2008 MACLAS Prize Winners

The Harold Eugene Davis Prize for the best article published by a MACLAS member, 2006-2007:

Andrew Wood and James Baer, "Strength in Numbers:  Urban Rent Strikes and Political Transformation in the Americas, 1904-1925," Journal of Urban History 32:6 (2006).

The James Street Prize for the best article published by a MACLAS member in the 2007 volume of Latin American Essays:

Jeffrey Pugh, “Vectors of Contestation: Social Movements and Party Systems in Ecuador and Colombia.”

The John D. Martz III Prize for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the 2008 MACLAS Conference:

Lezlie Shackell (Howard University), “El Pueblo Afroecuatoriano: su situación actual y las medidas nacionales e internacionales para reformarla.”

The Juan Espadas Prize for the best paper presented by an undergraduate student at the 2008 MACLAS Conference:

Kristin Corcoran (The College of William and Mary), “Un desafío para la memoria: la víctima y la nación argentina en la película, ‘Crónica de una fuga’.”