Dear Colleagues,
This Dissertation Award may be of interest.
Joshua Fishman was a world-recognized socio-linguist.
Encourage an emerging scholar to apply who has completed a Dissertation in the Sociology
of Language.
This would be a great honor for the emerging scholar and our College.
Rosalind
The Joshua A. Fishman Award Presented by Mouton Publisher
Award to recognize early-career scholars in the sociology of language
De Gruyter Mouton invites self-nominations for the Joshua A. Fishman Award recognizing
outstanding unpublished PhD dissertations on a topic pertaining to the sociology of
language.
About the award
The award was established in 2018 to honor Joshua A. Fishman’s intellectual contribution
to research on the sociology of language, the field that he so prominently shaped for many
decades. With this award, De Gruyter Mouton aims to ensure that his legacy continues to
thrive among emerging scholars in the field.
The award is intended to support scholars at the early stages of their careers.
Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of external reviewers. Final acceptance for
publication will be at the sole discretion of De Gruyter Mouton in light of peer review.
The award carries a cash prize of € 1,000 plus a € 100 book voucher. Up to three awards
may be granted. Moreover, award recipients will be invited to publish a revised version of
their dissertation as a monograph in De Gruyter Mouton’s Contributions to the Sociology
of Language (CSL) book series founded by Fishman and publishing leading research in the
sociology of language for over 50 years.
Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2024
More information here:
https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/fishmanaward