NINO and Ex Oriente Lux award a biennial prize for the best scholarly article written in the Netherlands by a junior scholar in the Netherlands on a topic concerning the Ancient Near East (incl. Egypt). The prize is funded by and named after C.P.M. Cuijpers en R.J.G. Opdenakker.
The topic of the publication should be within the scope of the NINO research areas, and published no more than five years before.
A call for submissions is open every two years from 15 November to 15 February. During this period authors may submit their published article through the NINO website. To compete, submitted articles should be no older than five years. The competition is judged in March/April; the winner is awarded the Prize in June/July. The jury consists of representatives for NINO, Ex Oriente Lux, and the prize’s founders.
Researchers in Ancient Near Eastern studies (incl. Egyptology) have the opportunity to submit their article, published no earlier than 2020, between 1 December 2024 and 15 February 2025.
The winner of the Jaarprijs Cuijpers-Opdenakker 2025 will be announced at an award ceremony coinciding with the NINO-EOL-voorjaarslezing on 5 June 2025.
The main conditions for participation are:
The winner is expected to rework the winning article into a popularising publication, in a medium of their own choice, within a year from the award date. The authors of shortlisted articles will be asked to submit a popularisation proposal, which is taken into account by the jury.
The full regulations for the Jaarprijs Cuijpers-Opdenakker are available in Dutch (pdf).
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