The Nachbahr Award
FOR SCHOLARLY OR CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE HUMANITIES

SUMMARY

This annual award recognizes outstanding achievement in scholarship or creative work by a faculty member in the humanities. It is named in honor of Bernard Nachbahr, a long-time and much beloved philosophy professor at Loyola and the first Director of the Center. His career exemplified a deep commitment to the civilizing power of the humanities.

The awardee will deliver a public lecture during the weekend of Honors Convocation on the general theme of "The Life of the Mind" and will receive an honorarium of $2,000. A reception after the lecture and a dinner will also honor the recipient.

ELIGIBILITY

1. Nominees must be tenured Loyola faculty members in the humanities who have not previously received the award.

STANDARDS FOR NOMINATIONS

2. As the title of the award suggests, it is made in recognition of the recipient's scholarly publications or creative productions; in addition, however, consideration may be given to other contributions to the humanities such as editing journals, mentoring colleagues, etc. The award is intended to recognize significant achievement over a period of several years at Loyola.

PROCEDURES

3. A faculty member may be nominated by a colleague or may nominate himself or herself. The nominator should submit a letter of 1,500 words or less describing the accomplishments of the nominee; a curriculum vitae and other supporting materials may be attached. If a nominee was not selected in one year and would like to be considered again, he or she must submit another letter by next deadline.The Selection Committee (see 4 below) may ask for samples of the nominee's work, evaluations of it, or any other supporting materials it thinks appropriate.

4. Nominations will be judged by a Selection Committee composed of the three most recent recipients of the award and chaired by the Director of the Center. If a previous awardee is unavailable, the Director will appoint a member of the Steering Committee as a replacement, in consultation with the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

DEADLINE

5. NOMINATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE PROGRAMS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER BY THE LAST (WORKING) DAY OF OCTOBER.

List of the past Nachbahr Award winners. To see the lectures of some of the past winners click here.

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