[Bilimsel Haber] Prize Competition on the History of Banking and Finance

[Onur Inal]

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

Applications are continuing for the fifth 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 than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 29, 2009. Sponsored by
Garanti Bank, 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, Garanti
Bank will offer as a special award a research grant for one doctoral thesis
written on the history of banking, finance and economy from the Ottoman
times to the present.

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 2009, 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> .