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Malcolm Bowie Prize Results 2009
The Society for French Studies is pleased to announce the results of the Malcolm Bowie Prize 2009, which will be presented at the Society’s annual conference to be held this year at Swansea University (5-7 July 2010).
The winner is Dorian BELL (University of California at Irvine) for his article ‘The Jew as Model: Anti-Semitism, Aesthetics, and Epistemology in Manette Salomon’, Modern Language Notes, 124: 4, September 2009, 825-47. The runner-up is Tim CHESTERS (Royal Holloway, University of London) for his article ‘Flaubert and Montaigne’, French Studies, vol. LXIII, 2009, no. 4, 399-415. In addition, the Jury wished to commend the following: Mary Frances (Franklin) BROWN (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) for her article ‘Critique and Complicity: Metapoetical Reflections on the Gendered Figures of Body and Text in the Roman de la Rose’, Exemplaria, 21.2, 2009, 129-59. Elizabeth FOSTER (Tufts University) for her article ‘An Ambiguous Monument: Dakar’s Colonial Cathedral of the Souvenir Africain’, French Historical Studies, volume 32/1, 2009, 85-119. Marcus KELLER (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) for his article ‘Imitation, Language, and Nation in Du Bellay’s La Deffence’, French Studies, vol. LXIII, 2009, no. 1, 27-40.
The prize is awarded annually for the best article in any area of French Studies published by an early career researcher, defined for the 2009 Prize as a scholar who received his/ her PhD within the period 2004–2009. For the 2009 Prize there were 22 nominations, which included articles from 16 different journals and 1 volume of essays. The 2009 prize was judged by a Jury comprised of Antoine Compagnon, Alison Finch, Susan Harrow, Edward Hughes, and Toril Moi. For more information about the Malcolm Bowie Prize. Click Here
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