The Society of Dix-Neuviémistes – Postgraduate Essay Prize

The Society of Dix-Neuviémistes – Postgraduate Essay Prize

The Society now offers a prize for the best postgraduate essay on nineteenth-century French studies. The winning essay will be strongly recommended to the referees for publication in the journal Dix-Neuf (www.sdn.ac.uk/dixneuf) and the winner will receive a year’s free membership of the Society in 2004, in addition to a book voucher for £50.

Rules: the prize is for a postgraduate essay of not more than 6000 words (including footnotes but excluding bibliography), which must be unpublished material. It is open to both members and non-members of the Society. The topic must primarily relate to the long nineteenth century (1789-1914) in France and Francophone countries, and may adopt a variety of disciplinary perspectives – linguistic, literary, historical, cultural, and philosophical – in line with the SDN’s stated aims. The essay may be in English or French. Please include a covering letter providing details of your name, institutional address, and the purpose for which you originally wrote the essay, as well as an exact word count. Please also include a brief note from your research supervisor testifying that the work is your own and from the 12-month period preceding the deadline. The essay must be word processed with numbered pages. Do not include your name or institution on the essay itself. Unfortunately we are unable to enter into any correspondence concerning individual entries.

Please send three copies of the essay by post to Miranda Gill (SDN Postgraduate Representative), Christ Church, Oxford OX1 1DP (miranda.gill@chch.ox.ac.uk ). The deadline is 31 December 2003. For more information about the SDN, please see our website at www.sdn.ac.uk