May 9, 2007

Prize Competition for Research on History of Banking and Finance

Archives and Research Centre
Bankalar (Voyvoda) Caddesi, No: 35-37
Karaköy 34420 Istanbul/Turkey
Phone: (212) 245 50 95
archive@ottomanbank .com
www.obarsiv. com

Applications are continuing for the Prize Competition on the History of Banking and Finance

Applications are continuing for the fourth Prize Competition on the History of Banking and Finance, organized by the Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre, operating under the aegis of Garanti Bank, the European Association for Banking and Financial History (EABH) and the History Foundation of Turkey. Application folders should be handed in or mailed to reach the secretariat no later 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 1, 2007. Sponsored by Garanti Bank, the competition aims to promote academic research on Turkish banking, finance, and economic history, from Ottoman times to the present, and to establish a tradition in this field.

The competition will be held in four categories, scientific article, master's thesis, doctoral dissertation, and monograph, and a jury made up of economists and historians will evaluate the entries. In addition, this year, in celebration of Garanti Bank's 60th anniversary, a research grant will be offered as a special award for one doctoral thesis written on the history of banking and finance over the past 60 years.

The competition is held in two stages. During the first stage, the application folders of the participants is subjected to preliminary screening. During the second stage, successful applicants present their work in their chosen category to the jury. Competition results will be announced by December 2007, at which time the winners will be receive their prizes and meet the press and the public through an awards ceremony.

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