Best Paper Award

The Humanities Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. Evaluation Committee Members choose 2 articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before last and announce them online by the end of June.

The prize:

– 2 papers will be selected;
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees, which is valid for one year.
 
Humanities Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Humanities will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

11 pages, 271 KiB  
Article
Post-Postmodernism, the “Affective Turn”, and Inauthenticity
by George Kowalik
Humanities 2023, 12(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/h12010007 - 10 Jan 2023
15 pages, 8082 KiB  
Article
Horror Manga: Themes and Stylistics of Japanese Horror Comics
by Paolo La Marca
Humanities 2024, 13(1), 8; https://doi.org/10.3390/h13010008 - 28 Dec 2023

Award Committee

Prof. Albrecht Classen Chairman
University of Arizona
Dr. Sophie Mills
UNC Asheville
Dr. Christopher Metress
Samford University
Dr. Simon Bronner

Winner

13 pages, 269 KiB  
Article
Jane Austen: The Musician as Author
by Gillian Dooley
Humanities 2022, 11(3), 73; https://doi.org/10.3390/h11030073 - 14 Jun 2022
22 pages, 461 KiB  
Article
Beowulf and the Hunt
by Francis Leneghan
Humanities 2022, 11(2), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/h11020036 - 3 Mar 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Albrecht Classen Chairman
University of Arizona
Dr. Sophie Mills
UNC Asheville
Dr. Judith A. Roof
retired
Dr. Christopher Metress
Samford University

Winner

14 pages, 2199 KiB  
Article
Recentring Peripheral Queerness and Marginal Art in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
by Madeleine Pelling
Humanities 2021, 10(2), 73; https://doi.org/10.3390/h10020073 - 5 May 2021
21 pages, 321 KiB  
Article
Postmemory and Implication: Susanne Fritz Revisits the Post/War Period in Wie kommt der Krieg ins Kind (2018)
by Friederike Eigler
Humanities 2021, 10(1), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/h10010023 - 30 Jan 2021

Award Committee

Prof. Albrecht Classen Chairman
University of Arizona
Dr. Simon Bronner
Dr. Robert E. Bjork
Arizona State University
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