The Tokat Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies is pleased to announce its Annual PhD Dissertation Award competition. Students who have completed English-language dissertations in any field of Islamic Studies in or after 2025 are eligible to apply. Each applicant must submit their thesis, along with one letter of nomination from their dissertation advisor, via email to the Institute’s Director of Research Professor Cyrus Zargar ([email protected]) by no later than January 1, 2027. Submissions will be evaluated by a committee of senior scholars in Islamic Studies and the winning entry will be awarded a cash prize of $1,000.