The members of the Awards Committee are very pleased to announce Pierre Hébert as the recipient of the 2014 Tremaine Medal and Watters-Morley Prize. The prize will be awarded at the Society’s 69th Annual General Meeting.
Pierre Hébert, professor in the Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines at the Université de Sherbrooke, has prodigiously advanced book historical research in Canada. He is a pioneering researcher exploring questions relating to censorship in Quebec, and an important contributor to the documentation of Quebec’s book and other cultural producers. He has supported the broader growth of Canadian book historical research through leadership of major research projects and networks, as well as through an enormous amount of direct research supervision. A member of the Royal Society of Canada, among his many contributions to the community are his current presidency of the Association québécoise pour l’étude de l’imprimé (AQÉI), and co-directorship of the Groupe de recherches et d’études sur le livre au Québec (GRÉLQ), Université de Sherbrooke.
We are extremely pleased to extend to Professor Hébert our recognition of his impressive output and career in service of advancing Canadian bibliography and book historical inquiry.