In the aim to promote excellence and international multilingual research, the Association of Friends of the Center for Early Medieval Studies of the Department of Art History, Masaryk University, Brno (AFCEMS) decided to establish a yearly prize for the Best Book in Medieval Art (all pre-modern world cultures included). The author of the selected book will receive a cash prize of 1000€.

Presentation

In the aim to promote excellence and international multilingual research, the Association of Friends of the Center for Early Medieval Studies of the Department of Art History, Masaryk University, Brno (AFCEMS) decided to establish a yearly prize for the Best Book in Medieval Art (all pre-modern world cultures included).

The prize will be awarded annually during the AFCEMS meeting in October 2022. Books published in 2018 or later will be considered. The submissions should be works published in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek or Russian. The publication’s author or authors are expected to be current members of the AFCEMS (to join, visit earlymedievalstudies.com/EN/membership.html). 

The author of the selected book will receive a cash prize of 1000€

Application guidelines

Submit your book or your intention to submit the book to the address: Center for Early Medieval Studies, MU, Faculty of Arts, Arna Nováka 1, 60200 Brno, Czech Republic.

For any queries, please contact: natalia.gachallova@phil.muni.cz

Selection committee

Directors

• Michele Bacci (Université de Fribourg);
• Ivan Foletti (Masaryk University, Brno)

Members

• Anna Adashinskaya (Higher School of Economics, Brno);
• Alejandro García Avilés (Universidad de Murcia);
• Meekyung MacMurdie (The University of Utah);
• Erik Thunø (Rutgers University);
• Cécile Voyer (Université de Poitiers