The Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology

Overview
Applicants must submit two short social science-informed commentaries (up to 500 words each) in English. One commentary must be based on one of the photos by Rachel Tanur and one must be based on an original photo taken by the applicant. Each commentary is expected to give a sociological analysis of the selected visual material, based on theoretical and applied social science methods.

Eligibility
The Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology is open worldwide to undergraduate and graduate students in any of the social science disciplines. Students must be enrolled in a degree-bearing program (pursuing a BA, MA, or PhD degree) at the time of application and must be open to incorporating visual media into their scholarship.

Award
The first prize is $5,000 USD, two years of honorary Board Membership to the International Sociological Association (ISA) Visual Sociology Research Committee, and publication of the winning essay as a “picture talk feature” with an associated DOI in the journal Visual Studies. The second prize is $2,500 USD and the third prize is $1,500 USD. All prize winners will be awarded student membership to the ISA and the Visual Sociology Research Committee. The prize is awarded biennially.

Scholarship Link
https://racheltanurmemorialprize.ssrc.org/the-award/