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AGAPS PhD Dissertation Award 2014The Association for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies (AGAPS) invites recent PhD graduates to submit their dissertations for consideration for its 2014 PhD Dissertation Award. PhD dissertations accepted between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014 are eligible.Dissertations must primarily focus on the Arabian Peninsula, but can be inclusive of the transnational flows of people, material and ideas across the Gulf, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean. All applicants must be members of AGAPS at the time of submission. The winning dissertation will be announced in the Journal of Arabian Studies (JAS). The author will be invited to publish an article based on his/her dissertation in JAS.Deadline for submission 1 July 2014. Information Gwenn Okruhlik at okruhlik@msn.com+++++++AGAPS Graduate Paper Prize 2014AGAPS invites the submission of graduate student research papers for AGAPS’s 2014 Graduate Paper Prize. They must primarily focus on the Arabian Peninsula but can be inclusive of the transnational flow of people, goods and ideas across the Gulf, Red Sea and Indian Ocean. AGAPS welcome submissions from all disciplines. Papers should include an engagement with literature that concerns the study of the Arabian Peninsula, a clear methodology, and make an original contribution to scholarship in the field. Paper with 7500 words must have been written between 1 July 2013 and 30 June 2014. The winning paper will be announced in the Journal of Arabian Studies (JAS) and published by JAS if it meets the journal’s editorial standards.Submission deadline is 1 July 2014. Information Gwenn Okruhlik at okruhlik@msn.com.