INCS ESSAY PRIZE FOR 2009

The $500 prize recognizes excellence in interdisciplinary scholarship by a member of INCS on any nineteenth-century topic or world region.

We encourage members of INCS to submit or nominate essays

§ That were written by current members of INCS

§ That were published in a book or journal in 2009

§ That make a significant contribution to the field of nineteenth-century studies

Please send three paper copies of the nominated essay to Alexandra Wettlaufer, Department of French and Italian, 1 University Station B7600, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712

Deadline: February 1, 2010.

The winner will be announced at the annual INCS conference.

Previous Prize Winners

2008. Joshua Lund. “The Mestizo State: Colonization and Indianization in Liberal Mexico,” PMLA 123 (2008): 1418-33. Honorable Mention: Melissa Ganz, “Binding the Will: George Eliot and the Practice of Promising,” ELH 75 (2008): 565-602.

2007. Marilyn Ruth Brown. “‘Miss La La’s’ Teeth: Reflections on Degas and Race,” Art Bulletin 89 (2007) 738-65. Honorable mention: Charles Laporte, “The Bard, the Bible, and the Victorian Shakespeare Question,” ELH 74 (2007) 609-628.

2006. Andrea L. Hibbard and John T. Parry, "Law, Seduction, and the Sentimental Heroine: The Case of Amelia Norman," American Literature 78 (2006): 325-55.

2005. Laura Rotunno, "The Long History of 'In Short': Mr. Micawber, Letter-Writers, and Literary Men," Victorian Literature and Culture 33 (2005): 415-33.

2004. Daniel Novak, "A Model Jew: 'Literary Photographs' and the Jewish Body in Daniel Deronda," Representations 85 (2004): 58-97.

2003. Jennifer Ruth, "Between Labor and Capital: Charlotte Brontë's Professional Professor," Victorian Studies 45 (2003): 279-303.