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The UC Berkeley South Asia Art & Architecture Dissertation Prize

Type: Awards, Grants, Fellowships [View all]
Posted by: University of California, Berkeley
Deadline: Wed, January 10th, 2024

The South Asia Art Initiative at UC Berkeley invites submissions of doctoral dissertations for the annual UC Berkeley South Asia Art & Architecture Dissertation Prize. The prize will be awarded to an outstanding doctoral dissertation on the art, architecture, or visual cultures of South Asia and its diasporas from any discipline in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. The dissertation may focus on any time period from the prehistoric to the contemporary. The prize comes with a $1,500 award.

Ph.D. dissertations submitted for consideration must have been filed between September 2, 2022 and September 1, 2023 at an accredited university in North America or Europe. The submission package must include the following:

A pdf abstract (< 1000 words) A pdf curriculum vitae (please include your contact information) A pdf copy of the dissertation A confidential letter from a member of the dissertation committee that speaks to the merits of the dissertation with respect to the current state of the field and the innovation that the work attempts

DEADLINE: The submission package including the dissertation must be in English and submitted via email to Puneeta Kala <pkala@berkeley.edu> by January 10, 2024. Late submissions will not be accepted. The result for the 2023 prize recipient will be announced on the South Asia Art Initiative website on March 14, 2024. The winner will give a talk in conjunction with an expenses-paid award conferral ceremony at UC Berkeley on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

The 2023 Prize Committee: Sugata Ray (Chair, University of California, Berkeley), Susan Bean (Independent Scholar + Curator), Jinah Kim (Harvard University), and Sonal Khullar (University of Pennsylvania). All inquiries regarding the UC Berkeley South Asia Art & Architecture Dissertation Prize should be directed to Puneeta Kala <pkala@berkeley.edu> at the Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley

https://southasia.berkeley.edu/art-awards

Posted on Fri, December 1st, 2023
Expires on Wed, January 10th, 2024

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