Nominate a book published in 2023 by May 22, 2024.
It is with gratitude and great respect that we honor and remember Robert Lee Shep by opening nominations for the 2024 R.L. Shep Memorial Book Award. As Roy Hamilton writes in his wonderful remembrance, “TSA has lost a steadfast friend and supporter with the passing of Robert Lee Shep on December 21, 2022.”
Given annually to a publication judged to be the best book in the field of global cultural heritage textile studies, the 2024 award consists of a cash prize of $1,000 funded by an endowment established by R.L. Shep in 2000. Recent awardees include Sylvia Houghteling’s The Art of Cloth in Mughal India, Sylvia Fraser-Lu’s Textiles in Burman Culture, and Joanna Barrkman’s Aboriginal Screen-Printed Textiles from Australia’s Top End.
Please click here to see further details on the TSA website or to nominate a book published in 2023. Nominations are due May 22, 2024 by midnight EST.
For questions and further information about the award, please contact the chairperson of the Shep Award Committee (Sarah Fee: sarahf@rom.on.ca), or the TSA Awards Committee: Vandana Bhandari, Director of Awards and Scholarships vb@vandanabhandari.com or Janet Purdy, Assistant Director of Awards and Scholarships janetmpurdy@gmail.com.
Image: Tent Hanging or Coverlet (Djerbi) (detail). Possibly from Laghouat, Algeria, c. 1850-1900. The Art Institute of Chicago, Major Acquisitions Fund, 2003.175. Creative Commons Zero (CC0).
