Are you fast-thinking, fast-writing, with an anthropological bent? Be alert. Word comes that a deadline (March 1) is approaching for book proposals for an international competition co-sponsored by the University of California Press and the Center for a Public Anthropology. Submissions are welcomed from those both in and outside the field (pun intended).
The prize is a “formal, publishing contract for the best book proposal submitted, plus a $5,000 advance independent of whether the author has completed (or even started) the proposed manuscript.” Details here.
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6 Responses to Last Chance for Anthro Book Competition
bpruden - March 10, 2011 at 7:52 am
For anyone who has followed President Gee’s career, this should not come as a surprise. He got great PR mileage out of a reorganiozation of the athletic program at Vanderbilt–the weak sister of the SEC–but it was just that–a reorganization and little more, and when he left there to return to Ohio State he made clear that athletic reform was not a priority, noting that different schools have different needs and different cultures. He left Ohio State the first time to move to Brown and after it won the Ivy League football crown, Gee crowed that he had to teach them how to tear down the goal posts. However, he had escaped to Vanderbilt by the time the NCAA had uncovered the violations relating to that football championship. He is great at PR and governmental relations, but when it comes to big-time athletics he is the cheerleader in chief.
jffoster - March 10, 2011 at 9:03 am
Well, gee whiz.
11182967 - March 10, 2011 at 10:47 am
With Tressel, Gee has a vested interested in the status quo.
11191774 - March 10, 2011 at 11:08 am
The students get five-game suspensions; the coach two. Hmmmm….
ald8m - March 10, 2011 at 11:17 am
Gordon Gee is a dope. The NCAA won’t look kindly on his attitude, I predict. They have this thing about “institutional control”…
11223435 - March 10, 2011 at 11:29 am
While I’m not averse to Tressel being fined and “disciplined” for 2 games, I’ve previously said that punishing “student-athletes” for selling things that were GIVEN TO THEM is absurd, and the NCAA punishment for them (letting them play in the NCAA money-making bowl, but not in the first few games next season) is hypocrisy at its worst. So I guess I’m in Tressel’s corner on this one, as much as I may hate being there. Why should he have ratted out players for selling items that were GIVEN TO THEM?
I’m not an “athletic supporter” but I know that the NCAA is money-focused fascism masquerading as something else (I can’t quite figure out what it is that they do, so….). It’s a weird plantation they run, but if you treat the field hands so badly, why not slap the overseer around a little bit too, I guess.