| 2008
Competition
The Middle
East Studies Association invites university and college
faculty to nominate
graduate student research papers on any aspect
of post 600 CE Middle East studies for the 2008 Graduate
Student Paper Prize. The author of the winning
paper
will be presented with an award of $250 and hand-calligraphed
certificate at the MESA Awards Ceremony held during
the MESA annual meeting in November.
Papers will be reviewed using a blind
process so the author’s name should NOT be included
on the title page, footer, or header. Papers will be
evalutated according to originality of research and
conceptualization (or interpretation), cogency of argument,
and clarity of writing.
Submission rules:
1. A written nomination provided
by a faculty member. (Since it is a blind review it
can be sent via email).
2. Author must be a current graduate student; proof of student status provided
(this can be a letter from the department which can be sent via email).
3. The paper must have been produced between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.
4. The paper must not exceed 7500 words (excluding bibliography).
5. The paper must not be or ever been submitted for publication.
6. The paper needs to use the following format:
8 ½ x 11 paper
One-sided
Standard font (such as Arial or Times Roman)
Double-spaced
1.25” margins
Page limit of 30 pages
Black and white (if using color photos, must provide three copis of paper)
IJMES standards for endnotes (http://assets.cambridge.org/MES/MES_ifc.pdf)
Send materials to Sara Palmer,
MESA, 1219 N Santa Rita Ave, University of Arizona,
Tucson AZ 85721
Deadline:
July 7, 2008.
Questions about the award may be
directed to Sara at
520-626-4753 direct line
520-621-5850 main line
520-626-9095 fax
palmers@email.arizona.edu |
2007
MESA Graduate Student Paper Prize
Hoda Yousef,
Georgetown University
Malak Hifni Nasif: Between Cultural and Patriarchal ‘Others’
2006
MESA Graduate Student Paper Prize
David Siddhartha Patel,
Stanford University
Islam, Identity,
and Electoral Coordination in Iraq
2005 MESA
Graduate Student Paper Prize
Amira Mittermaier,
Dept. of Anthropology, Columbia University
(Re) Imagining Tradition: Dreams, Visions and Poetry
in Contemporary Egypt
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