Past Prize Winners & Award Recipients

2007

MACLAS 2007 Prize & Award Committees and Prize Winners & Award Recipients

Arthur P. Whitaker Prize

The Arthur P. Whitaker Prize is awarded for the best book published in the previous two years by a MACLAS member who has been a member in good standing for the past two years.

Arthur P. Whitaker Prize Winner: Silvia Nagy-Zekmi and Fernando Leiva for eds. Democracy in Chile: The Legacy of September 11, 1973.  London: Sussex Academic Press, 2005

Harold Eugene Davis Prize

The Harold Eugene Davis Prize is awarded for the best book chapter or article published in the previous two years by a member who has been in good standing for the past two years.

Harold Eugene Davis Prize Winner: David Sheinin for “Nuclear Development and the Shaping of an Independent Argentine Foreign Policy, 1950-1990,” Estudios Interdisciplinarios de América Latina y el Caribe 16, 1 (December 2005), 37-62.

James Street Prize

The James Street Prize is awarded for the best article published in Latin American Essays.

James Street Prize Winner: Isabel Valiela for “Constructing Memory through Technology: Brand New Memory by Elías Miguel Muñoz”

John D. Martz III Prize

The John D. Martz III Prize is awarded for the best paper submitted to the conference by a graduate student.

John D. Martz III Prize Winner: Jeffrey Pugh of Johns Hopkins University for “Social Movements and Party Systems: Vectors of Contestation in Latin America.”

Juan Espadas Prize

The Juan Espadas Prize is awarded for the best paper submitted to the conference by an undergraduate student.

Juan Espadas Prize Winner: Pamela Katia Sertzen for “Me estoy acordando para que no se repita …: un estudio sobre el rol de la Caminata por la Paz y solidaridad en el proceso de reconciliación en el Perú”