Award Ceremony IIAS National Master's Thesis Prize
Three MA theses in Asian studies have been shortlisted for the IIAS National Master's Thesis Prize 2015. The winner will be announced at Leiden University Faculty Club. Please join us!
On behalf of the jury, we are pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2015 IIAS National Master’s Thesis Prize in the broad field of Asian studies!
Award ceremony
The winning thesis will be announced at a festive meeting on Wednesday, 16th December, at the brasserie of the Faculty Club, Rapenburg 73, Leiden, between 16.30 and 18.00 hrs. All who are interested are welcome to join us. Please register with iias@iias.nl.
Shortlist
The following three MA theses in Asian studies, submitted at one of the universities in The Netherlands in 2014/2015, have been shortlisted. These three are in the running for the title 'Best National Master’s Thesis 2015'. The winner will be awarded a 3-month IIAS fellowship to write a Ph.D. project proposal or a research article.
Striking morals, moral strikes: Vigilantism, Islamic activism and dramatic pemuda “fun” in Indonesia’s Front Pembela Islam
By Rutger van Marissing
Supervisors: Laurens Bakker and Gerben Nooteboom, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Construction and reconstruction of authority in Keralolpatti: A re-examination of a contested chronicle from Kerala
By Meera Muralidharan
Supervisors: Nira Wickramasinghe and Charles Jeurgens, Universiteit Leiden.
Development brokers in a relocation project in Flores. A multi-media thesis about translations, interpretations and contestation
By Nora Wildenauer
Supervisors: Metje Postma and Steef Meyknecht, Universiteit Leiden.
Registration
We hope to see you on 16 December. Everyone is welcome, please send us an email to let us know you are coming: iias@iias.nl.
About the IIAS National Master's Thesis Prize
Each year, IIAS awards a prize for the best master’s thesis in the broad field of Asian studies in the humanities or social sciences, written at a Dutch university.
See who won in: 2014 | 2013 | 2012
For more information about the contest, see IIAS National Master's Thesis Prize.