1 February 2011

MES Student Paper Award
The Middle East Section requests nominations for our Best Student Paper Award. Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. The winner will receive a prize of $500 and a chance to summarize the award winning paper in AN. Please encourage your students to send their papers by email to the chair of the awards committee, Emilio Spadola (espadola@colgate.edu), by April 1, 2011.

MES Distinguished Scholar Award
We also request nominations for an award for a senior scholar in Middle Eastern anthropology who is an outstanding academic in terms of scholarly publications and service to Middle Eastern anthropology, including mentorship and interventions in public debates. An award of $1,000 will be offered to the winner. Please send names and a brief letter explaining your nomination to the chair of the awards committee, Emilio Spadola (espadola@colgate.edu), by April 1, 2011. Note that MES includes members specializing in cultural, linguistic and biological anthropology and archaeology, and that nominees from diversesubdisciplines are welcome. The winners will be announced in AN and honored at the next AAA meeting in Montreal.

For more information, see our Awards section.