Date : 2008-07-07

Title : FALAK SUFI MEMORIAL PRIZE

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Description :

FALAK SUFI MEMORIAL PRIZE

With the aim of contributing to the vibrancy of the study of humanities and social sciences in Pakistan, Pakistani students will be annually invited to compose research papers of high academic quality.

One prize of a US $1.000 will be awarded to best qualified paper submitted.

Eligibility: The Prize is open to permanent residents and citizens of Pakistan who are graduate or undergraduate students at a Pakistani college or University.

Deadline for entries: 16th October 2008

The Prize is for the best essay in the humanities/social science on the topic of:
WOMEN AND GENDER IN SOUTH ASIA.

'South Asia' is being approached in the broader sense of the term. Papers could deal with a variety of topics/issues including, and not limited to, the following:

• theoretical approaches in gender studies
• female religiosity
• feminism
• Third World women
• demographics
• gender and development
• Islam and gender
• legal status
• urban-rural dynamics

Submission Guidelines:
Entries should be of maximum 6500 words. This word length includes footnotes or endnotes, but does not include the bibliography. Papers without complete footnotes/endnotes and bibliography will not be accepted. Entries must be original work primarily produced within twelve (12) months prior to the submission deadline. Detailed guidelines are available on www.fsmprize.com

Interested students are to submit their essays preferably by Email to: fsmprize@gmail.com

Alternatively, students are welcome to submit their essays to: Falak Sufi Memorial Prize, Block 60, Dakota Crescent 02-211, Singapore 390060.

The winner of the Prize will be announced in December, 2008. The decision of the judges is final and the Editorial Board will decide all questions of eligibility.

Further details of the Prize are available at www.fsmprize.com