The Association for Middle East Anthropology is accepting nominations for its bi-annual book award. This award is given to an anthropological work (single- or co-authored, but not edited volumes) that features creative ethnographic writing, innovative data collection strategies, and sophisticated analysis. We solicit books that make significant contributions to anthropological knowledge and that advance our understanding of the complex forces that shape life in the Middle East.
Books submitted for the 2024 award must have a publication date in 2022 or 2023.
Submissions for this award should include a brief letter of nomination or self-nomination by email to the AMEA Book Award Chair. Please send this letter, along with a copy of the book, to each of the committee members listed below. The letter and book may arrive separately (nominators/authors can contact the editorial office of their press to have books shipped directly to committee members).
Awardees will be announced at the fall meeting of MESA held online in November 2024.
All submissions must be received by 15 May, 2024.
Send any inquiries to the AMEA Book Award Chair, Anne Meneley: ameneley@trentu.ca
Committee Members:
Anne Meneley (Chair):
Professor Anne Meneley
Department of Anthropology, Trent University
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9L 0G2
Angie Abdelmonem:
Contact angie.abdelmonem@asu.edu for mailing address.
Sa’ed Atshan:
Professor Sa’ed Atshan
Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, Swarthmore College
500 College Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081