The ASMI Graduate Essay Prize 2008 will be awarded to an outstanding piece of unpublished work by a graduate student, dealing with some aspect of modern Italy (history, society, politics) in the period between 1780 and the present. The work may be an essay, article, dissertation or chapter of a thesis between 5,000 and 10,000 words in length.
The cash value of the prize will be 500 Euros (approximately £300). The prize-winning work will be considered for publication in the Association's journal Modern Italy, subject to the journal's normal refereeing procedures. The prize will be presented to the winner during the Association's Annual Conference in November 2008.
Please send an electronic copy to Paola Filippucci.
Applicants should be currently registered for a postgraduate degree or have completed a postgraduate degree not more than twelve months before the closing date for this competition. Non-graduate work is not eligible.
All applicants should be members of ASMI. Membership Details
Submissions should be written in either English or Italian, and must not currently be under consideration for publication. Work that exceeds the word limits stated above will not be accepted.
For any queries please contact the ASMI Secretary
2003 - Duncan McDonnell (Ph. D. candidate, University of York, UK) 'Subnational politics in Genoa: new wine in old bottles?'
2004 - Paul Garfinkel (post-doctoral student, University of Harvard, USA) 'Quantifying backwardness: statisticians, criminologists and Italy's "sad primacy" in the South'
2005 - No prize awarded
2006 - Equal winners:
Niamh Cullen (Ph.D. candidate, IRCHSS Scholar, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
Kyle Liston (Ph.D. candidate, Indiana University-Bloomington, USA)