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Regulations of the Justus Lipsius Award 2011
Regulations of the Justus Lipsius Award 2011
In 2000, IAMAM, the predecessor of the International Committee of Museums and Collections of Arms and Military History (ICOMAM), created a special award, designed to stimulate studies in the fields covered by ICOMAM. The prize is called the Justus Lipsius Award referring to Justus Lipsius, the famous humanist, philologist, legislator and noteworthy antiquarian active in the Netherlands during the 16th century who published on various military subjects. The Justus Lipsius Award will distinguish outstanding contributions on subjects such as arms, artillery, armaments (land, sea and air), military uniforms and equipment, flags, emblems, military music, fortification and museology pertaining to the above mentioned fields but excluding theoretical military history. The prize money for this triennial award consists of a sum of 2,500 Euros.
For this purpose, a competition for the best newly published or unpublished scholarly study in the above-mentioned fields is organised every three years. The period covered in this present competition is 2008, 2009 and 2010. This competition is open to all but the studies must be submitted to the Secretary of the Justus Lipsius Award before February 1st, 2011. Submissions received after this date will not be considered.
The studies must be written in or translated into one of the official ICOMAM languages i.e. English or French. Other languages are also allowed, provided the texts are accompanied by a substantial abstract in either English or French. The author will submit two copies of the study, typewritten or in electronic format, or two copies of the published version. The study should range around at least 20,000 words.
Submissions for the competition must be sent to: The Secretary of the Justus Lipsius Award, Mrs Eveline Sint Nicolaas, c/o Rijksmuseum, P.O. Box 74888, NL-1070 DN Amsterdam, Netherlands; e-mail: e.sintnicolaas@rijksmuseum.nl; fax: +31-20-6747001), before February 1st, 2011. Submissions received after this date will not be considered.
A jury, nominated by ICOMAM, will grant the prize. The ICOMAM Executive Board can decide to open the jury to outside experts. The jury reserves the right not to grant the award should the studies submitted prove to be irrelevant to the above-mentioned field or of insufficient quality. The jury will judge the submitted studies on their quality and the contribution they represent to the knowledge of ICOMAM related subjects. No correspondence and no discussion on the decisions of the jury will be allowed.
The winner will be announced during the next ICOMAM meeting after the submission date, this is during the next Congress in Graz in September 2011. He or she will retain full credit for and ownership of the study if it is still unpublished at that stage.
Additional information can be obtained from the secretary of the Justus Lipsius Award (Mrs Eveline Sint Nicolaas, c/o Rijksmuseum, P.O. Box 74888, NL-1070 DN Amsterdam, Netherlands; e-mail: e.sintnicolaas@rijksmuseum.nl; fax: +31-20-6747001) or by visiting the website of ICOMAM (www.icomam.icom.museum). [1]
Former winners of the JLA:
2002: Walter J. Karcheski Jr et Thom Richardson (The Medieval Armour from Rhodes [2000]) et : J.P. Puype et R.J. de Stürler Boekwijt (Klewang : catalogue of the Dutch Army Museum [2001])
2005: S. James Gooding (Trade Guns of the Hudsons Bay Company 1690-1970 [2003])
et : José-A. Godoy and Silvio Leydi (Parures Triomphales : le maniérisme dans lart de larmure italienne [2003])
2008 : Donald LaRocca, Warriors of the Himalayas Rediscovering the Arms and Armor of Tibet, New York [2006]
[1] The regulations can be changed without previous notice.
