Comparative Historical Sociology, ASA

Category: Announcements

  • Flash Panel on War in Gaza

    “Comparative-Historical Sociology and the War in the Gaza”

    Tuesday, December 19, 2023  12:00-1:30PM EST

    Register HERE

    The Comparative Historical Sociology (CHS) section and CHAT (Comparative Historical Analysis and Theory) invite you to a flash panel on the war in Gaza.  In this panel, sociologists with deep expertise and personal engagement with Palestine-Israel will reflect on the October 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s ongoing reprisals in Gaza and the West Bank, considering the current conflict in its historical, comparative, regional, contemporary, and ethical context.

    The panel discussants include: 

    Areej Sabbagh-Khoury  – Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

    ·       Author of Colonizing Palestine: The Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba (2023)

    Weeam Hammoudeh – Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University

    ·       Publications in The Lancet, Journal of Palestine Studies, Reproductive Health Matters, European Journal of Public Health

    Yael Berda – Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    ·      Author of Colonial Bureaucracy and Contemporary Citizenship: Legacies of race and emergency in the British Empire (2023), Living Emergency: Israel’s Permit Regime in the West Bank (2017)

    Atef Said – Department of Sociology, University of Illinois-Chicago

    ·       Author of Revolution Squared: Tahrir, Political Possibilities and Counterrevolution in Egypt (2023)

    Andy Clarno – Department of Sociology, University of Illinois-Chicago

    ·       Author of Neoliberal Apartheid: Palestine/Israel and South Africa after 1994 (2017)

    Jonathan Wyrtzen – Department of Sociology, Yale University (moderator)

    ·       Author of Worldmaking in the Long Great War: How Local and Colonial Struggles Shaped the Modern Middle East (2022), Making Morocco: Colonial Intervention and the Politics of Identity (2015)

  • Call for Awards- 2024

    Comparative-Historical Sociology

    CALL FOR AWARD NOMINATIONS

    Global Note: All nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for section awards.

    IBN KHALDUN DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD

    The section presents the Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Career Award every year in order to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. This is one of the most celebrated awards given by the section, and it is presented only to scholars of the utmost distinction.

    To nominate someone for the award, please send a letter of nomination to the award committee below. The letter should briefly discuss the significance and impact of the nominee on the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. Please also provide the most current curriculum vitae for the nominee as well as the nominee’s contact information, including their e-mail address. Nominations must be received by all members of the committee by March 31, 2024.

    Please note that nominees must have received their Ph.D. no later than 1998. All nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:
    Anthony S. Chen (chair), Northwestern University, anthony-chen@northwestern.edu
    Angel Adams Parham, University of Virginia, pnh7bj@virginia.edu
    Rebecca Jean Emigh, University of California, Los Angeles, Emigh@soc.ucla.edu

    BARRINGTON MOORE BOOK AWARD

    The section presents the Barrington Moore Book Award every year to the best book in the area of comparative-historical sociology.

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated books must have been published in one of the two years immediately prior to the year of the award (i.e., for the award given in 2024, only books published in 2023 or 2022 will be considered). Eligible books must also not have been previously nominated for the Moore Award. Thus, books that were nominated for the 2023 award are not eligible to be considered for the 2024 award.

    To nominate a book for the Moore Award, please send an email to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author, title, publisher, and publication date of the book you wish to nominate. Please make arrangements for each member of the committee to receive a copy of the book by March 15, 2024. The nominating e-mail and the nominated book must be received by each member of the committee by this deadline. Books may be nominated by their authors or by other scholars, but not by publishing houses. Letters of nomination are not required.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award, and winners of the Moore Award are expected to be members of the comparative-historical sociology section at the time the award is presented.

    Committee:
    Manuela Boatcă (chair), Universität Freiburg
    Email: manuela.boatca@soziologie.uni-freiburg.de
    Mailing address: Institut für Soziologie & Global Studies Programme, Rempartstraße 15, D–79085 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

    Philip Hough, Florida Atlantic University
    Email: phough2@fau.edu
    Address: Department of Sociology, 777 Glades Road, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL USA 33431

    Anna Skarpelis, Queens College in the City University of New York
    Email: askarpelis@qc.cuny.edu
    Address: Department of Sociology, Powdermaker Hall 252, Office 252M, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, New York, NY 11367

    CHARLES TILLY ARTICLE AWARD

    The section presents the Charles Tilly Article Award every year to the best article in the subfield of comparative-historical sociology.

