Objective
This ICCS Award is designed to recognize and promote each year an excellent PhD thesis on a Canadian topic that contributes to outstanding scholarship on Canada written by a member (or one of his/her/their PhD students) of a Canadian Studies Association or Associate Member Association outside of Canada. Members of the Canadian Studies Network are, therefore, encouraged to apply for the Brian Long Award.
Application Guidelines
- Every Member Association or Associate Member Association of the ICCS, except the Canadian Studies Network, can submit annually one PhD thesis written in any language, which has been successfully defended within the preceding two calendar years.
- The thesis must be a scholarly monograph dealing mainly with a Canadian topic. Comparative works are eligible if the Canadian content is 50% or more.
- The Awards and Grants Committee appointed by the International Council for Canadian Studies will act as the jury. Its judgment will be based on a 15–20-page summary of the thesis and on an assessment report, written in French or in English, provided by the external reviewers previously contacted.
- The author or the director of the thesis will include with the submission dossier a list of five specialists (including university affiliation, address, e-mail, etc.), one of whom will be asked to provide a detailed report in French or in English on the thesis’ merit.
- Works not selected will not be kept on file for the following year’s competition. However, associations may resubmit works as long as the two-year period is not exceeded.
- The Award is comprised of a certificate signed by the ICCS President.
- The Award includes a limited allowance toward travel and lodging expenses in order for the recipient to travel to Toronto to receive the Award at the ICCS’ Annual General Meeting.
Eligibility Requirements
- The author or the director of the thesis must be a member in good standing of a Member Association or Associate Member Association of the ICCS.
- The application must be presented by the President of a Member Association or Associate Member Association, and include an electronic version of the thesis.
Deadline
The deadline for submissions is November 24.
Procedure
An application must contain the following:
- an electronic version of the thesis being submitted;
- a 15–20-page summary in French or English;
- a curriculum vitae of the author;
- at least two examiner reports in English or French;
- a list of five specialists (including address, university affiliation, e-mail, etc.) able to read and provide in French or English a detailed assessment of the work submitted;
- a letter from the President of the Member Association or Associate Member Association supporting the application.
Contact
Requests for further information or submissions may be addressed to:
International Council for Canadian Studies
c/o Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University
723 Kaneff Tower
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
Email: iccsciec[at]yorku.ca
2024 WINNER
Laetitia Ndota-Ngbale, “L’efficacité du droit de l’internationalisation des municipalités du Québec: Une voie de compréhension des relaitons entre les normes des trois ordres gouvernementaux,” Laetitia Ndota-Ngbale, Université Grenoble-Alpes (France) and Université Laval (Canada), 2022.
2023 WINNER
Jana Maresova, “Sky Woman, Trickster, Indigo, Reflections of Traditional Storytelling in Contemporary Canadian Indigenous Novel”, Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures, Charles University, 2021.
2022 WINNER
Marcin Markowicz, “Agents of change. Feminist literary magazines, editors, and the politics of cultural production in Canada (1970-2000),” Department of English, Adam Mickiewicz University, 2020.