GAPS Recognition Award

Grunddaten zur Preisverleihung

Art des Preises: Forschungspreis oder andere Auszeichnung
Verliehen von: Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (GAPS)
Verliehen an: Gerfer, Anika
Bekannt gegeben am: 15.05.2018
Verleihung erfolgte am: 15.05.2018

Über die Preisverleihung

A complimentary prize has been awarded to: Anika GERFER (Münster University) for her graduate (MA) thesis “White Appropriation of Jamaican Creole in Reggae Music”. Thesis supervisor: Dr. Michael Westphal, 2017
Anlass der Preisverleihung: GAPS Annual Conference
Ort der Verleihung: Mainz
Link zur Pressemitteilung des Verleihers: https://g-a-p-s.net/graduate-award/

Über den Preis

Each year, the Gesellschaft für Anglophone Postkoloniale Studien/ Association for Anglophone Postcolonial Studies (GAPS) confers the GAPS Graduate Award for young academics. The aim is to honour outstanding theses (undergraduate and master’s theses as well as state examination theses) on Anglophone postcolonial literatures and cultures as well as on the varieties of English submitted to universities and colleges in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In addition to the Graduate Award, two recognition awards may be conferred. These are endowed as follows: • Free GAPS membership for two years (starting in the year of the award) • Payment of travel expenses (second-class train travel) and one night’s hotel accommodation for attending the award presentation at the GAPS annual conference as well as the fees for the conference The GAPS Graduate Award and the two recognition awards will be presented during the GAPS annual conference.
Art des Preises: Sonstige Auszeichnung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses
Webseite des Preises oder Verleihers: https://g-a-p-s.net
Zeitraum der Vergabe: seit 2008