SSHM 2010 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition
The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to its 2010 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition http://www.sshm.org/
Link to the rules and entry form:
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Rules
The Society for the Social History of Medicine invites submissions to
its 2010 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition.
1. Prize: One prize will be awarded for the best original, unpublished
essay in the social history of medicine in this competition. The
winner will be awarded £500.00. The winning entry may also be published
in the journal, Social History of Medicine, subject to the usual
editorial procedures, including double blind refereeing.
2. Eligible Candidates: Students: undergraduate or postgraduate,
part-time or full-time.
All candidates must join the Society for the Social History of
Medicine. A membership form is available on the SSHM’s website
http://www.sshm.org. Alternatively, please contact the Membership
Secretary of the SSHM. (The membership requirement may be waived for
residents of developing countries as listed on the OUP website. Please
contact the Membership Secretary.)
The essay competition is only for students registered as of the
deadline for submission of entries and for those students who have been
awarded their postgraduate degree (e.g. Masters, PhD, DPhil) in 2010.
Candidates who are uncertain as to whether they are eligible to enter
the competition should contact the Secretary before preparing their entry.
3. Essays must be:
Unpublished and not submitted to any other competition at the same time
Written in English
Anonymous (Authors must identify themselves only on a detachable cover
sheet)
5,000-8,000 words in length (including footnotes).
In conformity with the bibliographic conventions of Social History of
Medicine, available at http://www.sshm.org.
NOTE: The same essay cannot be submitted more than once, and entries
from previous years will not be accepted.
4. Assessment Panel: The panel chaired by the Chair of the Society for
the Social History of Medicine, consists of the Society's
Representative on the Editorial Board, one of the Editors of Social
History of Medicine, and another member of the Executive Council of the
Society for the Social History of Medicine, with the assistance of
other members of the editorial board.
5. To enter: Please send an electronic version of the essay and a
short CV to the SSHM Membership Secretary, Dr Catherine Cox, as email
attachments (email address: Catherine.cox@ucd.ie). Please send a hard
copy of the completed form (see below) via mail to Dr Catherine Cox,
School of History and Archives, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield,
Dublin 4, Ireland. The deadline for mailing entries is 1 February 2011.
All entries must be emailed on or before the deadline date; a
decision will be made by 30 June 2011, and the announcement of the
prizewinners will be made at the AGM of the Society.
NOTES - The Editors of Social History of Medicine reserve the right to
consider any of the entries for publication, subject to normal
refereeing procedures.
- Members of the Executive Committee of the SSHM or the Editorial
Board of Social History of Medicine may not enter either competition,
even if otherwise eligible.
- The prize will not be awarded if the Assessment Panel considers
that none of the essays reaches an acceptable standard.
- Membership Secretary: Dr Catherine Cox, School of History and
Archives, John Henry Newman Building, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Click here for application form and more information
Mike Liffey
Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland
University College Dublin