BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Young Scholar Prize in Middle Eastern Studies \; \; Attention Syracuse Undergraduate &\;amp\; Graduate Students In the 2015 -16 academic year\, the Middle Eastern Studies Program at Syracuse Univers ity will hold its annual essay contest for undergraduate and graduate stud ents.The MES Young Scholar Prize will be awarded to the best two essays de aling with any aspect of the Middle East written by one undergraduate and one graduate student enrolled at Syracuse University. The authors of the w inning papers will be presented with an award of $500 and a certificate.Th e entries\, which can originate as course papers\, will be evaluated by a faculty committee on the basis of originality of research and conceptualiz ation\, cogency of argument and clarity of writing. Essays must be no fewe r than 5\,000 and no more than 7\,500 words in length (including bibliogra phy)\, double-spaced and must have been produced between May 1\, 2015\, an d April 1\, 2016. Essays can be nominated by faculty or by students (with a letter of support from a faculty member). Please send 2 copies to the ME S Young Scholar Award Committee\, Middle Eastern Studies Program\, 346 Egg ers Hall.For further information please contact Prof. Yüksel Sezgin at (31 5) 443-4431 or \;mes@maxwell.syr.edu.Submission deadline is \;Apri l 4\, 2016 (5PM) DTEND:20160208T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T161356Z DTSTART:20160208T050000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:MES Call for Essays UID:RFCALITEM639141848360322409 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Young Scholar Prize in Middle Eastern Studies \; \;

Attention Syracuse Undergraduate &\;amp\; Graduate Students In the 2015-16 academic year\, the Middle Ea stern Studies Program at Syracuse University will hold its annual essay co ntest for undergraduate and graduate students.

The MES Young Sch olar Prize will be awarded to the best two essays dealing with any aspect of the Middle East written by one undergraduate and one graduate student e nrolled at Syracuse University. The authors of the winning papers will be presented with an award of $500 and a certificate.

The entries\, which can originate as course papers\, will be evaluated by a faculty comm ittee on the basis of originality of research and conceptualization\, coge ncy of argument and clarity of writing. Essays must be no fewer than 5\,00 0 and no more than 7\,500 words in length (including bibliography)\, doubl e-spaced and must have been produced between May 1\, 2015\, and April 1\, 2016. Essays can be nominated by faculty or by students (with a letter of support from a faculty member). Please send 2 copies to the MES Young Scho lar Award Committee\, Middle Eastern Studies Program\, 346 Eggers Hall.

For further information please contact Prof. Yüksel Sezgin at (315) 44 3-4431 or \;mes@maxwell.syr.edu.

Submission deadline is \ ;April 4\, 2016 (5PM)

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