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In an effort to recognize excellent doctoral research in the field, MEM will award the second biennial prize at the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association in Washington, DC in October 2020. Dissertations filed and defended between 1 July 2018 and  31 May 2020 will be eligible for this year’s prize.Applicants must be current members in good standing of Middle East Medievalists to be considered.Deadline for electronic submissions is 1 June 2020.If you have any questions about submission, please contact: Adam Talib (Durham University; chair of the 2020 dissertation prize committee): see on the websiteCommittee members for 2020: Karen Bauer (Institute of Ismaili Studies), Amina Elbendary (American University in Cairo), Marion Katz (New York University), and Helen Pfeiffer (University of Cambridge).