SDHS: GUIDELINES FOR THE SELMA JEANNE COHEN AWARD

Selma Jeanne Cohen Awards.
Writing Award for Students

General Information
Selma Jeanne Cohen Award Submission Guidelines
Instructions for Making Proposals for SDHS Annual Conferences
List of Selma Jeanne Cohen Award Winners

In recognition of Selma Jeanne Cohen's great contributions to dance history, the Society of Dance History Scholars inaugurated an award in her name at its 1995 conference. The Selma Jeanne Cohen Award aims to encourage graduate student members of SDHS by recognizing excellence in dance scholarship.

Up to three awards will be offered at each conference. Each award includes an invitation to present a paper at the annual conference, waiver of the registration fee for that conference, and a grant to help defray costs of attending the conference. Awards are based on the originality of the research, the rigor of the argument, and the clarity of the writing.

Selma Jeanne Cohen Award Submission Guidelines

Each paper submitted in competition for a Selma Jeanne Cohen Award must be a scholarly treatment of a topic in dance studies. Each must be based on unpublished research or interpretation and must be designed for oral delivery within twenty minutes, including use of audiovisual aids. (Papers running eight double-spaced pages are ideal.) Chapters of dissertations are not eligible for the competition.

If you are a student and wish to apply for the Selma Jeanne Cohen Award, please submit the full text of your paper to the annual program committee, along with a cover letter asking that the paper be placed in competition and stating your institutional affiliation.

All papers submitted for the Selma Jeanne Cohen Award must follow the Instructions for Making Proposals for SDHS Annual Conferences.

Last updated 1 September 2008
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