Cornelis Tiele MA Thesis Award
Named after one of the founders of the comparative study of religion, the Cornelis Tiele MA Thesis Award is an annual award granted by the Dutch Association for the Study of Religion (NGG) for an outstanding MA or ResMa thesis within the academic study of religion. The award will be handed out during the annual NGG Spring Meeting.
The Award
The recipient of the Cornelis Tiele MA Thesis Award is granted a prize of €200,- In addition, the winner will be offered a free one year membership of the Dutch Association for the Study of Religion (NGG), including the associated memberships of the European Association for the Study of Religion (EASR) and the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR). Finally, the winner will be given the opportunity to publish a paper based on their thesis in the Dutch journal Religie en Samenleving.
Requirements
The award is granted to an excellent MA or ResMa thesis that showcases original primary research, clear analysis, and solid theoretical foundations. The thesis has to be written at a Dutch University, but can be part of an educational track other than religion studies. The thesis does, however, clearly have to fall within the domain of the academic and non-confessional study of religion. Candidates for the 2025 award must have completed the thesis between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024.
Nomination
Nominations must be made by e-mail to dave.vliegenthart@maastrichtuniversity.nl before December 1, 2024 (9:00). The nominator must be either the nominee’s thesis supervisor or a member of the NGG.
The applications should consist of PDF-files of the following, in either Dutch or in English:
- A short recommendations explaining why the nominated thesis meets the listed criteria
- The nominee’s thesis
Deadline: 1 December 2024 (09:00)
Past laureates
- 2018: Bas van Rijn
- 2019: Welmoed Wagenaar
- 2020: Chunrong Zhao
- 2021: Lucy Spoilar
- 2022: Wouter Kock
- 2023: Mara van Dijk
- 2024: Wytze Dijkstra
