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Award or Prize Announcement
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R. L. Shep Ethnic Textile Book Award
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| Sponsor: Textile Society of America |
| Contact Information Janice Lessman-Moss Email: jlessman@kent.edu URL http://www.textilesociety.org |
| Application Submission Deadline: 03/01/2010 |
| Type of Award or Prize: Book |
| Eligibility Requirements: Books (including monographs, anthologies, and exhibition catalogs) published in 2009. |
| Field(s) of Study: "ethnic" textiles |
| Description The Textile Society of America is soliciting nominations for the R. L. Shep Ethnic Textile Book Award. Nominations are open to English-language books (including bilingual publications in which all essential information appears in English). For the purpose of the award, "ethnic" textiles are defined as the non-industrial textiles of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and Native and Latin America, as well as those in identifiable cultural groups in Europe and North America. Books of a variety of formats, including monographs, anthologies, and exhibition catalogs may be nominated. High-quality research and scholarship are the principal criteria for the prize-winning book. The book must also be presented in an accessible, engaging manner. Books must contain a printed publication date of 2009. Send full bibliographic citation of each book nominated to Barbara Belle Sloan, Associate Director, Center for the Study of Regional Dress, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1549; bsloan@arts.ucla.edu. The award will be presented at the Textile Society of America's Biennial Symposium next fall in Lincoln, Nebraska (October 6 รข?? 9, 2010). Visit the TSA website for further details -- www.textilesociety.org. |
| Keywords: ethnic textiles | textiles | non industrial textiles |
| This announcement will be displayed until: 03/01/2010 |