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The Zuckerman Prize in American Studies
The McNeil Center for Early
American Studies is pleased to announce the
debut of The Zuckerman Prize
in American studies, given in honor of
Hyman Zuckerman and Henrietta
Zuckerman Landis, parents of
University of Pennsylvania professor
Michael Zuckerman.
The Zuckerman prize offers $2000
for the best dissertation connecting
American history (in any period)
with literature and/or art. Only
unpublished dissertations formally
accepted between 1 January 1 2007 and
31 December 2009 qualify for the prize.
Submissions will be evaluated
for the seriousness and originality
with which the dissertation engages
relationships among history, art
and/or literature, the significance of
the
treatment to scholarship in the field,
and the overall quality of the
writing.
Applicants should submit four
copies of the entire dissertation and
request a confidential letter from the
dissertation director commenting on the
intellectual significance of the
work, to be mailed separately or
included in an envelope with the
supervisor’s signature across the seal.
Applications must be postmarked
by 1 March 2010 and submitted to
McNeil Center for Early American Studies
University of Pennsylvania
3355 Woodland Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4531
Questions may be directed to
mceas@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
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