Awards and SubPrizes ...
By the way, nominations are open for the Koufax Awards. Sandy Koufax having been one of the great left-handed pitchers of all time, the Koufax usually goes to lefty bloggers. Just between you and me, I have colleagues who swing both ways, so I think that Cliopatria is and the individual Cliopatriarchs and their individual blogs are eligible. Categories include: Best Blog, Best Writing, Best Post, Best Series, Best Single Issue Blog, Best Group Blog, Most Humorous Blog, Most Humorous Post, Most Deserving of Wider Recognition, Best Expert Blog, Best New Blog, Best Commenter, and Best Blog By Fourteen Male and Female Historians Residing Between Hawaii and Aman, Jordan. Nominations are now open.
I see that China will crown the first Miss Artificial Beauty on Saturday. The contest is for persons who have had plastic surgery. I say persons because one contestant is trans-gendered. The news suggests other possibilities: a Bellesiles Prize for the best revised second edition of a book or an Ambrose Prize for the best language stolen from another author.
Speaking of Ambrose, you can read two articles from Thomas Bartlett and Scott Smallwood's series for the Chronicle of Higher Education,"A Plague of Plagiarism," here:"Four Academic Plagiarists You've Never Heard Of: How Many More Are Out There?" and"Mentor vs. Protege." Are you in the office? Close the door and read about us. Oh, yes; we historians come in for our share of glory. On Thursday, 16 December, the Chronicle will host a live colloquy on plagiarism with Peter Charles Hoffer.
Update: The Chronicle's series of stories on academic plagiarism includes additional articles by other Chronicle staff writers. When the dead tree issue that carries this series appears in your mailboxes, you'll have parallel columns and a good bit of reading to be done.