[PhilPhys] Call for nominations for the Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize 2013

Jos Uffink jbuffink at umn.edu
Tue Oct 22 21:48:48 CEST 2013


We would like to issue a call for nominations for  the 2013 edition of the
Hanneke Janssen  Memorial  Prize.

The prize - which has been funded by donations through the
Hanneke Janssen Memorial Fund - is open to international
candidates, for any Thesis submitted for a Master's Degree
(or an equivalent thereof), or as a substantial part for obtaining
this Master's Degree, in the field of History and Philosophy of
Modern Physics.


The Hanneke Janssen Memorial Prize intends to honour the
life and work of Hanneke Janssen (1982-2008), who was a
brilliant student in this field, until her untimely death in a traffic
accident.

The prize includes
- An award of 2000 euros.
- An invitation to give a talk on the topic of the Thesis in Nijmegen.
- An invitation to submit an article based on the Thesis to the
  journal *Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics*.

Candidates for this prize will be accepted only through nomination
by the supervisor(s) of the work, accompanied by a statement
motivating the nomination.


The deadline for the 2013 nomination is November 7. The
decision will be made by the jury (i.e., the undersigned) by
November 25. The award ceremony is scheduled for
19 December 2013 at the Radboud University Nijmegen, or
as closely to this date as possible.

For more details we refer to the stipulations explained on the website
http://www.ru.nl/snuf/english/facilities/hanneke-janssen/



Many thanks in advance, with kindest regards,


Jos Uffink (Minneapolis)
Klaas Landsman (Nijmegen)
Michiel Seevinck (Nijmegen)
Christoph Lehner (Berlin)
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