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated articles must have been published in one of the two years immediately prior to the year of the award (i.e., for the award given in 2024, only articles published in 2022 or 2023 will be considered).

    To nominate an article for the Tilly Award, please send an e-mail to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author, title, journal, and publication date of the article that you wish to nominate, and it should also attach a PDF of the article. The nominating e-mail and PDF of the article must be received by each member of the committee by March 15, 2024.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:
    Regina Baker (co-chair), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, rbaker@unc.edu
    Robert Braun (co-chair), University of California – Berkeley, robert.braun@berkeley.edu
    Marisela Martinez-Cola, Morehouse College, Marisela.Cola@morehouse.edu

    THEDA SKOCPOL DISSERTATION AWARD

    The section presents the Theda Skocpol Dissertation Award every year to the best doctoral dissertation in the area of comparative-historical sociology.

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated dissertations must have been defended and filed between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2023.

    To nominate a dissertation, please send an e-mail to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author, title, and filing year of the dissertation that you wish to nominate, and it should briefly discuss the strengths and contributions of the dissertation. An electronic copy of the dissertation must also be sent to each member of the award committee. (For dissertations that are too large to send over email, please e-mail the committee members a durable link to a downloadable version of the dissertation.) Both the nominating e-mail and the electronic copy of the nominated dissertation must be received by each member of the committee by March 15, 2023. Dissertations may be nominated by dissertation chairs, advisors, or current department chairs; self-nominations are not allowed for this award.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:
    Alexandre White (Chair), Johns Hopkins University, awhite94@jhmi.edu
    Martin Eiermann, Duke University, martin.eiermann@duke.edu
    Marina Zaloznaya, University of Iowa, marina-zaloznaya@uiowa.edu

    REINHARD BENDIX STUDENT PAPER AWARD

    The section presents the Reinhard Bendix Student Paper Award every year to the best graduate student paper in the subfield of comparative-historical sociology.

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated papers must have been written by students enrolled in a graduate program at the time the paper was written. Both published and unpublished papers are eligible.

    To nominate a paper, authors and/or mentors should send an e-mail to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author and title of the paper, and it should attach a PDF of the article. The e-mail and the nominated paper must be received by each member of the committee by March 15, 2024. Students may self-nominate their finest work, or a paper may be nominated by a student’s mentors.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:
    Luis Flores (chair), Harvard University, luis_flores@hks.harvard.edu
    Maryam Alemzadeh, University of Oxford, maryam.alemzadeh@area.ox.ac.uk
    Benjamin Abrams, University College London, b.abrams@ucl.ac.uk

  • Trajectories- Fall Issue!

    The fall issue of Trajectories is coming up soon!

    Promote your New Research by filling out this form:

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1a4QW_siewuArFBGzoEKx3H5vbhHil05U4krJ1DhW-rE/viewform?pli=1&pli=1&edit_requested=true

    If you are on the job market, Fill out a Job Market Candidate Profile for the upcoming issue

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nO4FqWI-KT79aHt2-OAbO6-GUCELK4VduzSu53y0Hbc/edit

  • Join us! 2023 ASA Mini-Conference

    Making Space: Thinking Against the Grain in Historical Sociology

    Register here for the upcoming CHS Mini-Conference: bit.ly/chsmini2023

    Following last year’s mini-conference and ongoing conversations within historical sociology, this conference aims to create a space to further extend the purview of historical sociology, and to critically reflect on roads not taken. As such, this year’s panels will touch on questions of continuity and rupture, colonialism, resistance, racial capitalism, and understudied critical approaches to both the archive and the field. In line with the conference theme, we will close the day with an invited plenary on “Thinking Against the Grain.” The panel will highlight the experiences and contributions of sociologists Theresa Beardall, Zine Magubane, Michael Murphy, and Vrushali Patil who have modeled alternative approaches to historical sociology.

