Nominations are now open for the William A. Douglass Prize in Europeanist Anthropology

The William A. Douglass Prize in Europeanist Anthropology honors the best book published annually in Europeanist anthropology as determined by a panel of senior anthropologists, chaired by the Society’s President-elect.

Nominations are now open for the 2025 prize!

Eligible volumes must be available in English, whether published in the US or abroad. They must have been published in the calendar year before the prize adjudication. Multi-author volumes are eligible as well, but edited collections of essays are not.

The deadline for submission of nominations is May 1, 2025.

Books submitted for the 2024 prize consideration must have been published in 2024 (as indicated on the copyright page); books translated into English must have appeared in English in 2024 though they may have been published in another language earlier.

The prize recipient(s) is/are named shortly before the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, with suitable publicity provided for the winning entry at the annual meeting and on the SAE website.

To be considered for the Douglass Prize a hard copy of the eligible volume (no manuscripts, photocopies or electronic files will be accepted) must be sent to each of the three judges on the selection panel (for a total of three submitted copies).  For instructions on where to send the books please contact the current SAE President-elect, Professor Neringa Klumbyte, by email at klumbyn@miamioh.edu.

Each nomination must also include a submission fee of $50. You can pay online at the AAA website by clicking this link. You can also pay by check. The check should be made out to AAA/SAE and clearly marked as a submission fee. Please send checks to the attention of:

Christian Martinez, Controller
American Anthropological Association
2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 1301
Arlington, VA  22201-3386
703.528.1902, ext 1160 – fax: 703.528.3546
Website: www.americananthro.org
cmartinez@americananthro.org