Award Details

The Human Rights Section of ISA (HR-ISA) has two paper awards for papers presented at the ISA annual conference: a Graduate Student award and a Faculty/Professional award. Submission details for the 2009 awards will be posted closer to the date of the conference.

1. Steven C. Poe Graduate Student Paper Award

HR-ISA has named its Graduate Student Paper Award in honor of the late Steven C. Poe in recognition of his contributions in the field of human rights and support to graduate students. To be eligible for the award, the paper must be presented at the ISA  annual meeting immediately preceding the deadline (not restricted to the human rights section panels), and must be original (not presented or published elsewhere) research in the field of human rights.  Papers  presented as posters are also eligible for the award. The award will 

be accompanied by $100 as well as a paid one-year membership in the  Human Rights Section. In addition, the winner will receive $300 to subsidize travel to the following year’s ISA meeting (contingent upon provision of receipts). Papers may be nominated by panel chairs or other conference participants, and by authors.  Papers should have been uploaded to the ISA website by the deadline.  Alternatively, if you are submitting your own paper for consideration, please submit it electronically to the Chair of the committee.

Deadline for submission: TBA

Award committee: two at-large members of the executive committee and one additional member (non-executive committee) chosen by the section Chair.

2. Faculty/Professional Best Paper Award

This award will be given to the best paper presented at the ISA annual conference 2008 by a faculty member (not restricted to rank) or professional or activist. Eligibility is limited to Human Rights Section-sponsored panels, and must be original (not presented or published elsewhere) research in the field of human rights. The award is accompanied by $100 as well as a paid one-year membership in the Human Rights Section. In addition, the winning paper will be forwarded to the Journal of Human Rights for special consideration for publication.

Papers may be nominated by panel chairs or other conference participants, and by authors.  Papers should have been uploaded to the ISA website by the deadline.  Alternatively, if you are submitting your own paper for consideration, please submit it electronically to the Chair of the committee.

Deadline for submission: TBA

Award committee: two at-large members of the executive committee and one additional member (non-executive committee) chosen by the section Chair.

The section would like to recognize the generous contribution made by the Journal of Human Rights and its editor, Richard Hiskes, in funding these awards. The Journal of Human Rights is a Routledge/Taylor and Francis publication.