    We welcome scholars who have not yet found a place in the mainstream of the discipline or CHS subfield, or who draw from adjacent disciplines and subfields to enrich our conversations and move the field of historical sociology in new and exciting directions. The mini-conference is open to scholars of all levels, and we especially encourage graduate students and junior scholars to join. In order to make the conference accessible to participants, we intend to keep fees as minimal as possible; only faculty will be charged nominal fees. A catered lunch will be offered along with an invitation to continue the conversation at a local bar (drinks not covered). 

  • 2023 CHS Mini-Conference

    Making Space: Thinking Against the Grain in Historical Sociology

    Register here for the upcoming CHS Mini-Conference: bit.ly/chsmini2023

    Following last year’s mini-conference and ongoing conversations within historical sociology, this conference aims to create a space to further extend the purview of historical sociology, and to critically reflect on roads not taken. As such, this year’s panels will touch on questions of continuity and rupture, colonialism, resistance, racial capitalism, and understudied critical approaches to both the archive and the field. In line with the conference theme, we will close the day with an invited plenary on “Thinking Against the Grain.” The panel will highlight the experiences and contributions of sociologists Theresa Beardall, Zine Magubane, Michael Murphy, and Vrushali Patil who have modeled alternative approaches to historical sociology.

    We welcome scholars who have not yet found a place in the mainstream of the discipline or CHS subfield, or who draw from adjacent disciplines and subfields to enrich our conversations and move the field of historical sociology in new and exciting directions. The mini-conference is open to scholars of all levels, and we especially encourage graduate students and junior scholars to join. In order to make the conference accessible to participants, we intend to keep fees as minimal as possible; only faculty will be charged nominal fees. A catered lunch will be offered along with an invitation to continue the conversation at a local bar (drinks not covered). 

    For questions, please email the conference organizers at chsmini2023@gmail.com.

  • Mentor Event at ASA 2023

    Register Now for the CHS-GTS Mentoring Event

    At this year’s ASA meeting, the Comparative Historical and Global & Transnational sections are teaming up once again to host a Graduate Student and Postdoc Mentoring Event. The event will take place at the Grand Ballroom Salon F (Floor: Level 5) at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown on Sunday, August 20th from 6:30-8:00pm. This event is designed as a space for graduate students and postdocs to connect with faculty who share similar research interests. Participants gather in small groups during the event with the goal to strengthen the sections’ intellectual networks and further professional development for students. 

    If you would like to participate, Please register with this form by Wednesday, July 26 at 5:00pm PT so that the organizing team can start planning mentorship groups based on interest areas. Thanks to generous donations from CHS and GTS, there is no registration fee for mentors or mentees this year. There will be a limited number of complimentary drink tickets available on a first come, first served basis.

    Organizing team: Andrea Zhu, Ashleigh Cartwright, João Victor Nery Fiocchi Rodrigues, Joseph Weigner, Natasha Bluth, Tessa Huttenlocher

  • 2023 CHS Section Award Winners

    Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Career Award 

    The section presents the Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Career Award every year in order to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. Committee: Ho-fung Hung (Chair, Johns Hopkins University), Mounira Charrad (University of Texas at Austin) and Kim Voss (University of California, Berkeley).

    Winner: Jack Goldstone, George Mason University

    Barrington Moore Book Award

    The section presents the Barrington Moore Book Award every year to the best book in the area of comparative-historical sociology. Committee: Joachim J. Savelsberg (Chair, University of Minnesota), Fatma Müge Göçek (University of Michigan) and Mishal Khan (University of California, Hastings College of Law).

    Winner: Anca Parvulescu (Washington University in St. Louis) and Manuela Boatcă (University of Freiburg, Germany) for Creolizing the Modern: Transylvania across Empires, Cornell University Press.

    Honorable Mention: Phillip A. Hough (Florida Atlantic University) for At the Margins of the Global Market: Making Commodities, Workers, and Crisis in Rural Colombia, Cambridge University Press.

