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* All correspondence regarding the competition should be addressed to the secretariat.
ConditionsThe competition is open to all Turkish and foreign researchers and academics. Staff members of the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre, of the History Foundation, of the European Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH) and of Garanti Bank are not eligible to participate in the competition. Participants may submit entries in any of the award categories, but they may enter each category only once. A scientific article or a monograph that is the joint work of two or more persons is acceptable. The entries should be in Turkish, English, French or German. All previously published or unpublished scientific articles, theses and dissertations are eligible. 7. Only master’s and doctoral theses accepted during the academic year of 2007-2008 or 2008-2009 by the universities to which they have been submitted are eligible. Monographs, on the other hand, must have been published between 2007 and 2009. Applicants for the “Garanti Bank Special Award” must be enrolled in a doctoral program in Turkey and have passed the sufficiency exam.
Stages of Competition and Required DocumentsThe competition will be held in two stages: During the first stage, the application folders of the participants will be subjected to preliminary screening by the competition secretariat. Incomplete application forms or those containing false information shall be considered null and void. The participants will be informed within 1 month as to whether their applications have been accepted or rejected. During the second stage, successful applicants will present their work to the jury. 1st Stage Participants are required to submit the following for application: Application form (Must be printed legibly and in full.) Two recent photographs Detailed curriculum vitae (As a computer print-out covering information about participant’s educational background, work experience and publications, if any.) One-page cover letter providing information about the research topic and a brief description of the research methods to be used If the entry is the joint work of more than one person, each participant must individually supply all the documentation mentioned above except for the cover letter. Application folders should be handed in or mailed to reach the secretariat no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 29, 2009. Losses or delays in the post will not be taken into consideration. 2nd Stage Successful applicants should present their work as follows: Scientific Articles, Master’s Theses and Doctoral Dissertations: Texts must be printed on standard A4 pages with a top margin of 3 cm, and right, left and bottom margins of 2 cm. Pages must be numbered and each page must bear the first and the last name of participant(s) at the top-right hand corner. Entries must be submitted in seven copies, accompanied by any visual material and copies of supplementary documents, and in Microsoft Word .doc format, on CD-ROM. There is no restriction in terms of length. Monographs: Entries must be submitted in seven copies. There is no restriction in terms of length. Candidates for the “Garanti Bank Special Award” should submit: A transcript of the Ph.D. courses taken, Reference letters from an advisor and two faculty members (mailed to the secretariat), A thesis abstract approximately 800-1000 words long, The jury progress report. Application folders for the Garanti Bank Special Award should be handed in or mailed to the secretariat no later than September 18, 2009. Entries in other categories should reach the secretariat no later than September 30, 2009. Losses or delays in the post will not be taken into account.
JuryA jury of six members will evaluate the entries: Prof. Edhem Eldem Eldem graduated from the Department of Political Sciences at Boğaziçi University in 1982. After receiving his master’s degree from the same university, he completed his doctorate in 1989 at the Université de Provence, Aix-Marseille I. Prof. Eldem, currently chair of the History Department at Boğaziçi University, has conducted extensive research at the Ottoman Bank Archives since 1989, and published numerous books and papers on 18th and 19th century Ottoman socio-economic history. Ergun Özen After graduating from the Department of Economics at New York State University in 1985, Özen started his career in the research department of İş Bank, where he undertook the foundation of a treasury department. Özen joined Garanti Bank in 1992 and worked in the Treasury Department. In 1994, he assumed a managerial position. In 1995, while attending the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School, he was appointed the Vice President responsible for Treasury and Investment Banking. Since 2000, Ergun Özen has served as President and CEO of Garanti Bank. Prof. Ali Akyıldız Akyıldız graduated in 1985 from the History Department in the Atatürk Educational Faculty at Marmara University, and then completed his MA and Ph.D. theses at the same university. In 1995, he traveled to England and Scotland for research purposes. He is the recipient of the Turkish Historical Society encouragement award and currently teaches in the History Department at Marmara University. He has been editor of the Encyclopedia of Islam of DIA since 1997. As a visiting professor, he has lectured at the Universities of London and Tokyo. Prof. Akyıldız is the author of a number of books and articles on the economic history and modernization of the late Ottoman Empire. Prof. Murat Çizakça After graduating from the Department of Economics at Leicester University (UK) in 1968, Çizakça completed his master’s (1974) and doctoral (1978) theses in economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Murat Çizakça was a professor of economic history for many years in the Department of Economics at Boğaziçi University before resigning in 2000. From 2001 to 2002, he served as dean of the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences at Fatih University. Between 2003 and 2005, he was part of the Faculty of Business Administration at Bahçeşehir University where he taught comparative history of civilizations – a course made compulsory for all freshmen in the university. In the fall semester of 2006, Çizakça became the Allianz-guest professor in the “Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des Nahen Orients sowie Turkologie” at the University of Munich, and since 2007, he has been a senate member of the International Center for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) in Kuala Lumpur where he also teaches. In addition, he is a member of the Advanced Research Institute of Berlin and he was appointed a board member of the International Economic History Institute in Prato, Italy. Çizakça is the author of 5 books and about 50 scientific papers published both in Turkey and abroad. Prof. Seyfettin Gürsel After graduating from the Faculty of Economics (1973) and the Institute of Political Science (1974) at Grenoble University, Gürsel obtained his master’s degree (1975) and Ph.D. (1979) in economics from Nanterre University in Paris. Between 1980 and 1983, he taught at Istanbul University. In addition to assuming managerial posts in the private sector, he is a founding member of the Political, Economic and Social Research Foundation of Turkey. Gürsel, who is currently the Director of the Economic and Social Research Center (BETAM) at the Bahçeşehir University, is the author of several books and articles, published both in Turkey and abroad, on the political economy, economic policy, labor economics and economic history of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey. Prof. Zafer Toprak
Evaluation Criteria Compliance with academic criteria regarding research method, presentation, references etc. The originality of the subject Significance of research work – not just a repetition of general knowledge and a mere compilation of information from existing publications Extent and novelty of research work Power of observation, depth of research and interpretive quality Candidates for the research grant provided by the “Garanti Bank Special Award” will also be evaluated in their competence regarding the progress of their thesis work. PrizesOne prize will be given in each category: Scientific Article 4,000 New Turkish Liras The Garanti Bank Special Award 5,000 New Turkish Liras The jury has the right to withhold an award in any category, where no entries, in its view, meet its standards for recognition. If more than one entry is judged to be worthy of the award in any category, the prize shall be shared equally. The jury may provide honorary mentions, not to exceed three. The winners of the honorary mentions will receive 10% of the prize designated for the respective category. |
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