Awards
The Association for the Study of Food and Society proudly announces the inauguration of three new awards for recognition of outstanding scholarship in the field of food within the social sciences, humanities and related disciplines. Submissions in the sciences, arts and other disciplines that deal with food are welcome if they discuss food as it relates to culture and society.
The ASFS Book Award recognizes an outstanding book about food published within the last two years. The book should employ exemplary research methods, offer novel theoretical insights and constitute a significant contribution to the study of food from a scholarly perspective. Books which suggest new questions and new avenues of food research for future scholars are encouraged to apply. Writing style, organizational rigor and a strong thesis will also be criteria for this award. Applicants may self-nominate and should arrange to have three copies of the work forwarded to the Awards Committee Administrator. Membership in the ASFS is not required and there is no fee for nominating a book. Three anonymous judges representing different disciplines will assess the entrants. The awards administrators have no input on the final decision. A cash stipend of $500 dollars accompanies the award. The award may not be granted should an outstanding book not be identified.
ASFS Book Award Submissions Guidelines
The Belasco Prize for Scholarly Excellence recognizes a peer-reviewed article published in the last two years, which exhibits superior research, a unique perspective and methodological approach as well as novel insights for the study of food. Clear and effective writing as well as a persuasive thesis are also criteria for this award. Three copies of the article as published should be submitted to the Awards Committee Administrator. Offsets or clean and legible copies are acceptable. Membership in the ASFS is not required. The article may have been published in any academic journal. A book chapter if it stands alone as a scholarly work may also be submitted for consideration. A single chapter taken from a monograph may not. A cash stipend of $300 dollars accompanies the award.
Belasco Prize for Scholarly Excellence Submissions Guidelines
2009 Belasco Prize for Scholarly Excellence Award Winner
Heather Paxon, for her article "Post-Pasteurian Cultures: The Microbiopolitics of Raw-Milk Cheese in the United States"
The ASFS Award for Food Studies Pedagogy is given to the teacher of food studies in any discipline who presents a course description, syllabus, evaluations and peer assessments of a course on food which uses innovative and successful pedagogical techniques to reach students. These may include classroom exercises and assignments and well as outside projects, trips, and service activities. The course may be taught at the graduate or undergraduate level, for degree credit. Any ancillary evidence of exemplary teaching methods will also be accepted. A cash stipend of $200 accompanies this award.
ASFS Award for Food Studies Pedagogy Submissions Guidelines
2009 ASFS Award for Food Studies Pedagogy Winner
Jason Park and colleagues at Green Mountain College for the course on food studies and sustainability
Alex McIntosh Graduate Prize recognizes a student’s contributions to the field of food studies. The author of each award-winning paper will receive $500, payment of membership and conference fees and a free banquet ticket for the coming year's annual meeting. We welcome submissions on a wide range of issues relating to food, society and culture, and from the diverse disciplinary and transdisciplinary fields that ASFS encompasses.
Student Awards Submission Page
2009 Alex McIntosh Graduate Prize Winner
In Sun Lee, New York University
"Japanese spin on Italian pasta: the social life of Wafuu pasta in Japan"
2008 Alex McIntosh Graduate Prize
Kelly Erby, Emory University
"Worthy of Respect: Black Waiters in Boston before the Civil War"
2007 Alex McIntosh Graduate Prize
Brione Bruce, Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
"Social Movement Networking: Organic Farming in Kerala, India"
2006 Alex McIntosh Graduate Prize
Scott Rosenbaum, NYU "A Fox in the Vineyard: History, Culture, Meaning, and Taste"
Bill Whit Undergraduate Prize recognizes a student’s contributions to the field of food studies. The author of each award-winning paper will receive $500, payment of membership and conference fees and a free banquet ticket for the coming year's annual meeting. We welcome submissions on a wide range of issues relating to food, society and culture, and from the diverse disciplinary and transdisciplinary fields that ASFS encompasses.
Student Awards Submission Page
2009 Bill Whit Undergraduate Prize
Adrienne Johnson, UC Berkeley
"The American Grotesque: Competitive eating and the cultural meaning of American bodies"
2008 Bill Whit Undergraduate Prize
Sveinn Sigurdsson & Ashlan Falletta-Cowden, Lawrence University, Wisconsin
"From sustenance to symbol: a multi-generational study of traditionality and modernization in the Icelandic diet"
2007 Bill Whit Undergraduate Prize
Joanne Hocking, University of Adelaide, Australia
"From the top of the tree: Fruit, the aristocracy and class distinction in early modern western European paintings"
2006 Bill Whit Undergraduate Prize
Andrea Davis, Hampshire College
"A Nutritional Analysis of a Local and Seasonal Diet in the Pioneer Valley"
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