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CLACS Announces the 2023 Dissertation Prize

March 21, 2023

CLACS announces the 2023 Dissertation Prize

UPDATE: DEADLINE EXTENDED THROUGH 5 p.m. ON APRIL 10, 2023!!!

CLACS Announces 2023 Dissertation Prize

The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) is accepting submissions for the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Dissertation Prize. The prize will be awarded to the best dissertation in the area of Latin American and Caribbean Studies written by a current Brown University graduate student from any discipline who will defend and submit the Ph.D. dissertation by April 30, 2023.

Nominations (to be submitted by the student’s dissertation advisor) are due by 5 p.m. EST on April 10, 2023.

The application must include:

  1.  A nominating letter from the dissertation advisor including a brief description of the dissertation.

  2.  A copy of the finalized and complete version of the Ph.D. dissertation in pdf format.

  3.  An abstract of no more than 400 words in pdf format.

The CLACS Dissertation Prize carries with it an award of $500, which may be paid to the student as a prize or reimbursed against research costs.

Submissions may be sent to clacs@brown.edu