Call for Nominations: Best Book on the History of Children and Youth - SHCY - Deadline: Feb. 15, 2011

Call for Nominations: Best Book on the History of Children and Youth
The Society for the History of Children and Youth (SHCY) is pleased to call for nominations for the best book published in English on the history of children, childhood, or youth (broadly construed) published in calendar year 2009 or 2010.

The award of a plaque and a check for $500 US will be presented at the SHCY Biennial Conference < http://www.h-net.org/~child/SHCY/> June 23-25, 2011, at Columbia University and Teachers College.

Nominations are invited from publishers, writers (self-nominations), and scholars. Current members of the SHCY award committee, the executive committee, and officers of the society are ineligible. *Nominations must be postmarked by Feb. 15, 2011*.

Send a copy of the book for consideration to each of the book award committee members at the following addresses:

Adriana S. Benzquen
Department of History
Mount Saint Vincent University
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3M 2J6

Gary Cross (Chair)
Distinguished Professor of Modern History
Department of History
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802

Adam Golub
Dept. of American Studies
California State Univ., Fullerton
Fullerton, CA 92834-6868