From lwright@cac.washington.edu Thu Dec 20 09:14:06 2001 Received: from mailscan6.cac.washington.edu (mailscan6.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with SMTP id fBKHE5n86574 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:14:05 -0800 Received: FROM mxu3.u.washington.edu BY mailscan6.cac.washington.edu ; Thu Dec 20 09:14:02 2001 -0800 Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.5]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW01.12) with ESMTP id fBKHE2m1005692 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:14:02 -0800 Received: from shiva0.cac.washington.edu (shiva0.cac.washington.edu [140.142.100.200]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW01.12) with ESMTP id fBKHE18W021851 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:14:01 -0800 Received: from localhost (lwright@localhost) by shiva0.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW01.12) with ESMTP id fBKHE1Yi006572 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:14:01 -0800 Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:14:01 -0800 (PST) From: Linda Wright To: classics@u.washington.edu Subject: Winkler Prize (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 12:12:22 -0500 From: Kirk Ormand Subject: Winkler Prize Hello all. I'm pleased to announce that the Winkler Prize competition, which has been in abeyance for the past few years, will be held again this year. Students, please consider submitting a paper; professors, please encourage your students to do so. Thanks! Kirk THE JOHN J. WINKLER MEMORIAL PRIZE The John J. Winkler Memorial Trust invites all undergraduate and graduate students in North America (plus those currently unenrolled who have not as yet received a doctorate and who have never held a regular academic appointment) to enter the eighth competition forthe John J. Winkler memorial prize. This year the Prize will be a cash award of $1250. The Prize in intended to honor the memory of John J. ("Jack") Winkler, a classical scholar, teacher, and political activist for radical causes both within and outside the academy, who died of AIDS in 1990 at the age of 46. Jack believed that the profession as a whole discourages young scholars from exploring neglected or disreputable topics, and from applying unconventional or innovative methods to their scholarship. He wished to be remembered by means of an annual Prize that would encourage such efforts. In accordance with his wishes, the John J. Winkler Memorial trust awards a cash prize each year to the author of the best undergraduate or graduate essay in any risky or marginal field of classical studies. Topics include (but are not limited to) those that Jack himself explored: the ancient novel, the sex/gender systems of antiquity, the social meanings of Greek drama, and ancient Mediterranean culture and society. Approaches include (but are not limited to) those that Jack's own work exemplified: feminism, anthropology, narratology, semiotics, cultural studies, ethnic studies, and lesbian/gay studies. The winner of the Prize will be selected from among the contestants by a jury of five. This year, the jury will be composed of David Braaten, Denise McCoskey, Karen Bassi, Lillian Doherty, and John Kirby. The Trust reserves the right not to confer the Prize in any year in which the essays submitted to the competition are judged insufficiently prizeworthy. The deadline for submissions is March 1. Submissions should not exceed the length of 40 pages. Contestants may send their essays and address any inquiries to: Kirk Ormand, Dept. of Classics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074; kirk.ormand@oberlin.edu. Electronic submission is preferred, in any version of MS Word or plain text format. The John J. Winkler memorial Trust was established as an independent, charitable foundation on June 1, 1990. Its purpose is to honor Jack Winkler's memory and to promote both his scholarly and his political ideals. Inquiries about the Prize, tax-deductible gifts to the Trust, and general correspondence may be addressed to: Kirk Ormand, Acting Trustee, John. J. Winkler Memorial Trust, Dept. of Classics, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074. Kirk Ormand, Acting Trustee Oberlin College .