Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize for Dance ResearchAwarded each year to the best book in dance whose primary method of approach includes historical inquiry published during the previous three calendar years. The Oscar G. Brockett Book Prize for Dance Research will be awarded each year to the best book in dance published during the previous three calendar years. The award carries a cash value of $1000. DSA adjudicates the award, while the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism at the University of Texas at Austin provides the monetary prize. The Center initiated this DSA Award to honor Professor Brockett and to advance its mission of recognizing the finest scholarship in theatre, dance, and performance history. Scholarly books in any area of dance with a focus on historical inquiry may be nominated. The author need not be primarily identified with the field of dance, so long as the publication itself relates to dance. Edited volumes and collections are not eligible. The award is for works published in the previous three calendar years (2020-2022). NOTE: Titles that have already won a DSA award are not eligible for another award for the same publication.NOTE: Titles may only be submitted for either the Brockett or the Bueno awards, not both. NOTE: DSA membership is a pre-requisite of eligibility for consideration. Nomination Instructions - submission will open in February 2024, (deadline April 20, 2024)2024 Review Committee: Lucia Ruprecht (chair)Institute for Theatre Studies Critical Dance Studies Freie Universität Berlin Grunewaldstr. 35 12165 Berlin Germany Kate Elswit 113 E. Hendrix St. #B
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Authors/Publishers may nominate their own work(s) or DSA members may nominate the work of other authors. Nominations should include the nominator's relationship to the candidate, if any. Email to [email protected] with Brockett Book Prize in the subject line, including author contact information, and book title/eligibility. Send one copy of each nominated title to each committee member. Include print out of letter with each mailing if possible (if not, the email will suffice). Physical books are preferred unless otherwise noted below, but e-books are accepted if necessary. To submit an e-book you may include the file or link in your email to [email protected] and it will be distributed to the reviewers. We welcome nominations or submissions from or on behalf of casualized and independent scholars, researchers, and/or artists. In recognition of the precarity of our current economic situation and growing inequalities in income and wealth, any financial award can be donated to the support fund for casualized professionals and/or for students. We realize that awardees may face intense forms of precarity themselves and, as such, we leave this decision to the discretion of individual awardees. Past Recipients
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