2021 BRISMES Early Career Development Prize winners announced
The BRISMES Early Career Development Prize was established in 2021 to support activities geared toward strengthening the academic profile and CV of an early career scholar. We are delighted to announce that Dr Mustafa Khedewi and Dr Dina Zayed have been selected as this year's prize winners.
Mustafa Khedewi
From the Prize Committee: "The applicant’s publication plan is detailed and in line with the prize’s objective. The applicant is currently engaged in revising their PhD thesis and turning it into a book, while applying for the prize to develop a peer-reviewed journal article focusing on the role of Al-Azhar in the making of the 2012 Constitution. The topic is highly relevant and impactful. The article will contribute to the current scholarship on Egyptian politics...read more
Dina Zayed
From the Prize Committee: "The application is impressive, coherent, thoughtful and original. Its strongest merits stem from the clarity with which the applicant approaches their work and the contribution/intervention they seek to make in bringing climate change justice into conversation with Middle East Studies. They have really thought through the content as well as the appropriate journal for publishing action-research and ethnographic engagements with climate change in Alexandria...read more
Congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who submitted an application.