The Steven Lee Rubenstein Memorial Scholarship
2023 Call for Applications
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. For the 2023 Conference, the SALSA Board will match this amount, which will allow us to offer two $500 travel stipend awards this year!
This award honors the intellectual legacy of Steven Lee Rubenstein (1962-2012), whose scholarship on Lowland South American society integrates political economy and critical theory, psychoanalysis and post-structuralist feminist theory. Submissions relate to the study of Lowland South American anthropology and further Rubenstein’s research agenda into contrasting systems of power, gender, shamanism, racism and/or education.
Criteria and Eligibility
Applicants must be graduate students, recent PhDs, or precariously employed members whose work furthers the research interests of the Award’s namesake. We define the term ‘graduate student’ as an individual who a) is currently enrolled in a graduate program in anthropology; b) is currently in a post-doctoral student position; or c) was awarded their most recent degree within the nine months prior to the submission date and does not yet hold a teaching post. The candidate must be the first or sole author of a paper that will be presented at the SALSA meetings and be a member of SALSA in good standing. Travel grants will not be awarded to any individual more than once.
Application
Candidates should submit
- A cover letter: the cover letter should include: a) current employment/student and membership status, and b) a description (of no more than 500 words) of the relationship of the paper to the legacy of Steven Rubenstein.
- Current CV.
- Abstract of paper.
All documents should be submitted as .doc or .pdf attachments and electronically mailed to Janet Chernela (chernela@gmail.com) and Daniela Peluso (D.Peluso@kent.ac.uk) by April 28, 2023.
Applications will be reviewed by the Selection Committee and candidates informed of the results by May 22, 2023.
Go to the Steven Lee Rubinstein home page. 
