Hines Prize Winners:
"This Remote Part of the World": The Formation of North Carolina's Lower Cape Fear Region, 1725-1775, by Dr. Bradford J. Wood, Assistant Professor of History, Eastern Kentucky University, published in July 2004. Read what Dr. Peter Wood has to say about his book.
"A Mortifying but Honorable Expedient: The Role of Music in the Relief and Recovery of Saint-Domingan Refugees in Charleston" by Dr. Nicholas M. Butler, Archivist of Special Collections, Charleston County Library, manuscript, 2005.
"Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Arts Traditions in the Atlantic World" by Dr. T. J. Desch-Obi, winner of the 2007 Hines Prize. Including 45 illustrations, Dr. Desch-Obi sets out the rich history of the arrival and dissemination of African martial arts in the Atlantic world and furthers our understanding of the powerful influence of enslaved populations on our general culture. Grounded in historical and cultural anthropological method, Desch-Obi traces the influence of well-delineated African traditions on long-observed but misunderstood African and African American cultural activities in North America, Brazil, and the Caribbean. He links the Brazilian martial art capoeira to reports of slave activities recorded in colonial and antebellum North America, and images of kalenda African stick-fighting techniques to the Haitian Revolution.
Dr. Barry Stiefel, winner of the 2009 Hines Prize, received his Ph.D. from Tulane University in 2008. His dissertation about the forty plus synagogues erected by the Spanish-Portuguese-Dutch-English-American Jewish communities of the Atlantic basin from the 17th through 19th centuries will be published as Jewish Sanctuary in the Atlantic World: A Social and Architectural History by the University of South Carolina Press.
A Call for Manuscripts
Do you hava a manuscript in hand or in preparation that would fit the scope of this series? Do you know others who do?
If your manuscript is for a first book you should consider entering it for the competition for the second biennial award of the Hines Prize given to the best first book relating to any aspect of the Carolina Lowcountry and/or the Atlantic World.
The prize carries a cash award of $1,000 and preferential consideration by the University of South Carolina Press for the Program's book series.
Deadline: May 1, 2011
For more information:
If you have a manuscript that fits this description, please contact Simon Lewis or David Gleeson for further information on how to enter the competition for our biennial award.
