ALAA Dissertation Award

Award submissions are currently closed. Awards will be announced in February 2026.

Competition for the 2026 ALAA Dissertation Award (now closed):

Deadline: August 1, 2024

The Association for Latin American Art is pleased to announce the biennial award for outstanding doctoral dissertation in the field of Latin American visual culture. The award winner will be announced at the ALAA business meeting during the 2025 CAA conference.

Dissertations deposited between July 1, 2022 and July 31, 2024, on any aspect of the visual culture of Latin America/Latinx are eligible, and they may be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Dissertations in languages other than these may be considered based on prior consultation with Adam Jasienski, the chair of the Dissertation Award Committee. Self-nominations will be accepted, but all submissions must include a letter from the doctoral advisor describing the dissertation’s contributions to the field.

These letters, which should include the nominee’s current contact information, must be sent by August 1, 2024, to the chair of the award committee. Nominees and nominators are not required to be members of the Association for Latin American Art.

Should an applicant be deemed eligible a PDF of the dissertation must be sent to all three members of the committee by September 1, 2024.

A dissertation advisor who wishes to nominate more than two candidates must consult with the chair of the award committee.

Nomination letters should be sent to Adam Jasienski, by email only, at ajasienski@smu.edu

Dissertation Award Committee

Adam Jasienski, Chair ajasienski@smu.edu

Patrick Hajovsky, hajovskp@southwestern.edu

Sean Nesselrode Moncada, snesselr@risd.edu