Nomination Deadline: February 1, 2012
Up to $500.00
The Association awards the AABS Book Prize an outstanding English-language scholarly book in Baltic Studies (humanities and social sciences) published in 2010 or 2011. Books with a broadly historical, literary, social, or cultural significance are of particular interest. Narrowly specialized or overly technical books will not be considered. To nominate, please send a letter of nomination and, if possible, a copy of the nominated book to Dr. Bradley D. Woodworth at this address:

Anyone may submit a nomination. We prefer that those nominating a book for consideration arrange for a copy to be sent to the individual and address above. The winner will be announced at the 2012 Baltic Studies Conference. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Woodworth, AABS Vice President for Publications, at bwoodworth@newhaven.edu.

2008-2009:

Laima Laučkaitė, Art in Vilnius 1900-1915 (Vilnius: Baltos lankos, 2008)

2006-2007:

Katrina Z.S. Schwartz, Nature and National Identity after Communism: Globalizing the Ethnoscape (U of Pittsburgh P, 2006).

Iveta Silova, From Sites of Occupation to Symbols of Multiculturalism: Reconceptualizing Minority Education in Post-Soviet Latvia (IAP, 2006).

Honorable Mention: Jeff Johnson: The New Theatre of the Baltics: From Soviet to Western Influence in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania (McFarland, 2007)

2004-2005:

John Hiden, Defender of Minorities: Paul Shiemann, 1876-1944. London: Hurst, 2004.

Honorable Mention: Magnus Ilmjärv, Silent Submission: Formation of Foreign Policy of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Period From Mid-20s to Annexation in 1940. Stockholm: Univerversitet Stockholms, 2004.