Award Details

The Human Rights Section of ISA (HR-ISA) has two paper awards for papers presented at the ISA annual conference: a Graduate Student award and a Faculty/Professional award.

1. Steven C. Poe Graduate Student Paper Award

HR-ISA has named its Graduate Student Paper Award in honor of the late Steven

C. Poe in recognition of his contributions in the field of human rights and

support to graduate students. To be eligible for the award, the paper must be

presented at the ISA  annual meeting immediately preceding the deadline (not

restricted to the human rights section panels), and must be original (not

presented or published elsewhere) research in the field of human rights.

Papers  presented as posters are also eligible for the award. The award will

be accompanied by $100 as well as a paid one-year membership in the Human

Rights Section. In addition, the winner will receive $300 to subsidize travel

to the following year’s ISA meeting (contingent upon provision of receipts).

Papers may be nominated by panel chairs/discussants or other conference

participants, and by authors.  Papers should have been uploaded to the ISA

website by the deadline.  Alternatively, if you are submitting your own paper

for consideration, please submit it electronically to the Chair of the

committee.

Submit nomination to: Bethany Barratt- bbarratt [at] rosevelt [dot] edu

Deadline for submission: 15 June 2011

Award committee: two at-large members of the executive committee and one

additional member (non-executive committee) chosen by the section Chair.

2. Faculty/Professional Best Paper Award

This award will be given to the best paper presented at the ISA annual

conference in 2010 by a faculty member (not restricted to rank) or professional

or activist. Eligibility is limited to Human Rights Section-sponsored panels,

and must be original (not presented or published elsewhere) research in the

field of human rights. The award is accompanied by $100 as well as a paid

one-year membership in the Human Rights Section. In addition, the winning paper

will be forwarded (with the consent of the author) to the Journal of Human

Rights for special consideration for publication. Papers may be nominated by

panel chairs/discussants or other conference participants, and by authors.

Papers should have been uploaded to the ISA website by the deadline.

Alternatively, if you are submitting your own paper for consideration, please

submit it electronically to the Chair of the committee.

Submit nomination to: Jennifer Abbassi - abbassijd [at] longwood {dot} edu

Deadline for submission: 15 June 2011

Award committee: two at-large members of the executive committee and one

additional member (non-executive committee) chosen by the section Chair.

The section would like to recognize the generous contribution made by the Journal of Human Rights and its editor, Richard Hiskes, in funding these awards. The Journal of Human Rights is a Routledge/Taylor and Francis publication.