Kennedy is a british specialist in middle eastern and islamic studies, who received the 2019 arabic culture in other languages award for recognition in the arabic narrative tradition. For purposes of this award, the middle east is defined as. Journal of middle east womens studies book award marcia c. Nov 19, 2018 established in 1999, the middle east book award recognizes quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of the middle east and its component societies and cultures. Middle east studies association of north america wikipedia. Biennially, the society awards a book prize, named for the founder and first president of.
Oct, 2020 bard anthropology professor sophia stamatopoulourobbins has been awarded the albert hourani book award from the middle east studies association mesa for her book, waste siege. Fahrenthold oxford university press the george ellenbogen. Book award named in middle east scholars honor harvard. Welcoming the award, nobel laureate naguib mahfouz said. Association of middle east childrens and youth studies.
Cmes student travel award recipients the center for middle. Balcony on the moon continues the memoirs of ibtisam barakat, picking up where 2007s tasting the sky also a middle east book award winner left off. Albert hourani book award middle east studies association. Jun 22, 2020 nwsa women of color caucusfrontiers student essay award 2020 application period is february 1 june 22, 2020 the purpose of the national womens studies association nwsa women of color caucusfrontiers student essay awards is to discover, encourage, and promote the intellectual development of emerging scholars who engage in critical theoretical discussions andor analyses about. The fatema mernissi book award is given to the best work in studies of gender, sexuality, and womens lived experience. Middle east studies association of north america, inc. The albert hourani book award recognizes the very best scholarship in middle east studies. Finalist, 2020 hagley prize in business history, hagley museum and library and the business history conference.
For ay2021, undergraduates will be prioritized for awards, and graduate. Jan 11, 2016 these books have won the middle east outreach council book award. Middle east book award, given by the middle east outreach. The award was named for albert hourani to recognize his long and distinguished career as teacher and mentor. Sherine hafez is associate professor of gender and sexuality studies at the university of california, riverside. The abduction of lebanon by robert fisk, a history of the arab p. Journal of middle east womens studies council on middle east studies the macmillan center yale university p. Knowledge in an interdisciplinary world chicago, illinois november 17 18, 2016.
See more ideas about book awards, books, quality books. Mar 05, 2021 tarek elariss, professor and chair of middle eastern studies at dartmouth university. Middle east book award middle east book award established in 1999 by the middle east outreach council, the middle east book award recognizes quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of the middle east and its component societies and cultures. Cmes student travel award recipients the center for. The award is offered annually to a scholar for a soloauthored book. Funding is available in two cycles every academic year, in the fall and in the spring.
Daniel satlow 19 is a concentrator in religious studies whose thesis research analyzes the writings of rabbi abraham isaac hacohen kook, the first ashkenazic chief rabbi of mandatory palestine, and how his work became received and interpreted by the israeli religious zionist society, especially the settler movement. This is the fourth middle east book award or honorable mention for author elsa. Amecys is a private, nonprofit, international association for scholars with an interest in the. Since 1991 mesa has awarded the albert hourani book award to recognize the very best in middle east studies scholarship. Society for iranian studies council, 19871989 editorial board, 199197.
Middle east book award our annual book award is given in three categories, recognizing quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to greater understanding of the middle east. Middle east studies association albert hourani book award for palestinian identity, 1997. Clementsfrindlerealistic fictionextra creditauthor studiesbook trail. Center for middle east studies cmes at brown university. Massoud hayoun the new press between the ottomans and the entente. Research travel award recipients center for middle east. Cmes student travel awards recipients presenting at mesa 2016 middle east studies association mesa annual meeting 2016. Told in approachable, engaging language, an american middle or high school student will connect to the authors experience, which includes her fathers disability, siblings angst, and.
Agius prize society for the medieval mediterranean. Uhoh, it looks like your internet explorer is out of date. The institute for middle east studies was founded in 2007 as part of a broad, universitywide initiative to support academic work on the middle east. The life of infrastructure in palestine stanford university press, 2019. Established in 1999, the middle east book award recognizes quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to an understanding of the middle east and its component societies and cultures. Winner, 2016 albert hourani book award, middle east studies association. Find award winners and honorable mentions in the fvrl catalog. Research travel award recipients center for middle east studies. The albert hourani book award recognizes a work that exemplifies scholarly excellence and clarity of. The jmews book award will be offered annually to a scholar within these fields for a soloauthored book. Journal of middle east womens studies duke university press. The sheikh zayed book award offices say theyre pleased to cooperate in this program, which will appear as part of cambridges asian and middle eastern studies programs public talks seminar series, lent 2021.
