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Dec. 5, 1996
Vol. 16, No. 7

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    Accolades

    Moishe Postone, Associate Professor in the College, received the 1996 Social Theory Award for his book, Time, Labor, and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx's Critical Theory (1993). The award is presented every two years by the American Sociological Association for an outstanding book in the field of social theory.

    Marshall Sahlins, the Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor in Anthropology, has been elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. The institute elects no more than 50 foreign scholars eminent in anthropology in recognition of their contributions to the field.

    Stefano Castelvecchi, who received his Ph.D. in music from the University earlier this year, has received the American Musicological Society's Pisk Prize. The prize is awarded for the best presentation by a graduate student at the society's annual meeting.