The award is presented by the middle east studies association. The awards are considered as the most prestigious in their. Nominations for the albert hourani book award, the nikki keddie book award, and the fatima mernissi book award are made simultaneously. Tocsa ohm hourani s green remix by dissa from the album tocsa ep.
Books must be nonfiction scholarly monographs based on original research published in english between april 1, 2018 and march 31, 2019. Find link is a tool written by edward betts searching for albert hourani book award 1 found 21 total alternate case. Hourani was an honorary fellow of both mesa and the american historical association aha. His pacos story was the surprise winner of the national book award for fiction in 1987, beating books by toni morrison and philip. Hourani was born in manchester, the son of soumaya rassi and fadlo hourani, immigrants from marjeyoun in what is now south lebanon. Emergent masculinities, technologies, and islam in the middle east marcia c. The middle east studies association praised his book for spanning topics ranging from quran manuscripts to unicode across a thousand years of history. Merchant seamen, pirates and the angloamerican maritime world, 1700 1750 by marcus rediker. This article is within the scope of wikiproject awards, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of awards and prizes on wikipedia. With a new afterword oct 12, 2010 by albert hourani and malise ruthven. Patricia crone was professor emerita in the school of historical studies, where she served as the andrew w. Holly gayley 2014 gregory johnson 2007 american council of learned societies research in china grant, sichuan university. Various members of the committee described it as a major work of scholarship, magisterial, a classic, and the result of decades of historical and archival research.
The winning book recognizes the very best in middle east studies scholarship. Learn more about the jury katharina borchardt katharina borchardt privat. Nakba day recommended reading stanford university press blog. Cowinner of the 2011 albert hourani book award, sponsored by the middle east studies association. Archive 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 20 2012 contact mack first book award. The academy of the german book prize selects the members of the jury. Osborns letters of light receives honorable mention for.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Meiton won the annual albert hourani book award for the best book in middle east studies, which recognizes a work that exemplifies scholarly excellence and clarity of presentation, and the biennial roger owen book award, which recognizes the very best in economics, economic history or. The albert hourani book award is a nonfiction book award given by the middle east studies association to the years most notable book in middle eastern and islamic studies. Professor gershon shafir chaired the middle eastern studies associations albert hourani award committee which selected the recipient of the best book published on the middle east in the past academic year.
Honorable mention, 2018 albert hourani book award, middle east studies. A collection of awards for outstanding publications in history and related fields, complied by the faculty members of the rowan university history department. He was born in manchester, england, the son of soumaya rassi and fadlo issa hourani, immigrants from what is now south lebanon. Albert hourani book award honorable mention middle east studies association. A history of the arab peoples apr 1, 1992 by albert hourani. Faculty awardsgrants religious studies university of. Presented by harvard university press and houghton library full list of contributing institutions.
The albert hourani book award recognizes a work that exemplifies scholarly excellence and clarity of presentation in the. Catlos 2014 morris wayman prize for interdisciplinary research. At the awards ceremony held on november 23 in washington, d. Osborns letters of light receives honorable mention for albert hourani book award. With houses mostly destroyed, mosques and churches put to other uses, and cemeteries plowed under, palestinian communities were left. The antiimperial choice cloth the making of the ukrainian jew. The albert hourani book award is an award honoring scholarly nonfiction books, given by the middle east studies association of north america mesa to. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading moral agents and their deserts.
Middle eastern studies associations albert hourani book award. Albert hourani book award middle east studies association. Hourani was born in manchester, england, the son of soumaya rassi and fadlo hourani, immigrants from marjeyoun in what is now south lebanon see lebanese diaspora. Brian catlos receives the 2014 albert hourani book prize. Brian catlos wins prestigious albert hourani book award. On occasion the award has been shared by two authors. Congratulations to mesa award winners fredrik meiton and ilana. Cowinner, silver medal in economics, 2020 axiom business book awards. March 31, 1915, manchester, united kingdom january 17, 1993, oxford, united kingdom, the son of fadlo and sumaya hourani, immigrants from marjayun, lebanon, was a reknowned scholar and author on middle eastern history. The award was named for albert hourani to recognize his long and distinguished career as teacher and mentor.
