Dear Colleagues, 

Friendly reminder that Friday is the last day to submit nominations or self nominations for the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award.  

Step one: Send a nomination email to the committee chair, Dr. Penny Lewis at Penny.Lewis@cuny.edu.     

Step two: After receiving nomination emails, Dr. Lewis will provide you with information of where to send hard copies of the book.  All books must be received by the committee members by March 1st 2019.   

Here is the original call:

Distinguished Scholarly Book Award DEADLINE: 2/1/2019
The LLM’s section Distinguished Scholarly Book Award goes to what is judged by the award committee to be the best book based on original research published in the sociology of work, the labor process, the working class, labor unions, or working class movements. To qualify, the book must have been published between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2018. No more than one book nomination per person is allowed. Section members are strongly urged to nominate books for the prize. Self- nominations are welcome. In order to be considered by the committee, the author (or authors) must join or be members of the Labor section. Please send your nomination to the committee chair, Penny Lewis (Penny.Lewis@cuny.edu), no later than February 1, 2019. Upon receipt of your email nomination, you will be provided with the mailing addresses of the award committee members.
Nominators/Nominees/Publishers will have until March 1, 2019 to send hard-copies to the committee members.

Section Award Deadlines!

2/20/2018

 
Distinguished Scholarly Article Award DEADLINE: 3/01/2018
The LLM section is sponsoring the Distinguished Scholarly Article Award for outstanding scholarship for the best article published between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017. The article is open to both qualitative and quantitative orientations and can reflect work that is U.S.-based or global in scope. Section members are strongly urged to nominate articles for the prize. Self-nominations are welcome. In order to be considered by the committee, the author (or authors) must join or be members of the Labor section.  Nominations must include an electronic copy of (or link to) the article, and all nominations must be received no later than March 1, 2018. Please send all nominations to the chair of the award committee, Penny Lewis, at penny.lewis@cuny.edu.
 
Distinguished Student Paper Award DEADLINE: 3/01/2018
The LLM section’s Distinguished Student Paper Award goes to the best paper written by a graduate student between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017. All methodological orientations and substantive topics related to labor and/or labor movements are welcome. Published papers, papers under review, and unpublished article-length manuscripts are eligible. Authors must be enrolled students at the time the paper was written and cannot have won the student paper award in the previous 3 years. In addition, authors must be members of the LLM section at the time of submission. The winner receives $150. Section members may self-nominate, and faculty should encourage graduate students to submit promising work. Nominations must include an electronic copy of the paper and must be sent no later than March 1, 2018 to the Distinguished Student Paper Award committee chair, Jasmine Kerrissey, at jasmine@soc.umass.edu.

PhD Scholarship Program

1/6/2018

 
PhD Scholarship Program: The University of Padova (Italy) and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) have created two scholarship programmes to enable talented Chinese  students to undertake a PhD programme at Padova. Our Phd School in Social Sciences participates to these programmes. Our PhD programme is distinctive because is firmly located within a broadly defined social science tradition. Our students draw on any of the different fields of cultural construction, as well as communication processes, world migration, religious behaviours, gender studies, social construction of normality and deviance, labour studies. If some of your students are interested in applying for these PhDs research opportunities deadline is January 19, 2018: http://www.unipd.it/en/scholarships-chinese-phd-students

2018 Labor and Labor Movements Section Awards: Call for Nominations

12/9/2017

 
Distinguished Scholarly Article Award
DEADLINE: 3/01/2018

The LLM section is sponsoring the Distinguished Scholarly Article Award for outstanding scholarship for the best article published between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017. The article is open to both qualitative and quantitative orientations and can reflect work that is U.S. - based or global in scope. Section members are strongly urged to nominate articles for the prize. Self - nominations are welcome. In order to be considered by the committee, the author (or authors) must join or be members of the Labor section. Nominations must in- clude an electronic copy of (or link to) the article, and all nominations must be received no later than March 1, 2018 . Please send all nominations to the chair of the award committee, Penny Lewis, at penny.lewis@cuny.edu



Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
DEADLINE: 2/1/2018

The LLM's section's book award goes to what the Book Award Committee judges "the best book published in the sociology of work, the labor process, the working class, labor unions, or working class movements, based on original research." To qualify, the book must have been published between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017, and the author must be a section member at the time of nomination. No more than one book nomina- tion per person. Please send your nomination to the committee chair, Joshua Bloom at jbloom@pitt.edu, no later than February 1, 2018 . Upon receipt of your email nomination, you will be provided with the mail- ing addresses of the award committee members. Nominators/Nominees/Publishers will have until March 1, 2018 to send hard-copies to the seven (7) committee members .


