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Middle East Studies

Announcing Spring 2019 Middle East Studies Research Travel Award Recipients

April 26, 2019

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Undergraduate Research Travel

Huma Ramazan Ali (Middle East Studies; South Asian Studies)
William (Liam) Walk (Middle East Studies)

Graduate Research Travel

Kareem Estefan (Modern Culture and Media)
Laurel Darcy Hackley (Archaeology and the Ancient World)
Maariyah Lateef (History)
Daniel Plekhov (Archaeology and the Ancient World)
Sherena Razek (Modern Culture and Media)
Ayşe Şanlı (Anthropology)
Cyril J. Uy (Religious Studies)
Keenan Wilder (Sociology)

Previous recipients

Fall 2014 MES Research Travel Award Recipients
Spring 2015 MES Research Travel Award Recipients
Spring 2016 MES Research Travel Award Recipients
Spring 2017 MES Research Travel Award Recipients
Spring 2018 MES Research Travel Award Recipients
Fall 2018 MES Research Travel Award Recipients


About Middle East Studies Research Travel Awards

Up to $1,000 for Middle East studies undergraduate concentrators
Up to $1,500 for Middle East studies graduate students

  • Priority is given to undergraduate students concentrating in Middle East studies using the funds towards research for the senior Capstone or Honors Thesis
  • Students in concentrations other than Middle East studies but with Middle East-related research will be considered 
  • Graduate applicant support is based on travel focused specifically on conducting research for their dissertations