The MESA Dissertation Awards were established in 1982 to recognize exceptional achievement in research and writing for/of dissertations in Middle East studies. In 1984 the award was named for Malcolm H. Kerr to honor his significant contributions to Middle East studies. Awards are given in two categories: Social Sciences and Humanities.

The award winners appear below. The submission guidelines are available under “Related” below right.

• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2024 Winner (Humanities)

Olga Verlato

New York University, Departments of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2024 Winner (Social Sciences)

Nihal Kayali

UCLA, Department of Sociology

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2024 Honorable Mention (Humanities)

Lama Elsharif

Purdue University, Department of History

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2024 Honorable Mention (Humanities)

Sarah Islam

Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2024 Honorable Mention (Social Sciences)

Matthew DeMaio

George Washington University, Department of Anthropology

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2024 Honorable Mention (Social Sciences)

Samin Rashidbeigi

Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2023 Winner (Humanities)

Jamie Pelling

Princeton University, Department of Near Eastern Studies

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2023 Winner (Social Sciences)

Hülya Delihüseyinoğlu

Bogazici University, Ataturk Institute for Modern Turkish History

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2023 Honorable Mention (Humanities)

Yahya Nurgat

University of Cambridge, Faculty of History

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2023 Honorable Mention (Humanities)

Sada Payır

University of Oxford, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2023 Honorable Mention (Social Sciences)

Sophie Frankford

University of Oxford, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2022 Co-Winner (Social Sciences)

Xiaoyue Li

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Department of History

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2022 Co-Winner (Humanities)

Tiffany Floyd

Columbia University, Art History and Archaeology

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2022 Co-Winner (Social Sciences)

Omar Sirri

University of Toronto, Political Sciences

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2022 Co-Winner (Humanities)

Cyril Uy II

Brown University, Religious Studies

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2022 Honorable Mention (Humanities)

Shuaib Ally

University of Toronto, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2021 Winner (Social Sciences)

Gözde Güran

Princeton University, Department of Sociology

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2021 Winner (Humanities)

Ana Sekulić

Princeton University, Department of History

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2021 Honorable Mention (Social Sciences)

Alex Boodrookas

New York University, Departments of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2020 Honorable Mention (Social Sciences)

Michelle D. Weitzel

New School for Social Research, Department of Politics

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2020 Winner (Social Sciences)

Choon Hwee Koh

Yale University, Department of History

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2020 Winner (Humanities)

Hannah Elsisi Ashmawi

University of Oxford, Faculty of History

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2019 Honorable Mention (Social Sciences)

Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky

Stanford University, Department of History

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2019 Winner (Social Sciences)

Noura Wahby

University of Cambridge, Department of Politics & International Relations

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• Malcolm H. Kerr Dissertation Awards
• 2019 Winner (Humanities)

Nancy Linthicum

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Department of Near Eastern Studies

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