James R. Wiseman Book Award

2013 Wiseman Book Award winner Kathleen Lynch receives her award from AIA Vice President for Publications John Younger

Each year the James R. Wiseman Book Award Committee will recommend, in time for presentation of the award at the Annual Meeting of the Institute, the academic work on an archaeological topic  it deems most worthy of recognition in that year. Books and monographs bearing a date of publication within the four calendar years prior to (not including) the year of the Annual Meeting at which the award is made will be eligible for consideration. Fieldwork volumes are welcome; textbooks will not be considered, and handbooks or other edited volumes must be exceptionally strong contriubtions in order to qualify for consideration.

AIA members are encouraged to suggest books worthy of the award by filling out the Nomination Form. Authors and publishers may also bring their books to the committee's attention by sending a Letter of Nomination and four sample copies for distribution to the committee to the address below. Publishers should nominate no more than two (2) books per year and should ensure that the books meet the criteria of the award.  The author must be a member of the Archaeological Institute of American in good standing. Books may be submitted for the award only once, and should not be re-submitted unless specifically requested by the committee. Books intended for a gneeral audience should be nominated for the Felicia A. Holton Book Award.

Due Date for Nomination
Letter of nomination and books should be received by Institute Headquarters at the below address no later than March 15, 2013.

Wiseman Book Award
Attn: Awards
Archaeological Institute of America
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Boston, MA 02215-2006
(617) 353-9361
FAX: (617) 353-6550
E-mail: awards@aia.bu.edu

Questions about the Book Award may be directed to Deanna Baker, Membership and Societies Administrator, at the above address.

2013 Wiseman Book Award Winner: The Symposium in Context: Pottery from a Late Archaic House in the Athenian Agora by Kathleen Lynch

Kathleen received a B.A. from Boston University and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from the McIntire Department of Art at the University of Cincinnati. She has excavated in Greece, Turkey, Italy, and Albania, but her “home” excavation is the Athenian Agora, which is the background for her book. Kathleen’s research specialty is Greek pottery, especially Athenian pottery―both figured and plain―of the Archaic and Classical periods. She is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Cincinnati where she is also the Director of Graduate Studies for Archaeology. Kathleen has been a national AIA lecturer as well as a guest lecture for AIA tours. She currently serves as Chair of the AIA Fellowships committee and as the Treasurer of AIA’s Cincinnati Society.

Past Winners of the James R. Wiseman Book Award

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