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The Al-Biruni Award for the Best Undergraduate Thesis

The Department of Sociology is excited to introduce the Al-Biruni Award, celebrating the pioneering scholarship of Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Biruni (d. 1050). This award aims to underline the presence and richness of an anthropological-sociological approach in non-western traditions long before the rise of anthropology in the western/modern world.

Award Highlights:

  • Prestigious Recognition: The Award will be presented during the Annual Sociology Days in May 2025, 9-11.
  • Inspiring Excellence: The winner will receive a Citation Letter that recognizes academic merits and excellence.
  • Prize: 20.000 TL

Eligibility: The thesis nominated for the award will be selected by the faculty members of the Department of Sociology from among the undergraduate graduation theses submitted during the 2024-2025 academic year. The selection will be made exclusively from the theses they have personally supervised.

Jury Composition: A committee of three jury members will review the nominations, focusing on academic excellence as the criterion for the award.

The Jury

Dr. Intissar Kherigi – Visiting Scholar, Ibn Haldun University
Asst. Prof. Şeyma Ayyıldız – Boğaziçi University
Asst. Prof. Merve Reyhan Baygeldi - Police Academy, Ankara

Year Award Winner Thesis Title Supervisor
2024 Yunus Yeşil Identity Construction in the Relation of Trauma and Community Building: The Example of ‘Little Palestine’ in the Context of Chicago Prof. Ramazan Aras
2023 Oumaru F. Sheriff An Exploratory Study of Post-War Challenges Hindering Reintegration into Civil Society: The Case of Former Child Soldiers in Liberia Prof. Ramazan Aras
2022 Rahma Waleed Al-Sayed Pharaonism and Ideological State Apparatuses in Post-Coup Egypt Prof. Alev Erkilet
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