AABS Book Prize
The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies awards the biennial AABS Book Prize of up to $1,000 to an outstanding English-language scholarly book in Baltic Studies (humanities and social sciences). Books with a broadly historical, literary, social, or cultural significance are of particular interest. Narrowly specialized or overly technical books will not be considered.
Award: $1,000
Application deadline
The application deadline for the 2024 award (for books published in 2022–2023) was February 15, 2024.
Nomination process:
To nominate a book for the award, please submit the online nomination form. Anyone may submit a nomination. We strongly recommend that those nominating a book for consideration arrange for a copy to be sent to AABS.
We do not accept nominations via email. All nominators must submit the online form.
Past Reports:
Thinking of applying? Read reports from past winners here!
Award notification:
Nominations will be evaluated by the AABS 2022-2023 Book Prize Committee including the AABS Vice-President for Publications Diana Mincyte, Vice-President for Professional Development Kaarel Piirimäe, and Director-at-Large Daunis Auers.
The winner of the 2022-2023 AABS Book Prize will be announced at the 2024 AABS Conference at Yale.
Questions?
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