AIMS invites submissions of papers by Graduate Student members of AIMS (The AIMS Graduate Student Association, GSA) for the Tessler – Sabbagh Graduate Student Prize Award.

Papers must be complete in written form and must have been delivered in-person or virtually before a professional audience at the departmental, university, regional, or national level in 2025. The date and name of the professional meeting must be submitted along with the paper itself. The subject of the paper must concern the Maghrib in any of its dimensions and must be in English. The paper will be submitted for publication to the Journal of North African Studies (JNAS), the AIMS professional journal. If selected, it will be identified as the Tessler – Sabbagh Prize Paper. The paper needs to follow the JNAS publication format.

The award is named for Professor Mark Tessler in honor of his enduring interest in the Maghrib, his years of leadership as AIMS president, and his sustained efforts to develop graduate students prepared to work in the field, along with Professor Georges Sabbagh, who provided major contributions to the founding of AIMS as its first treasurer. The paper will be juried by two members of the AIMS Board and the winner will be announced at the annual MESA meeting.