The Samuel H. Beer Dissertation Prize was developed by the British Politics Group to encourage the study of British politics by graduate students and to reward exceptional work in that area of study. The principle criterion for awarding the Prize is the dissertation’s contribution to the understanding of British politics, regardless of whether the study is exclusively British or comparative research.

We invite nominations for the 2008 award of $300 for the best doctoral dissertation on British politics completed during the calendar years 2005, 2006, or 2007.  All nominees must have received their Ph. D. from a department in the U.S. or Canada. Either a supervising professor or a department’s director of graduate studies may nominate a dissertation.  Either the supervising professor or the dissertation author must be a member of the BPG (can join upon submission). No one person may nominate more than one dissertation. The dissertation may be forwarded as three loose paper copies OR a single PDF file along with a brief letter of nomination. All material should be submitted by March 1, 2008 to:

                    Terrence Casey, Executive Director

                    British Politics Group

                    Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

                    Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

                    5500 Wabash Avenue

                    Terre Haute, IN 47803

                    Email: casey1@rose-hulman.edu

                    Phone: (812) 877-8281

The winner of the award will be announced at the BPG’s annual business meeting at the 2008 APSA convention in Boston.