HGSCEA EMERGING SCHOLARS PUBLICATION PRIZE
Call for Submissions
Submissions are now being accepted for the annual HGSCEA Emerging Scholars Essay Prize, an award of $500 given to the author of a distinguished article or essay published this year on any topic in the history of German, Scandinavian, or Central European art, architecture, design, or visual culture.
Submissions, which must be in English and may be from electronic or print publications, must have a publication date of 2026. Applicants must be either current Ph.D. students or have earned a Ph.D. in or after 2022 and must be members of HGSCEA at the time of application (http://hgscea.org/hgscea-
Submissions should include a copy of the publication and a CV. They should be sent as electronic attachments to HGSCEA’s Secretary, Katerina Korola (kkorola@berkeley.edu) by December 18, 2026.
The annual HGSCEA Emerging Scholars Publication Prize is an award of $500 given to the author of a distinguished essay published the preceding year on any topic in the history of Scandinavian, German or Central European art, architecture, design, or visual culture.
Due at the end of the calendar year.
Submission Requirements:
- English language from electronic or print publications
- Publication date of that year
- Applicants must be either current Ph.D. students or have earned a Ph.D. in the last 5 years
- Applicants must be members of HGSCEA at the time of application (Join Here)
The recipient of the Prize (along with honorable mentions as appropriate) will be chosen by the members of the HGSCEA Board, notified in late January, and publicly announced in February.
Submissions should include a copy of the publication and a CV. They should be sent as electronic attachments to HGSCEA’s Secretary.
2025 Winner
Weiss, Rachel Daphne. “Delineations: Jan Hackaert’s Graphic Geognosy.” Art History 48, no. 3 (2025): 430–58.
Honorable Mention:
Kilgore, Claire W. “Clothing the City’s Martyrs: Weaving and Spinning in Late Medieval Cologne and Devotion to the Cult of the Eleven Thousand Virgins.” Medieval Clothing and Textiles 19 (2025): 57–91.