I am honored and thrilled to have received APSA MENA Section's Book Award for a junior scholar! It means a lot for this community to see fit to award Civilizing Contention, especially as there were some excellent books published last year. So many thanks to the committee and section 🙏
Announcing awards for best articles on MENA politics published in 2025:
Best Article, Special Recognition: Jannis Julien Grimm and Lilian Mauthofer
"Multi-Perspectivity and Ethical Representation in the Context of Gaza and October 7: Addressing the Semantic Void"
Many congrats Jannis and Lilian!
Announcing awards for best articles on MENA politics published in 2025:
Best Article, Special Recognition: Daniel L. Tavana
"Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics"
Many congrats @danieltavana.bsky.social
Announcing awards for best articles on MENA politics published in 2025:
Best Article, Special Recognition: Lisel Hintz
"Cooking Shows as Gender Edutainment in Authoritarian Regimes: Recipe for (New) Turkey"
Many congrats @liselhintz.bsky.social!
Announcing awards for best articles on MENA politics published in 2025:
Best Article: Allison S. Hartnett and Mohamed Saleh
"Precolonial Elites and Colonial Redistribution
of Political Power."
Many congrats @ashartnett.bsky.social and Mohamed!
Announcing awards for best MENA papers presented at the 2025 APSA conference:
Best Paper, Honorable Mention: Andrew O'Donohue
"Law versus Democracy: Judicial Selection Institutions,
Court Capture, and Democratic Backsliding”
Many congrats Andrew!
Announcing awards for best MENA papers presented at the 2025 APSA conference:
Best Paper: Aslı Cansunar, Arzu Kbrıs, and Efe Tokdemir
"Ethnic Cues and Conflict-Triggered Harassment: Evidence from Soccer Fields"
Many congrats @aslicansunar.bsky.social, Arzu, and @efetokdemir.bsky.social!
Announcing awards for best papers presented at the 2025 APSA conference:
Best Paper, Honorable Mention: Narmin Yousef-Butt and Raed Aldulaimi
"Selective Reconstruction: Local Elected Politicians, Collaborators, and Public Goods in Post-Conflict Iraq”
Many congrats @narminbutt.bsky.social + Raed!