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Ted Jelen Award 2016
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This prize is awarded to the best article published in the section\u2019s journal\u00a0Politics and Religion<\/em>. The winner of the award is selected by the journal\u2019s editors.<\/p>\n

Committee:<\/p>\n

Prof Paul A. Djupe
\nDenison University, USA<\/p>\n

Prof Angelia R. Wilson
\nUniversity of Manchester, UK<\/p>\n

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Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Award will be given annually to a conference paper studying any aspect of religion and politics presented by a Ph.D. student in political science. The conference can be affiliated with any of the US-based political science associations or a conference affiliated with another association, such as the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the American Academy of Religion, the Middle East Studies Association, or the International Studies Association, as long as the paper was written by a student or students enrolled in a graduate program in political science. Papers written with faculty will not be considered. Papers presented at poster sessions are welcome. The award will be announced and presented at the annual APSA conference during the business meeting. The award committee is under no obligation to make an award if no submissions merit such recognition.<\/p>\n

Deadline: 15 April 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Committee<\/p>\n

Dr Matthew J. Nelson (Chair)
\nReader in Politics
\nDepartment of Politics and International Relations
\nSchool of Oriental and African Studies
\nUniversity of London, UK
\nmn6@soas.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Jeremy Menchik
\nAssistant Professor of International Relations
\nFrederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
\nBoston University, USA
\nmenchik@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof Ted G. Jelen
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nUniversity of Nevada, USA
\njelent@unlv.nevada.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr David Buckley
\nAssistant Professor of Political Science
\nPaul Weber Endowed Chair in Politics, Science and Religion
\nUniversity of Louisville, USA
\nDtbuck02@louisville.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Weber Best Conference Paper Award<\/strong> recognizes the best paper dealing with religion and politics presented at the previous year\u2019s APSA Annual Meeting. The paper should address a timely and relevant topic, within the discipline and beyond, in a theoretically innovative and methodologically thorough manner. Please submit nominations to the chair of the committee.<\/p>\n

Deadline for nominations: 15 April 2017 – Self nominations welcome!
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Prof Monica Duffy-Toft (Chair)
\nProfessor of Government and Public Policy
\nBlavatnik School of Government
\nUniversity of Oxford, UK
\nmonica.toft@bsg.oxford.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr David Siroky
\nAssociate Professor of Political Science
\nSchool of Politics and Global Studies
\nArizona State University, USA
\ndavid.siroky@asu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Tanya B. Schwarz
\nVisiting Research Fellow
\nKroc Institute for International Peace Studies
\nUniversity of Notre Dame, USA
\ntanyabschwarz@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom
\nSenior Lecturer
\nPolitical Science Department
\nHebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
\npazit.bennun@mail.huji.ac.il<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dissertations must have been defended in 2015 or 2016. Nominated dissertations need to be sent to all members of the committee by email with a short bio of the author by April 1st<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0 Self-nominations are accepted and encouraged.<\/p>\n

The committee will look for and evaluate the following qualities in the submissions: Clearly defined, timely\/relevant topic; solid and original theoretical grounding; rigorous \/ innovative methodology; significance \/ potential impact of the dissertation project.<\/p>\n

If you have any questions about the award, please contact the committee chair, Nukhet Sandal.<\/p>\n

Aaron Wildavsky Award Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Members<\/p>\n

Dr Nukhet Sandal (Chair)
\nAssistant Professor and Director of War and Peace Studies Program
\nPolitical Science
\nOhio University, USA
\nsandal@ohio.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Ryan Claassen
\nAssociate Professor
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nKent State University, USA
\nrclaasse@kent.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Mona Oraby
\n2016-17 Jerome Hall Postdoctoral Fellow
\nMaurer School of Law
\nIndiana University, USA
\nmoraby@indiana.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Gizem Arikan
\nAssociate Professor
\nDepartment of International Relations
\nYasar University
\nIzmir, Turkey
\ngizem.arikan@yasar.edu.tr<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Hubert Morken Award is given for the best publication dealing with religion and politics published during the last two years.\u00a0The winner will have a clearly defined, relevant topic and contribute new insights to the understanding of religion and politics. The publication or book should be methodologically sound and develop innovative theory in accessible language.<\/p>\n

Submissions should be submitted as soon as possible until March 15, 2017. Email Nandini Deo (ndd208@lehigh.edu)<\/a>\u00a0with any questions or nominations.<\/p>\n

Deadline for nominations: 15 March 2017<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Committee Members<\/p>\n

Dr Nandini Deo (Chair)
\nAssociate Professor
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nLeHigh University, USA
\nndd208@lehigh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Prof Kevin den Dulk
\nPaul Henry Chair in Christianity and Politics
\nCalvin College, USA
\nkrd33@calvin.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Benjamin Schewel
\nAssociate Fellow
\nInstitute for Advanced Studies in Culture
\nUniversity of Virginia, USA
\nbbs9g@virginia.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr Helge Arsheim
\nPostdoctoral Fellow
\nFaculty of Theology
\nUniversity of Oslo, Norway
\nhelge.arsheim@teologi.uio.no<\/a><\/p>\n

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Distinguished Reviewer Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order recognize the important work involved in the peer review process, the Section Journal, Politics and Religion, will honor five outstanding reviewers per year. Selected by the Journal editor or editorial team, honorees will be recognized for their dedication at the annual business meeting and each will receive a $50 gift certificate from Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ted Jelen Award 2016 This prize is awarded to the best article published in the section\u2019s journal\u00a0Politics and Religion. The winner of the award is selected by the journal\u2019s editors. Committee: Prof Paul A. Djupe Denison University, USA Prof Angelia R. Wilson University of Manchester, UK Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,34,55,27,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-graduate-student-paper-award","category-hubert-morken-best-book-award","category-section-awards","category-ted-jelen-award","category-weber-best-conference-paper-award"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}