Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image (professional master)
2010 Cordaid Multatuli Award
Does your Master’s thesis deal with the issue of multicultural society, and has it been approved in 2009 and did it receive excellent marks? If so, you are eligible for the 2010 Cordaid Multatuli Award.
2010 will see the second edition of the special award ceremony, organised by the Netherlands Multatuli Lecture Foundation and development organisation Cordaid in recognition of the best Master’s thesis from a Dutch university student on issues related to the Multatuli lecture theme. This year, the theme will be:
- the challenges of multicultural society, globalisation and diversity
- this year’s central theme: clashing cultures: enrichment or threat?
The award
- An amount of up to € 10,000 to be spent on follow-up research in the area of the Multatuli lecture theme.
- publication of the research report/thesis;
- the laureate will be invited to give lectures;
Criteria
- The Master’s thesis must contribute to the expansion of knowledge on the Netherlands as a multicultural society. The research results must be relevant to the policy of Dutch government agencies, businesses or institutions in the relevant field.
- The thesis must be written as part of a study programme at a Dutch higher education institution (higher professional education/university education) in the Dutch or English language.
- If the thesis is published in English, it must feature a summary in Dutch of no more than 500 words.
- The thesis must be no longer than 25,000 words including the summary, table of contents and footnotes, and must be suitable for publication in the Cordaid-Multatuli laureate series.
- The thesis must have been approved in the 2009 calendar year and graded with an 8 or higher (on a scale of 10).
- The thesis must be submitted in digital format to the Multatuli lecture board by 1 April 2010 at the latest.
Assessment procedure
The research award jury consists of representatives from the Academic and Higher Education field, Cordaid and the Multatuli Lecture Foundation.
The jury’s assessment of submitted theses will be based on their relevance in terms of expanding existing knowledge on Dutch multicultural society, the scientific basis for the research methods and techniques applied and the impeccable use of the language in which the thesis is written.
In the event that multiple theses are awarded the same mark, the winners may receive a joint award. The jury’s decision will be final.