Natasha Iskander
New York University
Does Skill Make Us Human? Migrant Workers in 21-st Century Qatar and Beyond.
Princeton University Press
Roger Owen Book Award
The Roger Owen Book Award, first given in 2011, recognizes the very best in economics, economic history, or the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa scholarship. The award honors Roger Owen for his long and distinguished career and scholarly contributions. The biennial award is given in odd-numbered years and announced at the Awards Ceremony at MESA’s annual meeting.
The award winners appear below. The nomination guidelines are available under “Related” below right.
José Ciro Martínez
University of York
States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan
Stanford University Press
Aaron Jakes
The New School
Egypt's Occupation: Colonial Economism and the Crises of Capitalism
Stanford University Press
Fredrik Meiton
University of New Hampshire
Electrical Palestine: Capital and Technology from Empire to Nation
University of California Press
Johan Mathew
Rutgers University
Margins of the Market: Trafficking and Capitalism across the Arabian Sea
University of California Press
Hanan H. Hammad
Texas Christian University
Industrial Sexuality: Gender, Urbanization, and Social Transformation in Egypt
University of Texas Press
Zeinab Abul-Magd
Oberlin College
Imagined Empires: A History of Revolt in Egypt
University of California Press
Nancy Y. Reynolds
Washington University in St. Louis
A City Consumed: Urban Commerce, the Cairo Fire, and the Politics of Decolonization in Egypt
Stanford University Press
Alan Mikhail
Yale University
Nature and Empire in Ottoman Egypt: An Environmental History
Cambridge University Press