John Hurst Memorial Dissertation Prize

hurst      The MSRG is pleased to announce the ninth year of competition for the prize set up in honour of John Hurst (1927-2003), who did so much to promote the field of medieval archaeology and, in particular, the study of medieval settlement. To encourage new and young scholars in the field, an annual prize of £200 is offered to graduate students for the best Masters dissertation on any theme in the field of medieval settlement and landscape in Britain and Ireland (c. AD 400 - 1600).

Application details

We invite Directors of Masters programmes in Archaeology, English Local History, Landscape Studies or related fields to submit high-quality completed dissertations (i.e. dissertations that have been both internally and externally assessed and judged to be of first/distinction level). Dissertations should be submitted as hard copy (although they may be accompanied by supporting material on CD) and should be a maximum of 15/20,000 words long. The dissertation should be work by a student in the academic year 2011-12 and submission must have his/her approval. Proof of the final mark for submitted dissertations should also be sent.

MA programme supervisors are encouraged to submit high quality student dissertations for this annual award. A bound copy should be sent by 31st December to the Secretary of the MSRG:

Dr Neil Christie
School of Archaeology and Ancient History
University of Leicester
Leicester
LE1 7RH

A panel comprising members of the MSRG Committee will judge the entries and an award will be announced in mid-April of the following year.

Where appropriate, a summary of the winning entry will be published in the Group's journal, Medieval Settlement Research. Submissions to the journal are due by the end of May; the journal is published each year at the start of November.


For details of past award holders (2004 - present), please follow this link.


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