In order to promote and recognize outstanding and original scholarship, the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences (ISHN) will award a biennial prize to the author or authors of an exceptional book in the history of the neurosciences. This prize will be awarded at ISHN annual meetings held in even-numbered years. It will next be presented at the ISHN meeting in Berlin, Germany, 19-22 June 2008.

General Rules:

• Monographs as well as multi-authored books may be nominated. Edited books will be excluded from the competition.
• There is no restriction on the language of the publication.
• The book should have appeared in a time period, no longer than 3 years before the year of the award. For the 2008 award, books published between January 2005 and December 2007, inclusive, are eligible.
• Candidates do not necessarily have to be members of the ISHN.
• Nominations may come from anybody; self-nominations are allowed.

Nominations will consist of (1) a complete citation of the nominated book and (2) a brief (no longer than one page) statement about the book's significance and importance. Entries should be sent to the Chair of the ISHN Awards and Prizes Committee:

Dr. Marjorie Lorch

School of Languages, Linguistics and Culture

Birkbeck College, University of London

43 Gordon Square

London WC1H OPD

ENGLAND

Email: m.lorch AT bbk.ac.uk

Fax: +44(0)207-631-6119

Nominations must be received no later than March 1, 2008.

For further information about the Book Prize or the ISHN, please contact Dr. Lorch.