The official publication of the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS), the Journal of British Studies, has positioned itself as the critical resource for scholars of British culture from the Middle Ages through the present. Drawing on both established and emerging approaches, JBS presents scholarly articles and books reviews from renowned international authors who share their ideas on British society, politics, law, economics, and the arts. In 2005 (Vol. 44), the journal merged with the NACBS publication Albion, creating one journal for NACBS membership.
John Ben Snow Prize
REMINDER: Deadline April 1, 2012
JOHN BEN SNOW FOUNDATION PRIZE 2012 COMPETITION
The JOHN BEN SNOW FOUNDATION PRIZE is a $500 prize awarded annually by the North American Conference on British Studies for the best book by a North American scholar in any field of British Studies dealing with the period from the Middle Ages through the eighteenth century. The author must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada and be living in either country at the time of the award. Nominations may be made by the author or by the publisher of the book nominated. A publisher may nominate more than one title each year but should use discretion and not overburden the Prize Committee.
The 2012 competition covers books published in 2011. Separate copies of the letter of nomination and of the book nominated should be sent by April 1, 2012 to each member of the Prize Committee (only books sent to every committee member can be considered). For prompt attention, mark packages “NACBS Prize Committee.” Send all relevant materials to:
Professor Ken MacMillan, Chair
Department of History
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2N 1N4
Email: macmillk@ucalgary.ca
Professor Linda Mitchell
Department of History
203 Cockefair Hall
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
Email: mitchellli@umkc.edu
Professor Krista Kesselring
Department of History
Dalhousie University
6135 University Ave.
PO Box 15000
Halifax, NS
Canada B3H 4R2
Email: krista.kesselring@dal.ca
RECENT AWARD WINNERS
John Ben Snow Prize (2010)
Ted McCormick (Concordia University), William Petty and the Ambitions of Political Arithmetic (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Ted McCormick’s William Petty and the Ambitions of Political Arithmetic is a veritable tour de force, challenging conventional notions not only about the interrelation between intellectuals, “pure” natural philosophers, and technocrats at the height of the “Scientific Revolution” in Britain, but also the ways in which those groups sought professional recognition, patronage, and influence. McCormick delved into private archives and underutilized manuscript collections to bring to life one of the most interesting—and underappreciated—figures of the age, positioning William Petty within a broad and diverse intellectual circle, ranging from Hobbes, Jesuits, and French Cartesians, to the Baconian Hartlibians and the Royal Society, as well as exposing Petty as physician, technocrat, inventor, and freethinker in a way that suggests he was a polymath whose range of interests defined the age.
