Awards
2025 ENAS Awards for Best PhD Thesis and Best Master’s Thesis in the field of Aging Studies
Deadline for submission: November 1st, 2024
ENAS is announcing a competition for two awards, one for the best PhD thesis and one for the best Master’s thesis in Aging Studies. We aim to promote research in the field of interdisciplinary Aging Studies rooted in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. Each award carries a cash prize of 200 EUR and ENAS membership for two years. We invite candidates to submit their work that must have been completed from 1st May 2022 to 1st May 2024. Submitted work does not yet need to be in print. Work submitted in any language other than English needs to contain a 3-5-page summary in English. Candidates have to add two supporting documents (letter of recommendation and evaluation reports) that corroborates the excellence of their research. Contestants who would like to have their work considered will need to join the association.
To submit work to be considered for the 2025 ENAS Award for the Best Master’s Thesis, please send your thesis as a Word or PDF file as well as an abstract of one page plus relevant evaluation reports to emma.dominguez@udl.cat with the subject line 2025 ENAS Award for the Best Master’s Thesis.
To submit work to be considered for the 2025 ENAS Award for the Best PhD Thesis, please send your thesis as a Word or PDF file as well as an abstract of one page plus relevant evaluation reports to emma.dominguez@udl.cat with the subject line 2025 ENAS Award for the Best PhD Thesis.
The deadline for submissions is November 1st, 2024. The winners of both awards will be announced at the joint ENAS & NANAS Lleida Conference 2025
Call for Abstract Proposals for the NANAS-Sponsored Panel at the 2025 ENAS/NANAS Lleida Conference
The North American Network in Aging Studies (NANAS) invites individual paper abstract proposals to join a sponsored panel at the 2025 ENAS/NANAS conference in Lleida, Spain.
We are seeking emerging, independent, and established scholars, researchers, and practitioners, of all levels of experience and from diverse disciplines working on age studies, to contribute their expertise to this panel. We hope the panel will offer a platform to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue, share cutting-edge research, and foster innovative approaches to understanding age and its intersections with identity, culture, health, and more. From exploring the narratives of aging populations to examining ageism and age discrimination, we aim to cultivate a rich discourse that transcends disciplinary boundaries. Paper proposals should fall in line with the conference themes and call found here
Selected panelists will be recognized by NANAS and receive a small honorarium.
To apply, please submit a brief abstract (max. 250 words) along with a short bio to Dr. Benjamin Gillespie (benjamin.gillespie@baruch.cuny.edu) with the subject line “NANAS Sponsored Panel Proposal” by June 30th 2024.
NANAS EMERGING SCHOLAR CONFERENCE PRESENTATON AWARD (2025)
The NANAS Emerging Scholar Conference Presentation Award will celebrate and recognize an outstanding conference paper from an emerging scholar at the upcoming 2025 ENAS/NANAS conference in Lleida, Spain. This award will honor the best paper presented by an emerging scholar working on a subject related to age studies. The award will be based on exceptional research, methodology, and writing style. This award is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, or postdoctoral researchers. Winners will receive recognition at the conference, a certificate of achievement, and a small honorarium. Applicants must attend the conference in person to be considered.
We encourage all emerging scholars to submit their papers for consideration. Papers will be read in advance by the awards committee and winners will be announced at the conference. More details will be shared closer to the conference.
To apply, please submit your conference paper along with a short bio to Dr. Benjamin Gillespie (benjamin.gillespie@baruch.cuny.edu) with the subject line “NANAS Emerging Scholar Presentation Award” by March 21st 2025.
