26 October 2006
Federation Announces Finalists for 2005-2006 Book Prizes
(OTTAWA) -- The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to announce the finalists for its 2005-2006 Scholarly Book Prizes. These four prizes are awarded to the best Federationsupported books published in the humanities and social sciences. Named after the distinguished Canadian scholars Harold Adams Innis, Jean-Charles Falardeau, and Raymond Klibansky, two prizes are awarded in each field, one for best work in French and one for best work in English. The winners will be announced at a reception at 6 PM on November 25 in Ottawa.
Established in 1990, Scholarly Book Prizes have been awarded to such acclaimed Canadian researchers as Yvan Lamonde, Evelyn Cobley, Wallace Clement, John Myles, Pierre Camu and Philip Resnick. The Prizes recognise Canadian excellence in research and writing in the humanities and the social sciences, and acknowledge the significant contribution that Canadian scholarly books make to the advancement of knowledge.
These awards are administered by the Federation’s Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme (ASPP), a programme which provides financial support for the publication of manuscripts authored by Canadian scholars. A cross-Canada jury of eminent scholars selects the best ASPP-funded books published each year. This programme is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences represents 68 scholarly associations, 71 universities and colleges, and over 50,000 researchers, practitioners and students. The Federation works to communicate the value of research and scholarship in the human sciences. It also manages the permanent secretariat of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, which is the largest academic gathering of its kind in North America.
A list of this year’s finalists can be found on the following page.
For further information, please contact:
Caitlin Kealey, Communications Officer
(613) 238-6112, ext. 353
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Finalists
Harold Adams Innis Prize -- for best English-language book in the Social Sciences
Stefan Braun, independent researcher, Democracy Off Balance: Freedom of Expression and Hate Propaganda Law in Canada. (University of Toronto Press)
J. Clammer, Sophia University, Tokyo; S. Poirier & É. Schwimmer, Université Laval, Figured Worlds: Ontological Obstacles in Intercultural Relations. (University of Toronto Press)
Richard Daly, independent researcher, Norway , Our Box Was Full: An Ethnography for the Delgamuukw Plaintiffs. (University of British Columbia Press)
Frank Harvey, Dalhousie University, Smoke and Mirrors: Globalized Terrorism and the Illusion of Multilateral Security. (University of Toronto Press)
Stephen Ward, University of British Columbia, The Invention of Journalism Ethics: The Path to Objectivity and Beyond. (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
Prix Jean-Charles-Falardeau -- for best French-language book in the Social Sciences
Denyse Baillargeon, Université de Montréal, Un Québec en mal d’enfants. La médicalisation de la maternité, 1910-1970. (Les éditions remue-ménage)
Michel Bock, Université d’Ottawa, Quand la nation débordait les frontières. Les minorités françaises dans la pensée de Lionel Groulx. (Éditions Hurtubise HMH)
Daniel Gay, Université Laval, Les Noirs du Québec, 1629-1900. (Éditions du Septentrion)
J. Leroux, Laboratoire d’anthropologie sociale, Paris; R. Chamberland, E. Brazeau & C. Dubé, independent researchers, Au pays des peaux de chagrin. Occupation et exploitation territoriales à Kitcisakik (Grand-Lac-Victoria) au XXe siècle. (Presses de l’Université Laval)
Martin Pâquet, Université Laval, Tracer les marges de la Cité. Étranger, immigrant et état au Québec, 1627-1981. (Éditions du Boréal)
Raymond Klibansky Prize -- for best English-language book in the Humanities
James Flath, University of Western Ontario, The Cult of Happiness: Nianhua, Art, and History in Rural North China. (University of British Columbia Press)
Jeffrey Keshen, University of Ottawa, Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers. Canada’s Second World War. (University of British Columbia Press)
Julie Rak, University of Alberta, Negotiated Memory: Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse. (University of British Columbia Press)
W. David Shaw, University of Toronto, Babel and the Ivory Tower: The Scholar in the Age of Science. (University of Toronto Press)
Laura Smyth Groening, Concordia University, Listening to Old Woman Speak: Natives and Alternatives in Canadian Literature. (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
Prix Raymond-Klibansky -- for best French-language book in the Humanities
Valérie De Courville Nicol, Université Concordia, Le Soupçon Gothique. L’intériorisation de la peur en Occident. (Presses de l’Université Laval, Éditions de l’IQRC)
Karim Larose, Université de Montréal, La langue de papier. Spéculations linguistiques au Québec (1957-1977). (Presses de l’Université de Montréal)
Éric Méchoulan, Université de Montréal, Le livre avalé. De la littérature entre mémoire et culture. (Presses de l’Université de Montréal)
Michel Seymour, Université de Montréal, L’institution du langage. (Presses de l’Université de Montréal)
Johanne Villeneuve, Université de Québec à Montréal, Le Sens de l’intrigue ou La narrativité, le jeu et l’invention du diable. (Presses de l’Université Laval)
