{"id":510,"date":"2011-08-02T05:58:41","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T05:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=510"},"modified":"2011-08-04T06:08:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T06:08:24","slug":"joel-gregory-prize-2012-prix-joel-gregory-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"Joel Gregory Prize 2012 \/ Prix Joel Gregory 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canadian Association of African Studies is seeking nominees for the prestigious Joel Gregory book prize 2012, by 15 December 2011 for monographs published in 2010 and 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n

Joel Gregory Prize 2012<\/strong>
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The Canadian Association of African Studies recognizes excellence in scholarship through an award established in 1989 in honour of leading demographer and one-time editor of the Canadian Journal of African Studies \/ Revue canadienne des \u00e9tudes africaines, Joel Gregory.\u00a0 The Joel Gregory Prize, valued at $1,000, is announced at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of African Studies. Nominations are accepted in the two years preceding the conferring of the Prize.\u00a0 The winner of the 2010 competition (covering books published in the calendar years 2008 and 2009) was announced at the Africa Matters conference, 05-07 May, 2010, Carleton University. Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2012 Prize, for books published (or to be published) in the years 2010 and 2011.
\nThe Joel Gregory Prize is awarded to the best book published in African Studies in the social sciences and humanities, written by a Canadian, a landed immigrant, or an African who has completed a Ph. D. programme in Canada or has worked in a Canadian organization devoted to the promotion of knowledge of Africa.
\nA Committee of three distinguished scholars is appointed by the Canadian Association of African Studies to consider nominees.\u00a0 Publishers are expected to send three copies of their nominated book to the address below in advance of the deadline of 15 December 2011 (for the 2012 prize).
\nEdited collections are excluded from the competition, but co-authored works which come under the criteria of paragraph two above are not.\u00a0 Multi-authored works cannot be considered, nor can textbooks, syntheses or works which survey the field.<\/p>\n

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\nThe criteria are as follows:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The work must be original and be deemed by the Committee to have a potential\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 seminal impact on African Studies;<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It must portray an innovative methodological approach or innovative analytical\/theoretical perspective, preferably transcending individual disciplines;<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It must be based on extensive research;<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It must be written in a clear, accessible manner.<\/p>\n

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Prix (2012) Joel Gregory Prize (2012) <\/span>
\nCanadian Association of African Studies\/ <\/span>
\nAssociation canadienne des \u00e9tudes africaines <\/span>
\nc\/o Institute of African Studies <\/span>
\nCarleton University <\/span>
\n228 Paterson Hall <\/span>
\n1125 Colonel By Drive <\/span>
\nOttawa, ON K1S 5B6 <\/span>
\nCanada<\/span><\/p>\n

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L\u2019Association Canadienne des \u00c9tudes Africaines recherche, avant le 15 d\u00e9cembre 2011, des candidats pour le prix Jo\u00ebl Gregory du meilleur livre en 2012 (monographies publi\u00e9es en 2010 et 2011).<\/p>\n

Les d\u00e9tails et marches \u00e0 suivre figurent ci-dessous :<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Prix Jo\u00ebl Gregory 2012<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dans la volont\u00e9 de reconna\u00eetre l\u2019excellence dans la production et la cr\u00e9ation des connaissances sur l\u2019Afrique, l\u2019Association canadienne des \u00e9tudes africaines (AC\u00c9A) a \u00e9tabli en 1989 le Prix Jo\u00ebl Gregory. Avant sa mort en 1988, Jo\u00ebl \u00e9tait professeur de d\u00e9mographie \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019association et r\u00e9dacteur de la Revue canadienne des \u00e9tudes africaines.
\nLe Prix Jo\u00ebl Gregory est d\u00e9cern\u00e9 tous les deux ans pour la meilleure monographie qui porte sur l\u2019Afrique dans les sciences sociales et humaines \u00e9crite par une canadienne ou un canadien, un immigrant ou une immigrante r\u00e9\u00e7u-e, une personne de l\u2019Afrique qui a fait son doctorat au Canada ou qui a travaill\u00e9 pour un organisme canadien qui a promu la connaissance de l\u2019Afrique.
\nLe Prix Jo\u00ebl Gregory, d\u2019une valeur de $1,000, est annonc\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019AC\u00c9A. Les nominations sont accept\u00e9es durant les deux ans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dant l\u2019attribution du prix. Le gagnant de la comp\u00e9tition 2010 (pour les livres publi\u00e9s en 2008 et 2009) \u00e9tait annonc\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de l\u2019ACEA \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Carleton. Les candidatures sont pr\u00e9sentement accept\u00e9es pour le Prix de 2012, pour les livres publi\u00e9s en 2010 et en 2011.
\nUn comit\u00e9 de trois professeurs\/chercheurs est d\u00e9sign\u00e9 par l’Association canadienne des \u00e9tudes africaines afin d’\u00e9valuer les candidatures. Les \u00e9diteurs doivent envoyer trois copies des livres s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9s \u00e0 l’adresse ci-dessous avant le 15 d\u00e9cembre 2011 (pour le Prix de 2012). Les livres collectifs comportant de nombreux articles par des auteurs diff\u00e9rents ne sont pas \u00e9ligibles. Cependant, des monographies \u00e9crites par de co-auteurs telles que d\u00e9finies par le crit\u00e8re #2 seront re\u00e7us. Les travaux de deux auteurs et plus ainsi les manuels et les livres de synth\u00e8se ne sont pas accept\u00e9s.
\nLes crit\u00e8res d’admissibilit\u00e9 sont:<\/p>\n

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1. Le travail doit \u00eatre original et innovateur et doit avoir un impact sur les \u00e9tudes africaines;<\/p>\n

2. Il doit inclure une approche m\u00e9thodologique ou une approche th\u00e9orique et analytique innovante qui, pr\u00e9f\u00e9rablement, transcenderait les barri\u00e8res disciplinaires;<\/p>\n

3. Il doit \u00eatre bas\u00e9 sur des recherches approfondies;<\/p>\n

4. Il doit \u00eatre \u00e9crit dans un langage clair et accessible.<\/p>\n

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Prix (2012) Jo\u00ebl Gregory Prize (2012) <\/span>
\nCanadian Association of African Studies\/ <\/span>
\nAssociation canadienne des \u00e9tudes africaines <\/span>
\nc\/o Institute of African Studies <\/span>
\nCarleton University <\/span>
\n228 Paterson Hall <\/span>
\n1125 Colonel By Drive <\/span>
\nOttawa, ON K1S 5B6 <\/span>
\nCanada<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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