GAIR Dissertation Prize

The Society for Arab and Islamic Law (GAIR) is now inviting nominations for the GAIR Dissertation Prize for the fourth time. The prize once again recognises a work in the field of Islamic law or of the law of the Arab or Islamic states.

The prize is endowed with €500. The dissertation should have been assessed in 2023 or 2024 with at least ‘magna cum laude’. Nominations may be submitted by university teachers (professors, Privatdozentinnen and Privatdozenten, researchers with the right to supervise doctorates, and legal practitioners with relevant expertise). Candidates may not nominate themselves.

The selection is made by GAIR’s Dissertation Prize Committee, which is composed of members of the Committee and the Board of Trustees. Supervisors and examiners of the dissertations under consideration may not be members of the selection committee.

The following documents should be sent as PDF files by email to dissertationspreis@gair.de by 28 February 2025:

• the dissertation
• the examiners’ reports
• a short statement of reasons for the nomination
• a link to the applicable doctoral regulations; a CV of the doctoral candidate

The prize will be awarded at the 2025 GAIR annual conference. Prize winners should attend if possible and present their dissertation to the members of the Society at the conference.