Latinx Studies | Call for nominations for the awards of the Latinx Studies Section 2026

Call for nominations for the awards of the Latinx Studies Section 2026

Dear members of Latinx Studies Section,

we hope this email finds you well.

We announce the call for nominations for the awards of the Latinx Studies Section. These are the awards for our section. Please do not confuse them with the awards given by LASA as an organization.

Please, take into account this information:

a) Categories

Latinx Studies Trajectory/Lifetime Award

This award will be given to a senior scholar who has made distinguished lifetime contributions, generated new interest in the field and/or opened up new areas of inquiry for Latinx Studies research. Nominations should include a paragraph (max. 500 words) describing the impact of the nominee’s work in Latinx Studies, along with a curriculum vitae and a link to the nominee’s institutional or personal website. Self-nominations are not permitted. Nominators and nominees must be members of LASA and of the Latinx Studies section.

Information must be sent to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctjCCLjS2aSFTaoOoO6Xqm3cn8Hoj2AGHYRtz82PI4epJKIw/viewform

Book Award

This award will be given to the author(s) of the best book published in 2024 or 2025 in the field of Latinx Studies. The award is open to Latinx Studies section members. Nominations should include the citation information for the book and a single paragraph (max. 500 words) explanation of its subject, along with a link to the publisher’s website. Email the book information (as a .doc or .pdf file) to the official link of the call. Nominations and self-nominations are permitted. Nominators and nominees must be members of LASA and of the Latinx Studies section.

Information must be sent to:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0n5qg-YJozmuuK0-naiQSamJ5aizte4YVWZgKvcnCgEqpmg/viewform

Article Award

This award will be given to the author(s) of a journal article published in 2024 or 2025 that makes an innovative, original conceptual and/or methodological contribution in Latinx Studies. The journal article window begins once the article is assigned to a specific print issue. The award is open to Latinx Studies section members. Digital copies of the paper must be submitted to the official link of the call. Nominations and self-nominations are permitted. Nominators and nominees must be members of LASA and of the Latinx Studies section.

Information must be sent to:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXJjmhTZefAV7Onr1GGBnzxOWKkuqZtRlykYjNM9MjrJCvbA/viewform

b) Deadline for nominations: October 15 2025.

c) Awards jury (alphabetical order):

Melisa Argañaraz (University of Connecticut)

Pablo Biderbost (University of Salamanca)

Christian Hernandez (University of the Hesperides)

Eric Macias (American University)

Maria Puerta (Valencia College)

d) Award resolution: January 2026 (expected)

Many thanks for your collaboration and interest.

Best regards

Latinx Studies Section - Board