The Middle East Section requests submissions for our Student Paper Award. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. The winner will receive a prize of $500, plus a chance to summarize the award winning paper in AN and at the 2020 AAA meeting in St. Louis.
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2019 Middle East Section Student Paper Award winner: Alize Arıcan
Congratulations to the 2019 MES Student Paper Award winner:
Alize Arıcan, “Behind the Scaffolding: Manipulations of Time, Power, and Delays in Tarlabaşı, Istanbul”
Continue reading2019 Middle East Section Book Award winner: Nathalie Peutz
Congratulations to the 2019 Middle East Section Book Award Winner:
Nathalie Peutz, Islands of Heritage: Conservation and Transformation in Yemen (Stanford, 2018)
Continue readingMES Member Testimonials
Congratulations to four MES members featured on the AAA website for their member testimonials:
- Sa’ed Atshan (Swarthmore)
- Giulia El Dardiry (McGill)
- Yasmin Moll (Michigan)
- Zeynep Oguz (Northwestern)
Call for Nominations for the 2019 MES Student Paper Award
The Middle East Section requests submissions for our Student Paper Award. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. The winner will receive a prize of $500, plus a chance to summarize the award winning paper in AN and at the 2019 AAA meeting in Vancouver .
Continue readingCall for Nominations for the 2019 MES Book Award
The Middle East Section is now accepting nominations for its biennial book award. This award is given to an anthropological work (single- or multi-authored, but not edited volumes) that speaks to issues in a way that holds relevance beyond our subfield. Criteria may include: innovative approaches, theoretical sophistication, and topical originality.
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