2008 IPHS book prizes

[i]Call for nominations[/i] The International Planning History Society (IPHS) endeavours to foster the study of planning history worldwide. It seeks to advance scholarship in the fields of urbanism, history, planning and the environment, focusing particularly on cities from the late nineteenth century. At the 2008 IPHS conference in Chicago two prizes will be awarded: The two most innovative books in planning history written in English and based on original new research. Books must have been published in the previous two calendar years (2006-2007). Books may be written individually or joint-authored. Anthologies and edited works are also welcome, but reprints and 'readers' are ineligible. The prize for each award is $ 250,-. The prizes will be awarded at the 13th IPHS conference in Chicago in 2008. Winners will be informed in January 2008 to facilitate participation at the conference. Nominations are invited from scholars and publishers. Nominations will comprise a 400 word statement, a short CV of the author(s), and 5 copies of the nominated book. (These materials will not be returned). [b]The deadline for receipt of submissions for the next prize is 31 October 2007.[/b] Nomination materials should be sent (if possible earlier) to: Pd. Dr. Dirk Schubert, HCU c/o TU Hamburg-Harburg, Schwarzenbergstraße 95 IV D, 20173 Hamburg, Germany. Further information about the prize can be obtained from Dirk Schubert Tel. +49-40-42878-3661, FAX +49-42878-2472, E-mail: [url=mailto:dirk.schubert@hcu-hamburg.de]dirk.schubert@hcu-hamburg.de[/url]