Application
- Applicants must be MA or PhD students writing a thesis or a doctorate on Central Asia. Postdoctoral scholars are not eligible to participate.
- The essay should be submitted in English (the MA or PhD thesis can be in another language).
- The essay must deal with contemporary wider Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Topics on Afghanistan, Xinjiang, Mongolia and the Volga-Ural region will be accepted too.
- Historical papers will be accepted only if they clearly state how history helps to understand some current issues.
- Papers should be original research projects using primary sources, rather than reviews of existing literature.
- The essay should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words.
- The essay should follow established norms for a scholarly publication and contain:
- An abstract of 150 words maximum,
- A hypothesis discussed in introduction,
- A body in several parts,
- A conclusion summarizing the findings,
- Footnotes or endnotes,
- A bibliography.
Selection Process
The Central Asia Program will review all applications and pre-select the top 10 papers. Applicants will be informed by email if they have been pre-selected. The pre-selected applications will be sent to an Advisory Committee for anonymous reviewing and ranking.
Submit your Application
Submit your application through the online application form by November 15, 2016.
For the online application form and more detailed information please click on "Further Official Information" below.
This opportunity has expired. It was originally published here:
http://centralasiaprogram.org/blog/2016/06/22/cap-student-research-paper-competition/