Political Science Professor Janet Elise Johnson, a co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia along with Katalin Fábiá and Mara Lazda, won an AWSS 2022 Heldt Prize for best book in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian women’s and gender studies. AWSS said about the work: “Unparalleled in its usefulness for the fields of study indicated in the title of this prize, The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia assembles a dazzling collection of high-level articles into a coherent and well-formulated whole. Excellent editing permits the enormous breadth of topics introduced here to work both individually and in concert. Readers are treated to sensitive and eye-opening discussions of differences and similarities across a region which features not only different landscapes and languages, but also widely diverse imperial histories and religious traditions. A powerhouse of research on important topics, this volume will be a tremendous resource for years to come.” Learn more about The Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia. learn more about the awards.
