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 Only unpublished dissertations formally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

 

The Zuckerman Prize

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