    Honorable Mention: Jonathan Wyrtzen (Yale University) for Worldmaking in the Long Great War: How Local and Colonial Struggles Shaped the Modern Middle East, Columbia University Press.

    Charles Tilly Article Award

    The section presents the Charles Tilly Article Award every year to the best article in the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. Committee: Rebecca Jean Emigh (Chair, University of California Los Angeles), Laura K. Nelson (University of British Columbia) and Yang Zhang (American University).

    Co-Winner: Regina S. Baker (University of Pennsylvania) for “The Historical Racial Regime and Racial Inequality in Poverty in the American South.”

    Co-Winner: Robert Braun (University of California-Berkeley) for “Bloodlines: National border crossings and antisemitism in Weimar Germany.”

    Reinhard Bendix Student Paper Award 

    The section presents the Reinhard Bendix Student Paper Award every year to the best graduate student paper in the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. Committee: Fabien Accominotti (Chair, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Andrew Buck (University of Southern Indiana), and Jen Triplett (University of Michigan).

    Winner: Luis Flores (University of Michigan) for “Zoning as a Labor Market Regulation.” 

    Honorable Mention: Shilin Jia (University of Chicago) and Benjamin Rohr (University of Mannheim) for “Vacancy Chains as Strategy: Inter-Administration Mobility of Political Elites in Reform China.”  

    Theda Skocpol Dissertation Award

    The section presents the Theda Skocpol Dissertation Award every year to the best doctoral dissertation in the area of comparative-historical sociology. Committee: Nick Wilson (StonyBrook University), Wan-Zi Lu (The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute), and Christy Thornton (Johns Hopkins University).

    Winner: Martin Eiermann for “American Privacy: Diffusion and Institutionalization of an Emerging Political Logic, 1870-1930.” 

  • Trajectories (Spring 2023)

    Trajectories-Spring-2023Download

  • 2023 Section Call for Awards

    CALL FOR AWARD NOMINATIONS

    ASA COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY SECTION

    2022- 2023 Academic Year

    Global Note: All nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for section awards.

    IBN KHALDUN DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD                 

    The section presents the Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Career Award every year in order to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. This is one of the most celebrated awards given by the section, and it is presented only to scholars of the utmost distinction.

    To nominate someone for the award, please send a letter of nomination to the award committee below. The letter should briefly discuss the significance and impact of the nominee on the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. Please also provide the most current curriculum vitae for the nominee as well as the nominee’s contact information, including their e-mail address. Nominations must be received by all members of the committee by March 31, 2023.

    Please note that nominees must have received their Ph.D. no later than 1997. All nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:

    Ho-fung Hung (chair), Johns Hopkins University, hofung@jhu.edu

    Mounira Charrad, University of Texas at Austin, charrad@utexas.edu

    Kim Voss, University of California, Berkeley, kimvoss@berkeley.edu

    BARRINGTON MOORE BOOK AWARD

    The section presents the Barrington Moore Book Award every year to the best book in the area of comparative-historical sociology.

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated books must have been published in one of the two years immediately prior to the year of the award (i.e., for the award given in 2023,  only books published in 2022 or 2021 will be considered). Eligible books must also not have been previously nominated for the Moore Award. Thus, books that were nominated for the 2022 award are not eligible to be considered for the 2023 award.

    To nominate a book for the Moore Award, please send an email to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author, title, publisher, and publication date of the book you wish to nominate. Please make arrangements for each member of the committee to receive a copy of the book by March 15, 2023. The nominating e-mail and the nominated book must be received by each member of the committee by this deadline. Books may be nominated by their authors or by other scholars, but not by publishing houses. Letters of nomination are not required.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award, and winners of the Moore Award are expected to be members of the comparative-historical sociology section at the time the award is presented.