Once a month, the world area book awards am e ricas award, africana book award, freeman book award, middle east book award, and the south asia book award sponsor a 60 minute webinar on a book recognized by one of the awards. A political economy of the middle east coauthored with ishac diwan. The concentration in middle east studies is designed to help students develop an interdisciplinary understanding of culture, history, and contemporary issues in. The result is an unprecedented view of how travelers from middle east and north africa dream, research, compare, book and experience travel in an. Afghanistan, algeria, bahrain, egypt, iran, iraq, israel, jordan, kuwait, lebanon, libya, morocco, oman, the palestinian territories, qatar, saudi arabia. Indeed, the purpose of the award is to encourage work in these fields and. Jmews received the 2015 celj award for best journal design. Honorable mention, 2020 european studies book award, council for european studies. The nikki keddie book award focuses on exceptional scholarship in religion, revolution, andor society. Women and the politics of motherhood in iran oxford university press, 2011, which received the 2012 book award from the journal of middle east womens studies for outstanding scholarship in the field of middle east gender studies. Bard anthropology professor sophia stamatopoulourobbins wins. Cmes publications program ut college of liberal arts.
In addition to its three book awards, mesa also administers the roger owen book award which is given to the best work in the area of economicseconomic historypolitical economy. Our services include the middle east book award, an annual travel award for members to attend our annual meeting and workshop, and a member forum. Subject matter must deal with economics, economic history or the political economy of the middle east and north africa mali to pakistan and the work must seek to advance knowledge and scholarship on these areas within the modern period roughly 1750 to the present. Shaping the iranian nation, 18041946 princeton university press, 1999 analyzes the significance of land and border disputes to the process of identity and nation. World area book awards this site provides information and. Shortlist, 2020 pinsky givon family prize for nonfiction, western canada jewish book. Arab culture in the digital age princeton university press, 2018. Bard professor sophia stamatopoulourobbins wins book award. Elected fellow, american folklore society 2001 albert hourani book award by middles east studies association for the object of memory. Mar 08, 2019 the roger owen book award recognizes the very best in economics, economic history, or the political economy of the middle east and north africa scholarship. Picture book honorees middle east book award middle east. Find award winners and honorable mentions in the fvrl catalog see more ideas about book awards, books, quality books. Announced at the awards ceremony at mesas annual meeting, the albert hourani book award honors a work that exemplifies scholarly excellence.
Funding research travel awards center for middle east studies. Get your order fast and stress free with free curbside pickup. Last december, middle east studies granted concentrators lara savenije 15 and max schindler 15. Winner, 2018 association for middle east womens studies amews book award honorable mention, clifford geertz prize, presented by the society for the anthropology of religion winner, 2018 fatima mernissi book award, presented by the middle east studies association. Books published ed in 2019 will be considered for the 2020 award. Khalidi, rashid department of history columbia university. Middle east book award childrens and young adult literature. Middle east history studies, islamic history studies, arabic history studies. Arab american national museum book award for the iron cage, 2007. Zahra ayubi wins association for middle east womens. These books have won the middle east outreach council book award. Institute for middle east studies faculty represent a breadth of disciplines from political science to media and public affairs to religion to international business.
The middle east sits at the junction of europe, asia and africa and represents an integral faction of the global economy. Books that are nominated for awards are judged on the authenticity of their portrayal of a middle eastern subject, as well as on their characterization, plot, and. One of his most recent books is leaks, hacks, and scandals. This award is given to an anthropological work single or multiauthored, but not edited volumes that speaks to issues in ways that hold relevance beyond our subfield. This is the first systematic scholarly study of the ottoman experience of plague during. Middle east studies research travel awards are grants available to undergraduate and graduate students intended to defray the costs of transportation for research projects focused on the middle east. Oct 26, 2020 the award was established in 1991 to recognize outstanding publishing in middle east studies. The mesa dissertation awards were established in 1982 to recognize exceptional achievement in research and writing forof dissertations in. Zahra ayubi wins association for middle east womens studies.
