LGBT Religious History Award

From our friends at the LGBT Religious Archives Network:

LGBT Religious History Award

In order to promote scholarship in LGBT studies in religious history, the LGBT Religious Archives Network invites submissions for its annual LGBT Religious History Award. To be eligible, papers must be in English, doubled-spaced, and between 15 and 35 pages in length; must demonstrate original research using generally accepted historical methods; and must focus on a topic relevant to the study of LGBT religious history. Up to two submissions per author will be accepted in any given year. Both unpublished and published papers are eligible, provided the latter have been published since January 1, 2003.

Papers are welcome from all scholars in the field, including established and junior scholars, independent scholars (those without academic affiliation), and graduate and undergraduate students. All papers will be evaluated according to the same criteria, but if the number of student submissions is sufficient, the jury may consider awarding a separate Student Award for that year’s competition.

Please send a submission form and five copies of each submission to: LGBTRAN Award for Papers, c/o Chicago Theological Seminary, 5757 S. University Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. Electronic manuscripts cannot be accepted and manuscripts cannot be returned. Submissions must be postmarked by October 11, 2005.

The winning paper will receive a $500 prize. The award will be presented at the LGBTRAN annual meeting in Chicago in April, 2006.

Jury Members

Dr. Rebecca Alpert is associate professor of Religion and Women\'s Studies and chair of the Religion Department at Temple University.

Dr. Joanne Carlson Brown, a United Methodist pastor in the Pacific Northwest, has been active in the Lesbian Feminist Issues in Religion group of the American Academy of Religion since its inception.

Dr. Mark Jordan is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion at Emory University.

Dr. Melissa Wilcox is a sociologist and historian of religion who specializes in gender studies and sexuality studies and teaches in the Religion Department at Whitman College.

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