Kalman Silvert Award
About the award
The Kalman Silvert Award was created in 1982 to honor the first president of the Latin American Studies Association and the leading figures in Latin American studies during his lifetime. It recognizes senior members of the profession who have made distinguished lifetime contributions to the study of Latin America. The award is given at each LASA International Congress.
Kalman H. Silvert spent the majority of his teaching career as a professor of government, politics, and political science with a special interest in studying Latin America. Many of his works are dedicated to social and governmental issues in Latin America. Kalman H. Silvert wrote these books based on his experiences with politics, government, and living in other countries. Kalman Silvert's career provided many people with insight on the government and the politics of the United States of America and other countries. He worked throughout his life to help those in Latin America countries, so it was fitting that his obituary politely requested that in lieu of flowers donations may be sent to the Kalman H. Silvert Memorial Fund to assist refugees of oppressive regimes of the Southern Cone of Latin America.
Call for nominations
The Kalman Silvert Award Committee invites nominations of candidates for the year 2024 award. The Kalman Silvert Award recognizes senior members of the profession who have made distinguished lifetime contributions to the study of Latin America. The award is given at each LASA International Congress.
Nominations should be submitted to LASA's Award Submission System by September 20, 2023. Nominations must include a substantive nomination letter by a LASA member and the nominee's current curriculum vitae.
Members of the 2024 Committee
Margarita López Maya (chair)
CENDES - Universidad Central de Venezuela
Gerardo Otero
Simon Fraser University
Gioconda Herrera
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) Ecuador
Carmen Martínez Novo
Universidad de Florida
Susan Eckstein
Boston University
Award history
2024
AWARDEE: Abraham Lowenthal (University of Southern California )
2023
AWARDEE: Susan Eckstein (Boston University)
2022
AWARDEE: Ronald H. Chilcote (University of California, Riverside)
2021
AWARDEE: Sueli Carneiro (Geledés Instituto da Mulher Negra)
2020
AWARDEE: Wayne A. Cornelius (University of California San Diego)
2019
AWARDEE: Lars Schoultz (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
2018
AWARDEE: Carmen Diana Deere (University of Florida)
2017
AWARDEE: Marysa Navarro (Dartmouth College)
2016
AWARDEE: Rodolfo Stavenhagen (El Colegio de Mexico)
2015
AWARDEE: Manuel Antonio Garretón (Universidad de Chile)
2014
AWARDEE: Tulio Halperin-Donghi (University of California/Berkeley)
2013
AWARDEE: Peter Smith (University of California/San Diego)
2012
AWARDEE: Julio Cotler (Researcher, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos)
2010
AWARDEE: Edelberto Torres Rivas (Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo)
2009
AWARDEE: Alfred C. Stepan (Columbia University)
2007
AWARDEE: Helen Safa (University of Florida)
2006
AWARDEE: Miguel Leon-Portilla (Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas)
2004
AWARDEE: June Nash (City University of New York)
2003
AWARDEE: Guillermo O’Donnell (University of Notre Dame)
2001
AWARDEE: Thomas Skidmore (Brown University)
2000
AWARDEE: Jean Franco (Columbia University)
1998
AWARDEE: Richard Adams (Patzisotz History Company)
1997
AWARDEE: Alain Tourain (École des hautes études en sciences sociales)
1995
AWARDEE: Richard R. Fagen
1994
AWARDEE: Osvaldo Sunkel (CINDE)
1992
AWARDEE: George Alexander Kubler
1991
AWARDEE: Victor L. Urquidi (El Colegio de México)
1989
AWARDEE: Lewis Hanke
1988
AWARDEE: Charles Wagley
1986
AWARDEE: Albert O. Hirschman
1985
AWARDEE: Federico Gil
1983
AWARDEE: John J. Johnson