Call for Submissions
Due: April 15, 2026
Gisela Brinker-Gabler was one of the pioneering feminist literary scholars in German and
comparative literary studies. She is remembered by colleagues, students, and friends as an
innovative thinker as well as a warm-hearted, generous colleague and teacher. She fostered
collaboration throughout her career and did so with a generosity of spirit and a joy in
knowledge. Her labors reshaped the institutions and fields she worked in by centering on the
accomplishments of women. Gisela was a comparatist at the forefront of many areas of
research: comparative European cultures, translations studies, Vienna, Austro-Hungary, migration,
women’s history, women’s literature, Lou Andreas-Salomé, and Bildepistemologie. Her
engagement at the Council for European Studies (CES) led directly to the founding of the
European Culture Research Network (ECRN). She conceived of the ECRN as a venue to bring the
discussion of culture into research on Europe. Thanks to Gisela’s organizing, the ECRN has
become an intellectual home for scholars considering the culture and cultures of Europe.
In her memory, the ECRN and the CES have created the Gisela Brinker-Gabler Award. The
award provides a year’s membership in the CES, the world largest and most active organization
of interdisciplinary European-Studies scholars. In alternating years, it will be awarded for either
for an outstanding article or for a scholarly monograph, edited volume, or substantial creative
scholarship like a film, installation, or performance. The Gisela Brinker-Gabler Award supports
pioneering critical work focused on European culture in its broadest sense. Substantial creative
scholarship on transnational or national culture with a comparative focus is also welcome.
Please note that the 2026 Prize will be awarded for a scholarly article in either a journal or edited collection that has appeared in the last two years, 2023-2025. Deadline for submission: April 15, 2026.
At the time of submission authors must be members of the European Culture Research Network
https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/membership/research-networks/european-culture/ at the
Council for European Studies. https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/
The Award Committee members are John E. Davidson (Ohio State University) and
Randall Halle (University of Pittsburgh). Please send an e-copy or pdf of the article by April 15, 2026, to
John E Davidson davidson.92@osu.edu
.
The winner will be announced at the Council for European Studies Conference in Dublin (June 16-18, 2026) during the European Culture Research Network business meeting