Award for a European Ph.D. Thesis in Iranian Studies — LIMITE : 15/01/2023

With the European Award for Iranian Studies the Societas Iranologica Europaea recognizes outstanding theses in any field of Iranian Studies defended at European universities. The award is given every four years.

Call for Applications for the Fifth Round of the SIE Award in Iranian Studies (2023)

The Societas Iranologica Europea invites applications for the Fifth Round of the “European Award of Iranian Studies”.

Eligibility

To be eligible, candidates must have completed and successfully defended their Ph.D. (or equivalent) dissertation in any field of Iranian Studies at any European academic institution between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2022. The thesis can be published or unpublished.

The prize will be awarded at the Tenth European Conference of Iranian Studies that shall take place in September 2023 in Leiden (The Netherlands). The amount of the award is 2000 €.

Award committee

The members of the selection committee are the members of the board of the Societas Iranologica Europaea. The board reserves the right to invite the views of external adjudicators.

Application

Candidates send a copy of their dissertation in their original language together with evidence for the successful completion (with defense) of the Ph.D. or equivalent degree, a detailed summary of its contents in English, and a curriculum vitae to the President of the S.I.E.

Nominations by supervisors are welcome, but not conditional. The award committee reserves the right to request additional materials from candidates and/or supervisors.

All documents must be sent electronically as pdf files to president[at]societasiranologicaeu.org

The deadline for submissions is 15 January 2023.

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