The call for the 2023 awards cycle is now closed.
Each year, the Jewish Studies & Music study group at AMS recognizes outstanding scholarly work in the field of Jewish music. For the 2023 awards cycle, we welcome nominations of work that was published from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 in the following categories:
- A book, monograph, or edited volume.
- An article from a journal or a chapter in an edited volume.
- Other published scholarly materials. This may include, but is not limited to: liner notes to an audio recording, a film, annotated translations or music manuscripts, web materials.
Eligibility
Submissions may come from any scholar, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, or academic rank.
- Anyone may submit a nomination, and authors are welcome to nominate their own works.
- All authors must be members in good standing with the AMS.
- All submissions should be published in English, including published translations from other languages.
Evaluation
Submissions will be evaluated by members of the JSMSG board and by outside reviewers.
Application Process
Nominations for materials should be sent to amsjewishmusic [at] gmail [dot] com with “JSMSG 2023 Awards Nomination” in the subject line. Please submit the following materials with your nomination:
- The author’s name.
- An abstract or brief description of the work.
- A PDF or link to the ebook, article, or recording. If you are unable to send PDFs due to copyright restrictions, please include the ISBN along with the publisher information.
Award winners will be notified prior to the annual AMS meeting and results will be announced during the 2023 AMS Annual Meeting.
The deadline has been extended:
All nominations are due by 11:59pm PT, July 10, 2023.