2022 SPA Stirling Prize Recipient
Merav Shohet for her book Silence and Sacrifice: Family stories of care and the limits of love in Vietnam (UC Press, 2021)
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Chikako Ozawa-De Silva
2022 Stirling Award Recipient
Chikako Ozawa-De Silva for her book The Anatomy of Loneliness: Suicide, Social Connection and the Search for Relational Meaning in Contemporary Japan (UC Press, 2021)
2021 Stirling Award Recipients (jointly)
Anita von Poser and Edda Willamowski for their article “The Power of Shared Embodiment: Renegotiating Non / belonging and In / exclusion in an Ephemeral Community of Care” (Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry 2020 (44): 610-628).
2021 Stirling Award Winners
von Poser, Anita & Edda Willamowski. The Power of Shared Embodiment. Renegotiating Non/belonging and In/exclusion in an Ephemeral Community of Care. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry 44 (4): 610-828, 2020.
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Stirling Award 2023
The Stirling Award is awarded to a previously published work (article or book, in alternate years) that makes an outstanding contribution to any area of psychological anthropology.
The Stirling Award was originally established in 1968 by Rebecca and Gene Stirling. Winners of this prestigious award recognizing the best published work in psychological anthropology become members of the selection committee for a three-year rotation.
Unpublished manuscripts, dissertations, and web publications are not eligible. Edited volumes are not eligible for the book prize, but individual chapters may be submitted for the article prize. There are separate rules for nomination of books and articles; please consult the relevant rules below.
2023 Stirling Award Competition for the Best Published Article in Psychological Anthropology
Articles and chapters from edited volumes published within the last two years (July 16, 2021 – July 15, 2023), are eligible for consideration. Nominations may be made by any active member of the American Anthropological Association, including the author. Nomination materials, including a PDF of the nominated work and a cover letter outlining its contribution to the field of psychological anthropology, must be submitted online no later than July 15, 2023, using this link (https://uconn.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2bp9vNy2cWog1PE).
Submissions that do not include a cover letter will not be reviewed. The winner will be announced at the SPA’s Business Meeting at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association and will receive a $500 cash prize.
Any questions regarding the prize can be directed to SPA’s Secretary, Sonya Pritzker, at sonya.pritzker@ua.edu.
All award and selection committees abide by the SPA’s Conflict of Interest Statement and Recusal Policy.
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Edward Lowe
2013 winner
The winner will be announced at the Spring 2023 Biennial SPA meeting and will receive a $500 cash prize.
The Stirling Prize is awarded to a previously published work (this year, it will be awarded for a book) that makes an outstanding contribution to any area of psychological anthropology. Unpublished manuscripts, dissertations, and web publications are not eligible. Edited volumes are not eligible for the book prize.
Books published between December 31,2020 and May 31, 2022 are eligible for consideration. All nominations, including self-nominations, must be accompanied by a cover letter from a member of the SPA discussing the significance of the work’s contribution to psychological anthropology. The nominator must arrange to have copies of the work sent for the selection committee to review and must include a cover letter (1-2 pages) outlining the work’s contribution to the field.
The Stirling Prize Committee includes:
Chair: Jason DeCaro
University of Alabama
Sarah Willen
University of Connecticut
Anita Von Poser
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Books and nomination letters need to be sent individually to ALL committee members with a postmark no later than June 1, 2022 for consideration. Books previously considered cannot be reconsidered. Please email Neely Myers, Secretary of the SPA at namyers@smu.edu for mailing addresses for submission of hard copy books well in advance of the deadline and with other questions. The email subject line must read: “SPA Boyer Prize Address.”
The Stirling Prize is awarded to a previously published work (this year, it will be awarded for a book) that makes an outstanding contribution to any area of psychological anthropology. Unpublished manuscripts, dissertations, and web publications are not eligible. Edited volumes are not eligible for the book prize.
Books published between December 31,2020 and May 31, 2022 are eligible for consideration. All nominations, including self-nominations, must be accompanied by a cover letter from a member of the SPA discussing the significance of the work’s contribution to psychological anthropology. The nominator must arrange to have copies of the work sent for the selection committee to review and must include a cover letter (1-2 pages) outlining the work’s contribution to the field.
The Stirling Prize Committee includes:
Chair: Jason DeCaro
University of Alabama
Sarah Willen
University of Connecticut
Anita Von Poser
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Books and nomination letters need to be sent individually to ALL committee members with a postmark no later than June 1, 2022 for consideration. Books previously considered cannot be reconsidered. Please email Neely Myers, Secretary of the SPA at namyers@smu.edu for mailing addresses for submission of hard copy books well in advance of the deadline and with other questions. The email subject line must read: “SPA Boyer Prize Address.”