Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Humanities 2022 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Humanities Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by the reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Humanities. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround time are maintained.

Prof. Dr. Sarah Chinn
Affiliation: Department of English, Hunter College, New York, NY, USA
Research Interests: childhood, literature, race, sexuality, and gender 

The Prize:

• CHF 500;
• An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in Humanities in 2023 after peer review;
• A certificate. 

Kind regards,
Humanities Editorial Office

Note on Winner Announcement Date

Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the deadline for announcing the winner of the 2021 Best Paper Award has been postponed to 31 July 2023.

The Editorial Office would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Humanities 2021 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Humanities from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. One review and one research article will each receive an award. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, and the winners will be announced in July 2023. 

Eligibility for the Awards:

– Papers published in Humanities from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
– Open to researchers at all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered. 

Selection Criteria:

The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Prizes:

– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Humanities before the end of July 2024;
– One research article award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Humanities before the end of July 2024;
– Each winner will also receive an electronic certificate.

The winners will be announced on the Humanities website in July 2023.

Kind regards,
Humanities Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winner of the Humanities 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Humanities Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Humanities. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Prof. Brad Prager
College of Arts and Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
Research Interest: holocaust studies; film history; contemporary German cinema; the art and literature of German romanticism.

Prizes:
– 500 Swiss Francs;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2022;
– An electronic certificate.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Classen
Editor-in-Chief, Humanities

Dear Colleagues,

The Humanities Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy given by reviewers in checking manuscripts submitted to Humanities. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

The following referees have been selected to receive Humanities 2019 Outstanding Reviewer Awards for the quantity, timeliness, and quality of their reviews in 2019.

David Haney
Appalachian State University 

Paul March-Russell
University of Kent

Each winner will receive a certificate and 250 CHF.

Humanities Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Humanities Travel Award, which has been granted to the following:

Amanda Joyce Hall, a Ph.D. Candidate from Yale University, will attend the Fourth Annual Conference of the African American Intellectual History Society, March 22–23, 2019, in Ann Arbor, MI, USA, to present her paper with the following title: “Black Internationalist Solidarity and the Movements against South African Apartheid in the Pacific”.

With such high-quality applications for the awards, this was a difficult decision, and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate the winner for her accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Albrecht Classen
University of Arizona
Editor-in-Chief