    Committee:

    Joachim J. Savelsberg (chair), University of Minnesota

    Email:  savel001@umn.edu

    Mailing address: Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 909 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55455

    Fatma Müge Göçek, University of Michigan

    Email: gocek@umich.edu

    Address: Sociology Department, Literature Science and Arts Bldg ,500 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

    Mishal Khan, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Hastings College of Law

    Email:  khan.mishal@protonmail.com

    Address: C/O Veena Dubal, University of California, Hastings College of Law, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102

    CHARLES TILLY ARTICLE AWARD

    The section presents the Charles Tilly Article Award every year to the best article in the subfield of comparative-historical sociology.

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated articles must have been published in one of the two years immediately prior to the year of the award (i.e., for the award given in 2023, only articles published in 2021 or 2022 will be considered).

    To nominate an article for the Tilly Award, please send an e-mail to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author, title, journal, and publication date of the article that you wish to nominate, and it should also attach a PDF of the article. The nominating e-mail and PDF of the article must be received by each member of the committee by March 15, 2023.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:

    Rebecca Jean Emigh (chair), University of California Los Angeles, emigh@soc.ucla.edu

    Laura K. Nelson, University of British Columbia, www.lauraknelson.com

    Yang Zhang, American University, yangz@american.edu

    THEDA SKOCPOL DISSERTATION AWARD

    The section presents the Theda Skocpol Dissertation Award every year to the best doctoral dissertation in the area of comparative-historical sociology.

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated dissertations must have been defended and filed between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022.

    To nominate a dissertation, please send an e-mail to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author, title, and filing year of the dissertation that you wish to nominate, and it should briefly discuss the strengths and contributions of the dissertation. An electronic copy of the dissertation must also be sent to each member of the award committee. (For dissertations that are too large to send over email, please e-mail the committee members a durable link to a downloadable version of the dissertation.) Both the nominating e-mail and the electronic copy of the nominated dissertation must be received by each member of the committee by March 15, 2023. Dissertations may be nominated by dissertation chairs, advisors, or current department chairs; self-nominations are not allowed for this award.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:

    Nick Wilson (Chair), StonyBrook University, nicholas.wilson@stonybrook.edu

    Wan-Zi Lu, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, wanzilu@vanleer.org.il

    Christy Thornton, Johns Hopkins University, christy.thornton@jhu.edu

    REINHARD BENDIX STUDENT PAPER AWARD

    The section presents the Reinhard Bendix Student Paper Award every year to the best graduate student paper in the subfield of comparative-historical sociology.

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated papers must have been written by students enrolled in a graduate program at the time the paper was written. Both published and unpublished papers are eligible.

    To nominate a paper, authors and/or mentors should send an e-mail to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author and title of the paper, and it should attach a PDF of the article. The e-mail and the nominated paper must be received by each member of the committee by March 15, 2023. Students may self-nominate their finest work, or a paper may be nominated by a student’s mentors.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:

    Fabien Accominotti (chair), University of Wisconsin-Madison, accominotti@wisc.edu

    Andrew Buck, University of Southern Indiana, adbuck@usi.edu

    Jen Triplett, University of Michigan, jentrip@umich.edu

  • CALL FOR AWARD NOMINATIONS

    ASA COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY SECTION

    2022- 2023 Academic Year

    Global Note: All nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for section awards.

    IBN KHALDUN DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD                  

    The section presents the Ibn Khaldun Distinguished Career Award every year in order to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. This is one of the most celebrated awards given by the section, and it is presented only to scholars of the utmost distinction.

    To nominate someone for the award, please send a letter of nomination to the award committee below. The letter should briefly discuss the significance and impact of the nominee on the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. Please also provide the most current curriculum vitae for the nominee as well as the nominee’s contact information, including their e-mail address. Nominations must be received by all members of the committee by March 31, 2023.

    Please note that nominees must have received their Ph.D. no later than 1997. All nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:

    Ho-fung Hung (chair), Johns Hopkins University, hofung@jhu.edu

    Mounira Charrad, University of Texas at Austin, charrad@utexas.edu

    Kim Voss, University of California, Berkeley, kimvoss@berkeley.edu 

    BARRINGTON MOORE BOOK AWARD

    The section presents the Barrington Moore Book Award every year to the best book in the area of comparative-historical sociology. To be eligible for consideration, nominated books must have been published in one of the two years immediately prior to the year of the award (i.e., for the award given in 2023,  only books published in 2022 or 2021 will be considered). Eligible books must also not have been previously nominated for the Moore Award. Thus, books that were nominated for the 2022 award are not eligible to be considered for the 2023 award.

