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.
Walter D. Love Prize
REMINDER: Deadline April 1, 2012
WALTER D. LOVE PRIZE 2011 COMPETITION
The WALTER D. LOVE PRIZE in History is a $150 award given annually by the North American Conference on British Studies for the best article or paper of similar length or scope by a North American scholar in the field of British history. The 2012 prize will be awarded to an article published during the calendar year 2011. The prize journal article or paper, which may be published anywhere in the world, should exhibit a humane and compassionate understanding of the subject, imagination, literary grace, and scrupulous scholarship. It should also make a significant contribution to its field of study. Chapters from longer works are not eligible, but papers appearing in edited collections of essays are eligible.
All scholars who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada and living in either country at the time of the award are eligible to compete. A copy of the nominated article or paper should be sent by April 1, 2012 to each member of the Prize Committee. For prompt attention, mark packages "NACBS Prize Committee." Send submissions to:
Professor Sandra den Otter, Chair
Department of History
Queen's University
Kingston, ON
Canada
K7L 3N6
Email: denotter@queensu.ca
Professor Ethan Shagan
Department of History
UC Berkeley
3229 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2550
Email: shagan@berkeley.edu
Professor Nicoletta Gullace
Department of History
University of New Hampshire
Horton Social Science Center
20 Academic Way
Durham, New Hampshire 03824
Email: nfg@cisunix.unh.edu
RECENT AWARD WINNERS
Walter Love Prize (2010)
Jordanna Bailkin (University of Washington), "The Postcolonial Family? West African Children, Private Fostering, and the British State," Journal of Modern History 81 (2009)
Working with recently declassified documents she demonstrates well that metropolitan policies were saturated with discussions of decolonization and that the Children’s Department files, while not obviously providing records of decolonization are a rich resource.
The committee was particularly impressed with her deft meshing of different registers of research, combining foreign policy and diplomatic documents, sociological studies, and the history of childhood with the reconfiguration of women’s work and the emergence of the African bourgeois family. Selecting material from child care case files of transracial fostering and adoption allows her to trace the fostering debates and attitudes toward African foster children in Britain. Using the Children’s Department files, she shows convincingly that the history of decolonization is not confined simply to diplomatic and Foreign Office policy but reaches deeply into the history and practices of the metropole.
