CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies

On behalf of the Association for the Study of Nationalities and the Harriman Institute, we are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies.

The Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies, sponsored by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, is awarded annually by the ASN for an outstanding book published in the previous calendar year on Russia, Eastern Europe or Eurasia in which substantial attention is paid to questions of ethnicity and/or nationalism.

The deadline for receipt of all nominations is December 16, 2024. (We will accept books with a 2024 publication date that are published after December 16, as long as they are received no later than January 17, 2025. Please contact the chair of the prize committee at [email protected] prior to the December 16, 2024 deadline if you plan to submit a book after December 16.)

The name of the winner will be announced as part of the Annual ASN World Convention, to be held in May 2025.

Rules of Eligibility

Rules of eligibility for the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies are as follows:

• The copyright date inside the book must list 2024 as the date of publication.
• Authors may be of any nationality as long as the work is published in English.
• Works may deal with any area of Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia (including the Balkans, Central Europe, the Baltics, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Afghanistan, and China). Theoretical works on ethnicity and nationalism that are relevant to the region will also be considered.
• The competition is open to works of scholarship in any field, so long as substantial attention is paid to the study of nationalism and/or ethnicity, broadly defined.
• Edited volumes, textbooks, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible.
• Books by currently serving judges of the Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies, or by immediate family members of this group, are not eligible.

2025 Joseph Rothschild Book Prize Committee

The winner of the 2025 Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies will be chosen by the following scholars:

Dmitry Gorenburg, Harvard University; Committee Chair

Adrienne Edgar, University of California, Santa Barbara

Denisa Kostovicova, London School of Economics and Political Science

Katalin Rac, Emory University

Nominating Instructions:

Contact us at [email protected] to request mailing addresses of the Book Prize Committee members. You will need to send one copy of each eligible monograph to each Committee member AND to the ASN office at:

Rothschild Book Prize Nomination

c/o Jennie Schulze

Book Review Editor, Nationalities Papers

Department of Political Science

Duquesne University, College Hall 503

600 Forbes Ave

Pittsburgh PA, 15282

Nominations must be received no later than December 16, 2024. (We will accept books with a 2024 publication date that are published after December 16, as long as they are received no later than January 17, 2025.)

Submissions should be clearly marked “Rothschild Book Prize Nomination” and, if sent internationally, should be marked Delivered duty paid (DDP). If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received, please enclose with the copy mailed to the ASN office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.