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Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:11 PM<br>Subject: JMEWS Book Award and Graduate Student Paper Prize<br>To: "<a href="mailto:jmews@mailman.yale.edu">jmews@mailman.yale.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:jmews@mailman.yale.edu">jmews@mailman.yale.edu</a>><br>
<br><br><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The <i><span style="color: black;">Journal of Middle East Women's Studies</span></i> (<i>JMEWS</i>) is pleased to announce two exciting initiatives: the <i>Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies</i> Book Award and the <i>Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies</i> Graduate Student Paper Prize. We invite you to nominate your colleagues for the Book Award and to notify your students about the Graduate Student Paper Prize. Both projects have been established by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS) to recognize and promote excellence in the fields of Middle East women’s or gender studies and are sponsored by Yale University’s Council on Middle East Studies through funding awarded by the <span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">U.S. </span>Department of Education’s Title VI grant.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The <i>JMEWS</i> Book Award will be offered annually to a scholar within these fields for a solo-authored book. Books published (copyrighted) in 2010 will be considered for the 2011 award. The competition is open only to books published in English. The winner will receive a $1,000 cash award and a plaque. Nominations must come from one or more individuals in the form of a letter of nomination verifying the impact of the particular work on the field of Middle East women’s or gender studies. Self-nomination is not permitted, and works submitted without an accompanying letter of nomination will not be considered. Signed copies of the nomination letter as well as five copies of each nominated book should be sent to the Award Committee members NO LATER THAN MAY 15, 2011. See attached for more information.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The <i>JMEWS</i> Graduate Student Paper Prize will be offered annually to a graduate student who has solo-authored a paper in these fields. The competition is open only to papers written in English. The winner will receive a $500 cash award and a plaque and will be invited to submit the paper for publication in <i>JMEWS</i>. Submissions for the 2011 prize must be submitted via e-mail to <a href="mailto:jmews@yale.edu" target="_blank">jmews@yale.edu</a> NO LATER THAN MAY 15, 2011. See attached for more information.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">We look forward to receiving your nominations and submissions!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Sincerely,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Bonnie Rose Schulman</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Managing Editor, <i>Journal of Middle East Women's Studies</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Program Associate, Council on Middle East Studies</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Yale University</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">203-432-2241</span></p>
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