Jere L. Bacharach Service Award

Virginia H. Aksan

McMaster University

2015 Recipient

Virginia H. Aksan

Virginia H. Aksan

In recognition of her exceptional service to the field of Middle East studies; For her extraordinary work on behalf of MESA; in leadership (two 3-year terms on the board of directors, including as president), in committee work (Hourani Book Award chair, chair of the Committee on Academic Freedom’s North America wing, chair of the Annual Meeting Program Committee, member of the Dissertation Committee, and chair of the Ethics Committee); For her equally impressive commitment to the work of MESA’s affiliated societies including the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association and the Middle East Librarians Association; For her tireless work in university administration, in professional unions and organizations, on boards of academic journals, and as an advisor and advocate for an international community of younger scholars. Whenever one of her many communities calls, she answers. It is an honor to recognize Virginia H. Aksan, a model scholar-citizen whose vision, talent and generosity of both hand and spirit have facilitated scholarly and communal exchange among so many groups and to the betterment of all.

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