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The Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History, established in 2009 and sponsored by the Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, is awarded annually for an outstanding monograph published on Russia, Eastern Europe or Eurasia in the field of history in the previous calendar year.
The Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History carries a cash award. The award is presented in November at the ASEEES Annual Convention.
2012 Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History Committee
The winner of the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History will be chosen by the following scholars:
- Henry Reichman, California State University East Bay; Committee Chair, 2009-2012
(mailing address):
Henry Reichman
1507 Beverly Place
Albany, CA 94706 - Lisa Kirschenbaum, West Chester U, 2012-2014
(mailing address):
Lisa A. Kirschenbaum
717 Clymer St
Philadelphia, PA 19147 - Robert Weinberg, Sawrthmore College; 2012-2013
(mailing address):
Robert Weinberg
Swarthmore Colledge
Dept of History, 218 Trotter Hall
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1397
Rules of eligibility
Rules of eligibility for the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History competition are as follows:
- The copyright date inside the book must list the previous calendar year as the date of publication (for example, the book must have been published in 2011 to be eligible for the 2012 competition)
- The book must be originally in the form of a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no more than two authors
- Authors may be of any nationality as long as the work is originally published in English
- Works may deal with any area of Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia
- The competition is open to works of scholarship in history
- Textbooks, collections, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible
Nominating Instructions
Send one copy of eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses above) AND to the ASEEES main office (address in the footnote; electronic notifications to newsnet@pitt.edu). Nominations must be received no later than May 7, 2012.
Submissions should be clearly marked “Reginald Zelnik Book Prize Nomination.” If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the ASEEES main office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.
Past winners of the Zelnik Book Prize
The following scholars received the Zelnik Book Prize in the past:
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2011 - Matthew Lenoe for The Kirov Murder and Soviet History (Yale University Press).
Honorable Mention: Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild for Equality and Revolution: Women's Rights in the Russian Empire, 1905-1917 (University of Pittsburgh Press).
2010 -Robert Edelman for Spartak Moscow: A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State (Cornell University Press)
Honorable Mentions:
- Howard Louthan, Converting Bohemia: Force and Persuasion in the Catholic Reformation (Cambridge University Press)
- Christine Ruane, The Empire's New Clothes: A History of the Russian Fashion Industry, 1700-1917 (Yale University Press)
- Honorable Mention: Lewis H. Siegelbaum, for Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile (Cornell University Press)