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As it is currently named, the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award of the ASA was first given in 1986, [1] and is presented at the ASA Annual Meeting every August. [3] It is an ASA Major Award, given at association-level, in contrast to the various section-level ASA awards. [4] Members of the ASA make nominations for the prize.
The ASA Best Book Prize, formerly known as the Herskovits Prize (Melville J. Herskovits Prize), is an annual prize given by the African Studies Association to the best scholarly work (including translations) on Africa published in English in the previous year and distributed in the United States.
The W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award is given annually by the American Sociological Association to a scholar among its members, whose cumulative body of work constitutes a significant contribution to the advancement of sociology. [1]
The African Studies Association (ASA) is a US-based association of scholars, students, practitioners, and institutions with an interest in the continent of Africa. Founded in 1957, the ASA is the leading organization of African Studies in North America , with a global membership of approximately 2000. [ 1 ]
The Jessie Bernard Award is given by the American Sociological Association in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. The contribution may be in empirical research, theory or methodology.
The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology.Founded in December 1905 as the American Sociological Society at Johns Hopkins University by a group of fifty people, the first president of the association would be Lester Frank Ward. [2]
The ASA awards a number of prizes and grants including: [10] Constance Rourke Prize for the best article in American Quarterly; Wise-Susman Prize for the best student paper at the annual meeting; Yasuo Sakakibara Prize for the best paper presented by a scholar at the annual meeting; Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize for the best dissertation in ...
The ASA Gold Medal is an annual award presented by the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) to individuals in recognition of outstanding contributions to acoustics. The Gold Medal was first presented in 1954 and is the highest award of the ASA. Past recipients, which include the Nobel Laureate Georg von Békésy, are listed below.