Inviting nominations to mesas 2019 awards competitions. Southeast regional middle east and islamic studies society. Since 1976, the center for middle eastern studies, in close cooperation with the. Atacan atakan, phd student in the school of middle eastern and north african studies beyond social science history. The middle east section is accepting nominations for its biannual book award. Reconsidering religion and secularism in womens islamic movements and editor with susan slyomovics of anthropology of the middle east and north africa. Finalist, 2020 vine award in history, koffler centre of the arts.
The announcement of this award honoring writers and. Nov 19, 2018 established in 1999, the middle east book award recognizes quality books for children and. Plague and empire early modern mediterranean world ottoman. Middle east studies association albert hourani book award the albert hourani book award was established in 1991 to recognize outstanding publishing in middle east studies. Watch a video about jmews with editor miriam cooke. The albert hourani book award is a nonfiction book award given by the middle east studies association to the years most notable book in middle eastern. The first world war in the syrian and lebanese diaspora, 19081925. The southeast regional middle east and islamic studies society. Virginia arab american bond another a summer reading lists kids reading reading nook national book award first novel the turtle of.
Youth literature honorees middle east book award middle. Winner of the 2019 middle east medievalists biennial book prize, which. Journal of middle east womens studies book award marcia. Welfare and sectarianism in lebanon cornell university press 2014, which won the american political science association apsa giovanni sartori book award and the honorable mention for the apsa gregory luebbert book award. Works must be nonfiction scholarly monographs based on original research published in english works translated from other languages into english will also be considered but will be judged. See more ideas about book awards, books, award winning books. World area book awards this site provides information. The jmews book award is sponsored by yale universitys council on middle east studies through funding awarded by the u. Association of middle east childrens and youth studies amecys.
Plague and empire in the early modern mediterranean world. The implementation of awards such as the international prize for arabic fiction has also done much to raise the profile of arabic novels, and to facilitate. The prize is named after albert hourani, to recognize his long and distinguished career as teacher and mentor malcolm kerr award. Book award named in middle east scholars honor harvard gazette. Funding research travel awards center for middle east. March, as it happens, is the united arab emirates national reading month, which is devised with several goals. The award was named for albert hourani to recognize his long and distinguished career as a teacher and.
Agius prize, society for the medieval mediterranean. Middle east studies association often referred to as mesa is a learned society, and according to its website, a nonprofit association that fosters the study of the middle east, promotes high standards of scholarship and teaching, and encourages public understanding of the region and its peoples through programs, publications and services that enhance education, further intellectual. Apr 10, 2021 latino book award 80 lee bennett hopkins award 5 margaret wise brown prize 4 marilyn baillie award 6 mathers teen book award 5 mathical book prize 17 middle east book award 7 morris award 9 mythopoeic fantasy award 8 nyt best illustrated 2 national book award 18 newbery medal 11 norma fleck award 5 norton award 3. Middle east studies association albert hourani book award, for resurrecting empire, 2004. Book prize recognizes outstanding scholarship in middle eastern studies in any. The middle east outreach council established the middle east book award in 1999 to recognize books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully to understanding of the middle east. As they travel and trade through the desert in what is now saudi arabia, salim. Bard anthropology professor sophia stamatopoulourobbins. The award winning book is subsequently translated and published in an englishlanguage edition by the auc press in cairo, new york, and london. Mesa book awards nomination guidelines middle east studies.
Cmes supports research, fieldwork, and study abroad for both undergraduate and. The center for middle eastern studies office and library are closed except by appointment only. Middle east outreach council middle east book award. The albert hourani book award was established in 1991 to recognize outstanding publishing in middle east studies. Awards and prizes national womens studies association. The book is based on massads phd dissertation, which won the middle east studies association malcolm kerr dissertation award in 1998. The journal of middle east womens studies jmews book award has been established by the association for middle east womens studies amews to recognize and promote excellence in the fields of middle east womens or gender studies, broadly defined. Over the course of a detailed history of the jordanian state, from its inception in 1921 to 2000, he argues that state. The fatima mernissi book award is given to the best work in studies of gender, sexuality, and womens lived experience. Hashtag solidarity and the transformation of online life.
Announcing winter 2018 middle east studies research travel. Arab and jew narrate the palestinian village 1999 chicago folklore prize book award for the object of memory. Funding opportunities center for middle eastern studies. Research travel award recipients february 8, 2015 last december, middle east studies granted concentrators lara savenije 15 and max schindler 15. The travels of a european orientalist and his native guide. The roger owen book award will recognize work on the economics, economic history, or political economy of the middle east and north africa in the modern.
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