Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award

The Society for American Music announces its annual competition for a dissertation on any topic relating to American music.

American music is interpreted in all its historical and contemporary styles and contexts, including, but not limited to art and popular musics, the musics of ethnic groups and minorities, and the full range of activities associated with music. "America" is understood here to embrace North America (Canada, The United States, and Mexico), including Central America and the Caribbean, and aspects of its cultures elsewhere in the world.

Eligibility

The dissertation must be in English, and must be for a degree awarded in calendar year 2010. Authors who entered the competition in a previous year may not enter again.

Application

All submission materials must be in PDF format, and submitted electronically. Candidates should send the following components, naming the files as indicated starting with your last name:

The title page and abstract of your dissertation (LASTNAME_Abstract.pdf)
The table of contents (LASTNAME_TableofContents.pdf)
Preface or Introduction (LASTNAME_Preface.pdf)
One sample chapter (LASTNAME_Chapter.pdf)

If your file is larger than 7MB, please zip it. Any deviation from these instructions will complicate the committee's decision process.

Please email your materials to Sandra Graham.

DMA and other terminal degree documents will be considered as long as the entire piece of scholarship is included in a written document (i.e., musical compositions or other materials will not be considered).

Applicants should include a full mailing address, phone number, and email address (where an acknowledgement will be sent), the title of the work, university, department, date, and primary advisor. Please do not mail the complete dissertation at this time.

Entry Deadline

Entries are now closed.

Members of the Committee

Sandra Graham (chair: 2011-2012), Brett Boutwell, Drew Davies, Phil Gentry, Renee Norris.

Previous Housewright Award winners