Distinguished Student Paper Award
DEADLINE: 3/01/2018

The LLM section's Distinguished Student Paper Award goes to the best paper written by a graduate student between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017. All methodological orientations and substantive topics relat- ed to labor and/or labor movements are welcome. Published papers, papers under review, and unpublished article-length manuscripts are eligible. Authors must be enrolled students at the time the paper was written and cannot have won the student paper award in the previous 3 years. In addition, authors must be members of the LLM section at the time of submission. The winner receives $150. Section members may self - nominate, and faculty should encourage graduate students to submit promising work. Nominations must include an electronic copy of the paper and must be sent no later than March 1, 2018 to the Distinguished Student Paper Award committee chair, Jasmine Kerrissey, at jasmine@soc.umass.edu



Call for 2016 Working-Class Studies Association Annual Award Submissions    Deadline for Nominations: Friday, January 20th, 2017

11/30/2016

 
The Working-Class Studies Association (WCSA) invites nominations (including self-nominations) for awards covering the year of 2016. Award categories are:
  • Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing: Published books of poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, and other genres
  • C.L.R. James Award for Published Books for Academic or General Audiences
  • Russo & Linkon Award for Published Article or Essay for Academic or General Audiences
  • Studs Terkel Award for Media and Journalism: Single published articles or series, broadcast media, multimedia, and film
  • Constance Coiner Award for Best Dissertation: Completed dissertations
In all categories, we invite nominations of excellent work that provides insightful and engaging depictions of working-class life, culture, and movements; addresses issues related to the working class; and highlights the voices, experiences, and perspectives of working-class people.

To be eligible, works must have been published (in the case of books or articles) or completed (in the case of films and dissertations) between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016.

To nominate a work for consideration, please send three hard copies (submit books and dissertations on paper, other materials may be submitted on paper or in electronic form) with a cover letter, identifying the category in which you are nominating the work and a brief explanation of why you think the work deserves recognition.
                           
Nominations are due by January 20th 2017. Submit electronic nominations to: Tim Strangleman: t.strangleman@kent.ac.uk
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent, Canterbury 
Kent CT2 7NF, UK 

Books nominations should be sent to:  c/o Dr. Christie Launius, Director, Women’s and Gender Studies, Sage Hall 3457, UW Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI  54901

For more information on the awards, contact Tim Strangleman, WCSA Past-President, at t.strangleman@kent.ac.uk

Winners will be announced at the 2017 Working Class Studies Association conference at, May 31 to June 3, 2017, on the campus of Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. Winners will receive free conference registration and a plaque.

Details of the awards and past winners can be found on the WCSA website: https://wcstudiesassociation.wordpress.com/

Award Reminder: ASA-LLM Call for Awards

3/19/2015

 
Section on Labor and Labor Movements Call for Awards Nominations
http://www.asanet.org/sections/labor_awards.cfm

Remaining Key Deadlines:
3/31/15: Distinguished Scholarly Article Award
4/1/15: Distinguished Student Paper Award

Reminder:  ASA-LLM Call for Awards

2/12/2015

 
Section on Labor and Labor Movements Call for Awards Nominations.  Head to:
http://www.asanet.org/sections/labor_awards.cfm

Remaining Key Deadlines:
3/31/15: Distinguished Scholarly Article Award
4/1/15: Distinguished Student Paper Award

ASA-LLM Call for Awards

12/17/2014

 
Section on Labor and Labor Movements Call for Awards Nominations
http://www.asanet.org/sections/labor_awards.cfm

