The Helen Crovetto Award

The co-general editors of Nova Religio are pleased to announce the winner of the Eighth Helen Crovetto Award for Excellence in the Study of New Religious Movements with Ties to South Asia. The award was established in 2010 by Helen Crovetto to encourage research and articles on new religions that originate in South Asia, as well as on new religious movements that were inspired in part or whole by religions from South Asia. The winner was selected by members of Nova Religio’s editorial board with expertise in South Asian religions, and Catherine Wessinger, co-general editor, from articles appearing in volume 25 of the journal.Emily McKendry-Smith receives the award for her article, “Public Household, Private Congregation: The Brahma Kumaris as a ‘Public Private’ Space for Nepali Women,” which appeared in Nova Religio 25, no. 3 (February 2022), https://doi.org/10.1525/nr.2022.25.3.32.We thank Helen Crovetto for her generosity in providing the opportunity to encourage and reward authors for exceptional articles on new religious movements with ties to South Asia. We look forward to recognizing outstanding work in this area in the future.