    To nominate a book for the Moore Award, please send an email to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author, title, publisher, and publication date of the book you wish to nominate. Please make arrangements for each member of the committee to receive a copy of the book by March 15, 2023. The nominating e-mail and the nominated book must be received by each member of the committee by this deadline. Books may be nominated by their authors or by other scholars, but not by publishing houses. Letters of nomination are not required.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award, and winners of the Moore Award are expected to be members of the comparative-historical sociology section at the time the award is presented.

    Committee:

    Joachim J. Savelsberg (chair), University of Minnesota

    Email:  savel001@umn.edu

    Mailing address:Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 909 Social Sciences Building, 267 19th Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55455

    Fatma Müge Göçek, University of Michigan

    Email: gocek@umich.edu

    Address: Sociology Department, Literature Science and Arts Bldg ,500 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

    Mishal Khan, Rapoport Center for Human Rights

    Email:  khan.mishal@protonmail.com

    Please contact directly for mailing address

    CHARLES TILLY ARTICLE AWARD

    The section presents the Charles Tilly Article Award every year to the best article in the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. 

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated articles must have been published in one of the two years immediately prior to the year of the award (i.e., for the award given in 2023, only articles published in 2021 or 2022 will be considered). 

    To nominate an article for the Tilly Award, please send an e-mail to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author, title, journal, and publication date of the article that you wish to nominate, and it should also attach a PDF of the article. The nominating e-mail and PDF of the article must be received by each member of the committee by March 15, 2023.

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:

    Rebecca Jean Emigh (chair), University of California Los Angeles, emigh@soc.ucla.edu

    Laura K. Nelson, University of British Columbia, www.lauraknelson.com

    Yang Zhang, American University, yangz@american.edu

    THEDA SKOCPOL DISSERTATION AWARD

    The section presents the Theda Skocpol Dissertation Award every year to the best doctoral dissertation in the area of comparative-historical sociology. 

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated dissertations must have been defended and filed between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022. 

    To nominate a dissertation, please send an e-mail to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author, title, and filing year of the dissertation that you wish to nominate, and it should briefly discuss the strengths and contributions of the dissertation. An electronic copy of the dissertation must also be sent to each member of the award committee. (For dissertations that are too large to send over email, please e-mail the committee members a durable link to a downloadable version of the dissertation.) Both the nominating e-mail and the electronic copy of the nominated dissertation must be received by each member of the committee by March 15, 2023. Dissertations may be nominated by dissertation chairs, advisors, or current department chairs; self-nominations are not allowed for this award. 

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee:

    Nick Wilson (Chair), StonyBrook University, nicholas.wilson@stonybrook.edu

    Wan-Zi Lu, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, wanzilu@vanleer.org.il

    Christy Thornton, Johns Hopkins University, christy.thornton@jhu.edu

    REINHARD BENDIX STUDENT PAPER AWARD

    The section presents the Reinhard Bendix Student Paper Award every year to the best graduate student paper in the subfield of comparative-historical sociology. 

    To be eligible for consideration, nominated papers must have been written by students enrolled in a graduate program at the time the paper was written. Both published and unpublished papers are eligible. 

    To nominate a paper, authors and/or mentors should send an e-mail to each member of the award committee. The e-mail should indicate the author and title of the paper, and it should attach a PDF of the article. The e-mail and the nominated paper must be received by each member of the committee by March 15, 2023. Students may self-nominate their finest work, or a paper may be nominated by a student’s mentors. 

    Please note that all nominees must be members of the ASA to be considered for any section award.

    Committee: 

    Fabien Accominotti (chair), University of Wisconsin-Madison, accominotti@wisc.edu

    Andrew Buck, University of Southern Indiana, adbuck@usi.edu 

    Jen Triplett, University of Michigan, jentrip@umich.edu