Section on Labor and Labor Movements Distinguished Student Paper Award, Co-Sponsored by Critical Sociology 
The Labor and Labor Movements section sponsors the Distinguished Student Paper Award, Co-Sponsored by Critical Sociology as an award for the best paper written by a graduate student in the previous year. Published papers, papers under review, and unpublished article-length manuscripts are eligible. The paper must have been written between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014, and the author must have been enrolled as a graduate student at the time the paper was written. Those that have won the student paper award in the previous 3 years are not eligible. The winner receives $500 ($250 of which is funded by Critical Sociology). The winning paper and runners-up will receive editorial feedback from the committee and are encouraged to submit the paper to Critical Sociology for the standard review process.  All methodological orientations and substantive topics related to labor and/or labor movements are welcome. Section members are encouraged to self-nominate and faculty to encourage graduate students to submit promising work.  Nominations must include an electronic copy of the paper and must be sent no later than April 1, 2015 to the Distinguished Student Paper Award, Co-sponsored by Critical Sociology, committee chair, Jeff Sallaz at jsallaz@email.arizona.edu.


Section on Labor and Labor Movements Distinguished Scholarly Article Award
The Labor and Labor Movements section gives an annual award for the Distinguished Scholarly Article. For 2014, the distinguished scholarly article award will go to the best article published between January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014. The article is open to both qualitative and quantitative orientations and can reflect work that is U.S.-based or global in scope. Section members are strongly urged to nominate articles for the prize. Self-nominations are always welcomed. All nominations must be received no later than March 31, 2015. Please send all nominations to the chair of the awards committee, Marcos Lopez at mlopez@bowdoin.edu.

Section on Labor and Labor Movements Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
The LLM's section's book award goes to what the Book Award Committee judges "the best book published in the sociology of work, the labor process, the working class, labor unions, or working class movements, based on original research."  To qualify, the book must have been published between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2014.  You may nominate more than one book.  Please send your nomination(s) to the committee Chair, Belinda Lum at bclum1974@gmail.com, no later than January 15, 2015.

Call for Papers/Call for Reviewers: Student Forum Paper Sessions and Award

12/12/2014

 
Call for Papers


Hello students,

The ASA Student Forum Advisory Board (SFAB) would like to invite students to submit their papers for participation in the 2015 Annual Meeting held in Chicago, IL. Papers are peer reviewed and up to five papers will be selected to present in one of two paper sessions. Those who are not selected will be considered for round table session. This year the theme of the conference is Sexualities and we encourage student to submit on the topic theme (though it is not necessary).

Each year the SFAB also selects a paper award winner out of the collection of papers we receive. The winner receives a $100 award upon notification and a $225 Student Forum travel award to help defray travel expenses to the Annual Meeting.

The online paper submission portal is now open and will be until the January 7, 2015 (3 PM EST) deadline. For more information about the award, submissions, and funding available to students please visit our webpage:http://www.asanet.org/students/forum.cfm


Call for Reviewers

The ASA SFAB team would like to invite students and faculty members to volunteer as reviewers for this year’s student paper submissions. Papers are peer reviewed and each year up to five papers are selected to be in one of two paper sessions. Those who are not selected will be considered for round table session. This year the theme of the conference is Sexualities, and we encourage students to submit on the topic theme (though it is not necessary).

Each year the SFAB also selects a paper award winner, based on reviewer input, out of the collection of papers we receive. The winner receives a $100 award upon notification and a $225 Student Forum travel to help defray travel expenses to the Annual Meeting.

The 2015 online paper submission portal is now open and will remain open until the deadline on January 7, 2015 at 3pm EST. Reviewers will need to be available between mid-January and the end of February for the process. New this year is an invitation to faculty members that would also like to volunteer their time to review. This was added in order to make our internal review process more rigorous and provide additional support to those students who wish to publish in the future. 

If you are interested please see the attached form and peer review document and return to Nicole MacInnis no later than January 15, 2015. For more information about the award, submissions, peer review, paper processes, and funding available to students please visit our webpage http://www.asanet.org/students/forum.cfm.

Please feel free to pass the call for papers and call for reviewers to anyone interested, both students and faculty members. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Nicole.

Enjoy your winter break,
The Student Forum Advisory Panel

 

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