Subject: [New Prize Announcement] S.S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize on Pakistan. Call for Submissions (Deadline - October 15, 2014)
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S. S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize on Pakistan
Call for SubmissionsThe Institute for South Asia Studies and the Berkeley Pakistan Initiative are delighted to announce the inaugural S. S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize for 2014-15. We invite submission of the best dissertation on Pakistan (or the region that is now Pakistan) in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Visual & Fine Arts, Law, and Public Health. Only dissertations submitted at an accredited North American or European Union-based University will be accepted. The amount of the award is $2,500.
Dissertations submitted for consideration must have been filed between May 1, 2012, and September 1, 2014.
The submission package must include the following:
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NE bound copy of the dissertation,
- An abstract (500-1000 words),
A
curriculum vitae,
A
confidential letter from a member of the dissertation committee that speaks to the merits of the dissertation with respect to the current state of the field and the innovation that the work entails,
A
pdf copy of the dissertation.
Numbers
1-3
should be submitted in hard copy to:
Prof. Munis Faruqui
Chair, S.S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize Committee
Institute for South Asia Studies
10 Stephens Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
Numbers
4-5
should be submitted via email to Puneeta Kala (
pkala@berkeley.edu)
All submission materials must be received no later than
October 15, 2014. Late submissions will not be accepted.
A Prize Committee will determine the winner. In 2014-15 the Prize Committee will comprise Prof. Manan Ahmed (Columbia University), Prof.Munis Faruqui (UC Berkeley), Prof. Farooq Hamid (UC Riverside), and Prof. Saba Mahmood (UC Berkeley). Submitted dissertations will not be returned.
The winner will be expected to attend an all expense paid award conferral ceremony at UC Berkeley in Spring 2015. The winner will also be expected to acknowledge the S.S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize in the event that the dissertation is published as a book.
All inquiries regarding the S.S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize should be directed to: Puneeta Kala (
pkala@berkeley.edu) at the Institute for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley.
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