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| Justus Lipsius was born in the Southern Netherlands (nowadays Belgium). After his studies at Köln and Leuven he went to Rome with cardinal Antoine De Granvelle, as his secretary. From 1512-1574 he was appointed professor at the Jena University and from 1518-1591 at the Leyden University. In 1595, after his reconciliation with the Roman Catolic Church, he became professor in history and latin at the Leuven University. Subjects, which aroused his great interests, were classical antiquity, literature, philosophy and technical science. More than 4.000 letters and publications by his hand are kept, one of them "De militaria Romana" (1595). | ||||||
| In 2000, IAMAM, the predecessor of the International Committee of Museums and Collections of Arms and Military History (ICOMAM), created a special award, designed to stimulate studies in the fields covered by ICOMAM. The prize is called the Justus Lipsius Award referring to Justus Lipsius, the famous humanist, philologist, legislator and noteworthy antiquarian active in the Netherlands during the 16th century who published on various military subjects. The Justus Lipsius Award will distinguish outstanding contributions on subjects such as arms, artillery, armaments (land, sea and air), military uniforms and equipment, flags, emblems, military music, fortification and museology pertaining to the above mentioned fields but excluding theoretical military history. The prize money for this triennial award consists of a sum of 2,500 Euros For this purpose, a competition for the best newly published or unpublished scholarly study in the above-mentioned fields is organised every three years. The period covered in this present competition is 2008, 2009 and 2010. This competition is open to all but the studies must be submitted to the Secretary of the Justus Lipsius Award before February 1st, 2011. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. The studies must be written in or translated into one of the official ICOMAM languages i.e. English or French. Other languages are also allowed, provided the texts are accompanied by a substantial abstract in either English or French. The author will submit two copies of the study, typewritten or in electronic format, or two copies of the published version. For the typewritten and electronic formats, at least one set of the original photographic illustrations is to be added; a set of xerox prints is allowed for the other copy. The study should range around at least 20,000 words. Submissions for the competition must be sent to: The Secretary of the Justus Lipsius Award, Mrs Eveline Sint Nicolaas, c/o Rijksmuseum, P.O. Box 74888, NL-1070 DN Amsterdam, Netherlands; e-mail: e.sintnicolaas@rijksmuseum.nl; fax: +31-20-6747001), before February 1st, 2011. Submissions received after this date will not be considered A jury, nominated by ICOMAM, will grant the prize. The ICOMAM Executive Board can decide to open the jury to outside experts. The jury reserves the right not to grant the award should the studies submitted prove to be irrelevant to the above mentioned field or of insufficient quality. The jury will judge the submitted studies on their quality and the contribution they represent to the knowledge of ICOMAM related subjects. No correspondence and no discussion on the decisions of the jury will be allowed The winner will be announced during the next ICOMAM meeting after the submission date, this is during the ICOMAM 2011 Congress. He or she will retain full credit for and ownership of the study if it is still unpublished at that stage. Additional information can be obtained from the secretary of the Justus Lipsius Award (Mrs Eveline Sint Nicolaas, c/o Rijksmuseum, P.O. Box 74888, NL-1070 DN Amsterdam, Netherlands; e-mail: e.sintnicolaas@rijksmuseum.nl; fax: +31-20-6747001) or by visiting the website of ICOMAM (www.icomam.icom.museum). The regulations can be changed without previous notice. Regulations de Prix Juste Lipse 2011 En 2000, IAMAM, le prédécesseur de l’ICOMAM (l’International Committee of Museums and Collections of Arms and Military History – Le comité international des Musées et des collections d’armes et de Musées militaires) créa un prix spécialement destiné à stimuler l’étude des sujets couverts par l’ICOMAM. La distinction reçut le nom de Prix Juste Lipse. Juste Lipse est en effet cet humaniste des Pays-Bas du XVIme siècle, philologue, homme de loi et antiquaire de renom qui publia divers écrits sur des sujets militaires. Le Prix Juste Lipse récompense les ouvrages représentant une contribution significative dans des domaines comme les armes, l’artillerie, l’armement (terre, mer et air), uniformes et équipements militaires, drapeaux, emblèmes, musique militaire, fortifications et la muséologie ayant trait à ces domaines mais en excluant l’histoire militaire théorique. La récompense liée à ce prix triennal s’élève à 2.500 Euros. Le règlement peut être adapté à tout moment. During the last Congress of Iamam, hold in Oslo 2002, the first Justus Lipsius Award was granted to the following outstanding authors: Noninations 2005 In june 2005 during the 17th international conference of interests hold in Canada (Ottawa - Quebec) The Justus Lipsius Award was granted to the following outstanding authors: Nominations 2008 The jury of the Justus Lipsius Award has decided to grant the award of 2008 to:: "Warriors of the Himalayas. Rediscovering the arms and armor of Tibet" was published in 2006 in conjunction with the namesake exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York. It is an outstanding contribution to the history and typology of traditional arms and armor from Tibet and the Tibetan area of influence, a field that has been unknown and neglected for a long time. The jury of the Justus Lipsius Award. | ||||||
