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Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards The AJS is pleased to announce the Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards, the first annual book award program to be offered by the Association for Jewish Studies, made possible by funding from the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation of Portland, Oregon. These awards will recognize and promote outstanding scholarship in the field of Jewish studies and will honor scholars whose work embodies the best in the field: rigorous research, theoretical sophistication, innovative methodology, and excellent writing. The awards are structured to recognize all areas of Jewish studies research, paying tribute to both the breadth and depth of AJS members’ scholarship. Beginning in 2008, the AJS will award two $5,000 Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards on an annual basis. The prizes will recognize outstanding achievement in a total of eight categories—two per year—with subjects rotating over a four-year period. The eight categories are: · Philosophy and Jewish Thought The two submission categories for 2008 are: · Philosophy and Jewish Thought Only AJS members in good standing may submit their books for consideration or be nominated for consideration by a third party (publisher, etc.). Any book published in English within four years of the deadline is eligible for consideration. A book may be submitted up to two times within a four-year cycle. Scholars at all stages of their careers are eligible to apply. A committee of scholars who represent excellence in the year’s designated fields will serve as judges. Recipients of the Jordan Schnitzer Book Awards will be recognized at a reception held each year in their honor at the AJS conference; the award will also be announced in AJS publications and other professional and national media. The AJS will accept submissions from February through June of 2008 (click here for submission instructions), with the first recipients to be announced at the AJS’s 40th Annual Conference, December 21 – 23, 2008 at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, DC.
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