The Elie and Sylvia Kedourie Prize for Outstanding Article
Saul Kelly and Helen Kedourie are pleased to announce that the Elie and Sylvia Kedourie Prize for Outstanding Article from Volume 59 (2023) of Middle Eastern Studies has been awarded to Murat R. Şiviloğlu for his article, ‘The Ottoman Empire and the emergence of its “Irish Question”’, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp.35 – 53.
We would like to thank the judging panel, drawn from the editorial board, for their work in judging all the submissions and for reaching a decision on the winning article, and Taylor & Francis for their continuing support. The prize, established in 2018, is named for Elie Kedourie (1926–1992) founder and editor-in-chief of Middle Eastern Studies until his death in 1992, and Sylvia Kedourie (1925–2016) who took on the editorship of the journal from 1992 until 2016.
The award includes a prize payment of £500, a year’s complimentary subscription to Middle Eastern Studies, and free access to the article on the journal’s website.
The next prize for an outstanding article published in the 2024 volume of Middle Eastern Studies will be awarded in the summer of 2025. Please email your nomination to Saul Kelly ([email protected]) or Helen Kedourie ([email protected]), with the subject line ‘Middle Eastern Studies – Nomination for Elie and Sylvia Kedourie Prize’, and include the following in your message: title of article, name of author, and volume and issue number; a brief reason for your nomination (no more than 200 words); your name and affiliation.
Browse the award-winning articles below.