Announcing Summer 2024 Center for Middle East Studies Research Travel Award Recipients
April 25, 2024
Graduate Research Travel
Adel Ben Bella (MCM)
Arif Erbil (History)
Hosna Salari Sardari (History of Art and Architecture)
Amelle Zeroug (History)
Gabriel Zuckerberg (Music)
Undergraduate Research Travel
Aboud H. Ashhab ‘25, a third-year student concentrating in History and IAPA, will be writing an honor history thesis on conscription in Syria during the Egyptian Occupation from 1831-1841. His work will specifically examine how policies of conscription influenced the political consciousness of minority religious groups.
STUDENT TRAVEL AND RESEARCH FUNDING IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GIFT FROM THE SAMS FAMILY
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
Spring 2019 Research Travel Award Recipients
Fall 2019 Research Travel Award Recipients
Spring 2022 Research Travel Award Recipients
Spring 2023 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
- Travel is not limited to the Middle East. However, applicants must be conducting research on the Middle East
MORE INFORMATION ON MIDDLE EAST STUDIES RESEARCH TRAVEL AWARDS