Mellon professor from 1997 until her retirement in 2014. Mack first book award home about submission guidelines. Winner of the 1997 albert hourani book award a pathbreaking work of major importance. During the award ceremony mesa commission announced. Paper before print cloth the history and impact of paper in the islamic world. We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Middle east studies association albert hourani book award. The albert hourani book award, established in 1991, honorsauthors for excellence in publishing literary and research works in middle east studies. Albert hourani book award, nonfiction book award given by the middle east studies association to the years most notable book in middle eastern and islamic studies. Albert hourani book award book awards librarything.
Edward said, author of orientalism praise for resurrecting empire. Textor and family prize for excellence in anticipatory anthropology, american anthropological association winner of the 2014 jmews book award, journal of middle eastern womens studies and association of middle east womens studies one of choices editors. Fadlo had studied at what became the american university of beirut and settled in manchester as a cotton merchant. Arabic thought in the liberal age, 17981939 jun 23, 1983 by albert hourani. Anglican parish churches in colonial virginia by dell upton. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page. Albert habib hourani was a british historian, specialising in the middle east. The armenian genocide and ethnic cleansing in the ottoman empire the best book of 20. Inviting nominations to mesas 2019 awards competitions middle. The middle east studies association has awarded the 2014 albert hourani book prize to brian catloss muslims of medieval latin christendom, ca. Albert hourani religionwiki fandom powered by wikia.
Throughout modernday israel, over four hundred palestinian villages were depopulated in the 19471949 war. Guests of god is a beautifully composed and structured and highly sympathetic treatment of the complexity of contemporary islam institutionally, transnationally, as a collective identity and as a participant in and generator of globalization. March 31, 1915 january 17, 1993 was one of the most prominent scholars of middle eastern history for much of the second half of the 20th century. Albert hourani book award the albert hourani book award was established in 1991 to recognize outstanding publishing in middle east studies. The book was selected as the hourani award winner from a pool of 110 books. Inviting nominations to mesas 2019 awards competitions. Inviting nominations to the middle east studies associations mesa 2019 awards competitions book awards albert hourani book award. His brothers were george hourani and cecil hourani. Davidson college 2003 albert hourani book award winner this is a carefully nuanced, deeply thoughtful, and lucid reevaluation of the development of islam and muslim societies in the middle east. American association for ukrainian studies book award. The top book prize in the middle eastern studies field is named the albert hourani book award and it is given annually by the middle east studies association of north america mesa.
World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. Albert hourani book award, 1995 for most outstanding book published in middle east studies volume 30 issue 1. Fadlo had studied at what later became the american university of beirut and settled in manchester as a cotton merchant alberts brothers were george hourani, philosopher, historian, and classicist, and. Khalidi demonstrates a complete mastery of the relevant literature in arabic, hebrew and western sources. The world award for book of the year of the islamic. This year, after the primary selection of more than 2500 books in different fields of islamic and iranian studies, 179 books were assessed, from which 10 books entered the final stage of evaluation. Mesa awards three book prizes annually and two biennially. The character of mutazilite ethics kindle edition by vasalou, sophia. Work, education, and political activism of palestinian families in a refugee camp. Historian takes home two prestigious prizes for latest book on the. The albert hourani book award is an award honoring scholarly nonfiction books, given by the middle east studies association of north america mesa to recognize outstanding publishing in middle east studies and to honor work that exemplifies scholarly excellence and clarity of presentation in the tradition of albert hourani, the distinguished scholar of arab and islamic history.
Honorable mention, 2018 albert hourani book award, middle east studies association. Albert hourani book award, 1995 for most outstanding book. The winner of the albert houranis book award for 2014 goes to brian catlos, muslims of medieval latin christendom, 10501614 cambridge university press, 2014. Announced at the awards ceremony at mesas annual meeting, the albert hourani book award honors a work that exemplifies scholarly excellence and clarity of. The award is named after albert hourani to recognize his remarkable contribution to society as a distinguished teacher and mentor. Welcome history book awards and prizes research guides. The albert hourani book award is a nonfiction book award given by the middle east studies association to the years most notable book in middle the albert hourani book award is a nonfiction book award given by the middle east studies association to the years most notable book in. The committee actually chose two books for the award which professor shafir gave out at the associations annual conference on december 4, 2012 in. Announcing the winners of the 11th annual goodreads choice awards, the only major book awards decided by readers.
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