Nominations open for the 2022/23 cycle of the Nove and Blazyka Book Prizes, and the PGR Best Scholarly Article Prize

BASEES welcomes nominations for the 2022/23 cycle of the Alec Nove and George Blazyka Book Prizes, and the PGR Best Scholarly Article Prize.

For the 2022-23 cycle, we accept nominations for books published in 2022. The deadline for nominations for all three prizes is 30 June 2023.

The winners will be announced early in 2024 and the prize (if awarded) will be presented at the annual dinner of the 2024 conference.

*Please pay attention to the change in the nomination process for the Nove and Blazyka Prizes*

The Alec Nove Prize in Russian, Soviet, and Post-Soviet Studies

The Alexander Nove Prize was established by BASEES in March 1995 in recognition of the outstanding contribution to its field of study made by the late Alec Nove. The prize is offered annually by BASEES for scholarly work of high quality in Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet studies. Items eligible for nomination are singly or jointly authored monographs. The authors of nominated works must at the time of nomination be members or associate members of the Association. 

For 2022-23, our judges are Dr Robert Dale, Professor Polly Jones, and Professor Matthias Neumann.

THE GEORGE BLAZYCA PRIZE IN EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES

BASEES has established the George Blazyca Prize in recognition of the outstanding contribution to its field of study made by the late George Blazyca. The George Blazyca Prize is offered annually by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies for scholarly work of high quality in East European studies. This is taken to include those countries of Eastern Europe that were formerly under communist rule that were not part of the Soviet Union. Items eligible for nomination are singly or jointly authored monographs. The authors of nominated works must at the time of nomination be members or associate members of the Association. 

For 2022-23, our judges are Dr Alison Long and Dr Richard Mills. 

BASEES Prize for the Best Scholarly Article by a Postgraduate Student

The BASEES Prize for the Best Scholarly Article by a Postgraduate Student is offered annually by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies for a scholarly, peer-reviewed article of high quality in any of the disciplinary and geographical areas which fall within the BASEES remit. The term ‘article’ can be taken to include a chapter in an edited volume. The authors of nominated works must at the time of nomination be members or associate members of the Association.

The judges for the 2022-23 award are Dr Margarita Vaysman, University of Glasgow, and Dr Tamar Koplatadze, University of Oxford.