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Each
year the MEM Board of Directors awards the
Middle East Medievalists Lifetime Achievement Award to a scholar who has served
the field of medieval Middle Eastern Studies with distinction. Past
honorees have included:
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1998
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George T. Scanlon (American University
in Cairo)
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1999
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Sam I. Gellens
(Horace Mann School, New York)
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2000
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Pierre Cachia
(Columbia University)
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2001
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Ira M. Lapidus (University of California,
Berkeley)
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2002-2008
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Not awarded
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2009
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Jere Bacharach (University of Washington)
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2010
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2011
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