[Bilimsel Haber] Prize Competition for Research on History of Banking and Finance, 2006-2007

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Prize Competition for Research on History of Banking and Finance,
2006-2007

Applications are continuing for the Prize Competition on the History of
Banking and Finance

Applications are continuing for the fourth Prize Competition on the
History of Banking and Finance, organized by the Ottoman Bank Archives
and 

Research Centre, operating under the aegis of Garanti Bank, the European
Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH) and the History
Foundation of Turkey. Application folders should be handed in or mailed
to reach the secretariat no later 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 1, 2007. The
competition aims to promote academic research on Turkish banking,
finance, and economic history, from Ottoman times to the present, and to
establish a tradition in this field.

The competition will be held in four categories, scientific article,
master's thesis, doctoral dissertation, and monograph, and a jury made
up of economists and historians will evaluate the entries. In addition,
this year, in celebration of Garanti Bank's 60th anniversary, a research
grant will be offered as a special award for one doctoral thesis written
on the history of banking and finance over the past 60 years.

The competition is held in two stages. During the first stage, the
application folders of the participants is subjected to preliminary
screening. During the second stage, successful applicants present their
work in their chosen category to the jury. Competition results will be
announced by December 2007, at which time the winners will be receive
their prizes and meet the press and the public through an awards
ceremony.

For further information, please contact
http://www.obarsiv.com/english/news.html