Catherine W. Bishir Prize

The VAF Board of Directors is pleased to institute a new annual award. The Bishir Prize will be presented for the first time in 2012.

The Bishir Prize, named after Catherine Bishir, is awarded annually to the scholarly article from a juried North American publication that has made the most significant contribution to the study of vernacular architecture and cultural landscape. In judging the nominated articles, the jurors look for an article that is based on primary research, that breaks new ground in interpretation or methodology, and that contributes generally to the intellectual vitality of vernacular studies. Entries may come from any discipline concerned with vernacular architecture studies. Articles published in the two years prior to the conference are eligible for consideration.

Please note that essays published as chapters in a book are also eligible if the volume is peer-reviewed, published within the time parameters specified, and the research presented in the essay is new. Anthologized collections are not eligible. If there are questions regarding a nomination, please contact Virginia Price at va.price@yahoo.com.  

Please submit three copies of your nomination to:

Virginia Price
Chair, The Catherine W. Bishir Prize
3906 Vacation Lane
Arlington, VA 22207

or, electronically, to va.price@yahoo.com.

The deadline for nominations is December 15, 2011.