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2006 CERIS
Undergraduate Research Symposium
Islam: Historical and Contemporary Influences on Society and Culture
PARTICIPANTS AND WINNERS!
From left to right: Daniel Armanios, Margaret Hall, Zineb Gormat, and Mateen Firoz.
Our first CERIS Undergraduate Research Symposium was held on April 8, 2006, at the Community College of Allegheny County's Jones Hall on Pittsburgh's North Side. The event was a great success, and we are pleased to announce the names of partipants and award winners from the following two juried panels.
ISLAM: ISSUES OF RELIGION AND CULTURE
First Place Honors
Zineb Gormat, Juniata College senior - Why Does the Muslim World Lag in Science
Click here to read Ms. Gormat's paper.
Second Place Honors
Mateen Firoz, University of Pittsburgh senior - Legal Rights of Women Living Under the Taliban Regime
Click here to read Mr. Firoz's paper.
Also participating in this panel:
Joel Alex, St. Francis University junior - Allah Made Me Laugh: Muslim Strategies for Overcoming Religious Intolerance in America
Helen Schott, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford sophomore - The Syncretistic Use of Food in Islamic Ritual
THE MUSLIM WORLD: QUESTIONS OF POLICITY AND POLITICS
First Place Honors
Daniel Armanios, University of Pittsburgh senior - Government Compliance and its Pareto Limits: The Lost Pursuit of Technology Policy in the Arab World
Click here to read Mr. Armanios' paper.
Second Place Honors
Margaret Hall, Chatham College senior - American Myopia: American Policy on Hizbollah
Click here to read Ms. Hall's paper.
Also participating in this panel:
Kevin Doran, University of Pittsburgh senior - Extractive Industries, the State, and Radicalism in Developing Nations: A case study
Christopher Gvozdich, St. Francis University junior - A Study of the Muslim Religion from 1922-Present
Charles Bryon Holman, California University of Pennsylvania senior - The English Occupation of Iraq
Lawrence Paul Vezzetti II, California University of Pennsylvania senior - Historical British Imperialism: Friend or Foe to Contemporary Middle Eastern Relations?
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A great Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article was published by associate editor Dan Simpson about Mr. Al-Mirazi's talks in Pittsburgh.
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
The CERIS Undergraduate Research Symposium is designed to provide undergraduate students at CERIS member institutions with advanced research experience and an opportunity to develop presentation skills, as well as to provide recognition of excellent student scholarship. Total prizes of up to $500 are be awarded.
Islamic Studies encompasses many languages, literatures, and disciplines. It extends from the seventh century to the present, and includes broad geographical areas of the world. Islamic Studies can include but is not limited to history, religion, law, politics, sociology, science, art and culture, language and literature. Students from all majors are eligible to participate in the symposium. Research papers need not be written just for this symposium, but can be the result of work for current or previous classroom requirements.
A selection committee determines which qualified participants are invited to submit a final paper and make a 10-15 minute presentation at the event. At that time, a panel of faculty and graduate students judges the quality of papers and presentations, awarding cash prizes to the top participants.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
A good way to learn more about CERIS and its activities is to talk with a CERIS campus representative. Click here for a complete listing of member institutions and their reps.
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Consortium for Educational Resources on Islamic Studies (CERIS)
4100 Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-648-2113;
Fax: 412-624-4672
E-mail: ceris@pobox.com
Web site: www.cerisnet.org
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