George N. Atiyeh Prize

The George Atiyeh Prize was founded by the Middle East Librarians Association in 1999 to honor George N. Atiyeh, retired Head of the Near East Section of the Library Congress, founding member of MELA and of the Middle East Microform Project, for his many contributions to Middle East librarianship and scholarship. Dr. Atiyeh is the first and only honorary member of MELA. The George Atiyeh Prize offers financial aid to attend the annual meetings of MELA and of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA).

Awardees receive a cash award in addition to their registration fees for both the MELA and MESA annual conferences. Awardees must agree to attend both the MELA and MESA conferences in their entirety, to allow their names and photographs to be used in any publicity by MELA or other organizations contacted by MELA, and to write a report on their conference experience, to be published in MELA Notes.

Click her to read the Call For The Dr. George N. Atiyeh Prize 2022

For more information on the requirements for application, please consult the George Atiyeh Prize Guidelines. You may contact the Committee at atiyehprize@mela.us.

2023 George N. Atiyeh Committee:

  • Anaïs Salamon, McGill University, Chair
  • Nora Avetyan, UCLA
  • Maurice Hines, Saint Elizabeth University

2023 George N. Atiyeh Prize Winner: Mitra Fakhrashrafi

2022 George N. Atiyeh Prize Winner: Ayah Elkossei

 

 

 

 

 

2021 George N. Atiyeh Prize Winners: Ryan Zohar and Mehdi Rahmani

2020 George N. Atiyeh Prize Winner: Florence Sloan

2019 George N. Atiyeh Prize Winners: Sadaf Ahmadbeigi and Deniz Özlem Çevik

2018 George N. Atiyeh Prize Winners: Kristina A. Bush and Aicha Azzaoui.

2017 George N. Atiyeh Prize Winners: Salma Abumeeiz and Lucy Flamm.

2016 George N. Atiyeh Prize Winners: Baheya S. Jaber, Azatuhi Babayan, and Anthony Joyce.

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Past Atiyeh Prize Winner:

  • 2015 : Timothy Dolan, Simmons College, (click here for full statement).
  • 2014 : Heather Hughes, University of Texas (UT), (click here for full statement).
  • 2013 : joint winners: Gayle Fischer, University of Texas (UT); Anna Robinson, University of Texas (UT); and Blake Robinson, Florida State University.
  • 2012 : joint winners: Elizabeth Kunze, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Carissa Pastuch, University of Arizona; and Jacob Hill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
  • 2011 : joint winners: Amanda Click, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Latifa Baali, Columbia University.
  • 2010 : No award given.
  • 2009 : Katherine Sydenham, St. John’s University.
  • 2008 : joint winners: Mike Prohaska, Southern Connecticut State University; Sean Swanick, Dalhousie University; and Larissa Ringham, University of British Columbia.
  • 2007 : No award given.
  • 2006 : Jodi Goodman
  • 2005 : Martha Jenks
  • 2004 : Simon Braune, Saima Fazli, Elilie Satterwhite
  • 2003 : Anne O’Shea
  • 2002 : Julie Coons, An-Chi Hoh
  • 2001 : William Kopycki, Christine Dykgraaf
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