Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize 2023 – winner UG category

In June 2023 City University of London awarded two prizes for the Rosemary Hollis Essay Competition, an annual award made in the name of our inspiring late colleague Prof.Hollis, who was an expert of Middle East policy and intercultural relations across the Euromed region. Learn more about her through these interviews. Below we are proud […]

Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize – winner MA category

In June 2023 City University of London awarded two prizes for the Rosemary Hollis Essay Competition, an annual award made in the name of our inspiring late colleague Prof.Hollis, who was an expert of Middle East policy and intercultural relations across the EuroMed region. Below we are proud to publish the essay by Nadim Khan, […]

Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize – deadline 2 May 2023

We are delighted to launch a new edition of this competition devoted to our late colleague Prof.Hollis, a specialist of the Middle East, whose inspiring life and work you can explore through this project conducted by City students last year. Follow the link for instructions. deadline May 2nd2023, 9am UK time. Send your essays max […]

Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: All for one but not one for all: How Arab Nationalism Rose and Fell by Kelly van Roy

Congratulations to the winner of the graduate section of the Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: Kelly van Roy! ‘Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first’. —Charles de Gaulle In this essay, I explore what factors caused the rise and decline of Arab […]

Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize: What were the Causes and Consequences of the War in 1967 for both Israelis and Palestinians? by Nora Saghi

Congratulations to Nora Saghi for winning first place in the undergraduate group of the Rosemary Hollis Essay Prize! We will be sharing all winning entries across the next three weeks, so keep an eye out for these engaging and insightful essays in honour of a colleague who is greatly missed. This essay will argue that […]