Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship 2025
About the Award
For every SALSA conference since 2016, a travel stipend of $500 has been awarded to a graduate student, recent PhD, or precariously employed member who wishes to present their work at the SALSA conferences. The Steven Lee Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship awards one scholarship of $500 for travel to the SALSA XV Biennial Conference.
This scholarship honors Steven Lee Rubenstein’s (1962-2012) outstanding career as a scholar of Lowland South American anthropology. The award will be granted to a student who continues the legacy of Steven Lee Rubenstein’s research trajectory in Lowland South America and whose work resonates with his broader interests in anthropology. His work is broadly situated within political economy and critical theory and engages with psychoanalytic and post-structuralist feminist theory.
Submissions should engage with at least some of Rubenstein’s thematic foci, which include, among others, systems of power, gender, shamanism, racism, education, and the historicity of Indigenous peoples. For a more detailed discussion of Steven Lee Rubenstein’s work see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Rubenstein; http://digitalcommons.trinity.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1145&context=tipiti
Applications will be reviewed by the awards committee.
Criteria and Eligibility
Applicants must be graduate students whose work furthers the research interests of the Award’s namesake.
We define a ‘graduate student’ as an individual who is either (a) currently enrolled in a graduate program in anthropology or a closely-related field or (b) whose most recent degree was awarded within nine months prior to the submission date and who does not yet hold a teaching post.
The candidate must a SALSA member and first or sole author of a paper to be presented in person at the upcoming SALSA meeting. The conference paper, in its entirety (including references and acknowledgments), should be submitted in double-spaced, PDF formatting.
Travel grants will not be awarded to any individual more than once.
Application Guidelines and Procedures
Application materials include the conference paper, as well as submit your name, university affiliation, and contact information. Please send applications to committee co-chairs Janet Chernela ([email protected]) and Daniela Peluso ([email protected]) by April 1, 2025. Applicants will be notified of the results by May 1st.