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What are the requirements and application process for a AMSITAU award?
How can I make a contribution to AMSITAU?
What is the Amira Margalith Summer Research Internship at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University (AMSITAU)?
The Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies has established a research assistance internship to honor the memory of Amira Margalith, who served as the Center administrator for more than two decades. It was Amira’s good nature and helpfulness that made the work of the Center, its fellows, and its visitors so successful for many years. Through a competitive application process, the Dayan Center seeks to appoint one undergraduate or graduate intern for a semester from a European or North American college or university setting. Students who have a budding passion for Middle Eastern Studies, are interested in undertaking quality research under the direction of a Center member, and have a special linguistic and writing talents are encouraged to apply. An annual grant of $3000 will be given to the recipient to defray living expenses and transportation costs. The minimum period for the internship will be three months and include a minimum of 20 hours per week of work at Tel Aviv University or in a location designated by the supervising Dayan Center member.
What are the requirements and application process for an AMSITAU award?
Applicants for Margalith internship are expected to submit a 1,000 word essay about their career intentions and how the internship fits into those plans. Candidates for the internship should specify their areas of disciplinary interest. In addition, three letters of recommendation should be submitted on behalf of the student, with at least two of them from present or former teachers. Those letters should speak to the intellectual promise, research skills and experience, language abilities, writing talents, and other qualifications that reflect on the candidate’s credentials. Letters should include mention of the candidates character, ability to work autonomously yet with guidance, commitment to a future academic or research position in Middle Eastern studies, and an estimate where the candidate ranks among former and present students of the same class cohort.
Applications will be accepted up to February 28 of each year, with decisions made by March 30. Applicants are encourage to apply as early as possible. All applications should be submitted to Director, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, 69978. Successful applicants will be informed by mail and e-mail, with initial disbursement of funds coming as a transportation reimbursement prior to the students arrival in Israel. Internship candidates may not submit their application materials via e-mail.
How can I make a contribution to AMSITAU?
Initial funding for the internship was provided by Emory Professor Kenneth W. Stein who throughout his thirty year career benefited from the grace, diligence, and thoughtfulness emanating from Amira’s dedication and friendship. Additional contributions to the internship honoring the memory of Amira Margalith may be made by contacting the Director of the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University.
List of Current and Past Interns:
2009
Tal Grebel
Credentials: Rutgers, rising junior, 3.89 GPA, French and Hebrew
Supervisors: Bruce Maddy Weitzman and Ofra Bengio
Project: Comparing Kurdishand Berber minorities, with a focus on the role of their respective diasporas
Saghi Sofinzon
Credentials: Brandeis, rising junior, 3.83 GPA; French and Hebrew
Supervisor: Yehudit Ronen
Project: Issues dealing with migration from Africa to Europe
2008
Conrad Rein
Credentials: University of Leipzig, Master's student in African Studies, German and French
Supervisor: Bruce Maddy Weitzman
Project: Berber identity
Jonathan Fluger
Credentials: B.A Princeton University, Arabic
Supervisor: Josh Teitelbaum
Project: Saudi Arabian National Guard
2007
Steven Schmid
Credentials: Graduate student at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany), fluent in German and Arabic
Supervisor: Asher Susser
Projects: Religion as aspect in the thought of four Arab nationalist ideologues: Jirji Zaydan, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Sati al-Husri and Constantine Zurayk, and
Jordanian monarchy attitude toward Palestinian territories as reflected in Jordanian Press
Minda Arrow
Credentials: BA Princeton, working on MA in Islam and ME Studies, Hebrew University, Hebrew and Arabic
Supervisor: Dr. Asher Susser.
Project: Trilateral Israeli-Jordanian-Palestinian relationship