{"id":819,"date":"2016-02-16T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T12:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/?p=819"},"modified":"2016-02-16T12:00:54","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T12:00:54","slug":"essay-contest-for-asean-countries-religious-freedom-in-southeast-asia-and-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/essay-contest-for-asean-countries-religious-freedom-in-southeast-asia-and-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Essay Contest (for ASEAN Countries): Religious Freedom in Southeast Asia and the West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<pre>IL News 003\/2016\n\n<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leimena.org\/id\/_assets\/files\/Essay%20Contest%20Guidelines%20-%20JULY%201.pdf\">Download here:\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Essay<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Contest<\/span>\u00a0Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><strong>PRIZES<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h6><strong>International Journal Publication<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>Winning essays will be published in <strong><em>The Review of Faith &amp; International Affairs <\/em><\/strong>journal<\/p>\n<p>(www.tandfonline.com\/rfia)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>International Conference Presentation<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>1st place winners will present their papers at the Institute for Global Engagement\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>international conference on Religion and Law in S.E. Asia, in Singapore in December 2016<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cash Prize for Professionals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winner: US$ 2,500<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: US$ 1,500<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cash Prize for Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winner: US$ 1,000<\/p>\n<p>Runner-up: US$ 500<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>July\u00a01, 2016<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RULES AND GUIDELINES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Essays must compare the formation of religious freedom in one or more Southeast Asian countries (or Southeast Asia as a whole) with the formation of religious freedom in one or more countries in the West (or the West as a whole). Essays can discuss key socio-political factors, legal contexts, individual leaders, and\/or major current and emerging issues and threats related to religious freedom in Southeast Asia and the West. Essays should identify examples of positive progress and also examples of erosion of religious and other freedoms both in Southeast Asia and the West, and the practical lessons that might be learned. Essays will be evaluated by a panel of five experts chosen by the Institute for Global Engagement, in consultation with the Institut Leimena. Submitted essays will be judged on both content and style. In order to be competitive, an essay must focus directly on the essay contest topic and be clear, engaging, logically organized, and cogently argued.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essay Contest for Students Rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A student entrant must be a 12th Grader, College Undergraduate, or Graduate Student.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Essays submitted to the Student Contest must be between 3,000 and 5,000 words in length (inclusive of references).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Essay Contest for Professionals Rules:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A professional entrant can be employed in any field, and must not be enrolled in any degree program on more than a quarter-time basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Essays submitted to the Professional Contest must be between 5,000 and 7,000 words in length (inclusive of references).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>GENERAL RULES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The contest is open to any writer who is a citizen of ASEAN countries; entrants need not be currently resident in ASEAN countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Essays must be original works, not previously published, in whole or in part. Any degree or form of plagiarism will result in disqualification.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Essays should use citations sparingly. Essays must use the \u201cHarvard\u201d (author date) style for citations, and must include a Bibliography of Works Cited at the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Essays must not infringe on any third-party rights or intellectual property. Entrants agree to indemnify the Institute for Global Engagement for any claim, demand, judgment or other allegation arising from possible violation of someone\u2019s trademark, copyright or other legally protected interest in any way in the entrant\u2019s essay.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Essay submissions must be accompanied by an up-to-date CV, including current mailing address, email address, and phone number. Only one essay per entrant may be submitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Essays are only accepted electronically as email attachments in Microsoft Word or PDF file format. Please send to: essaycontest@leimena.org<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Essays must be received via email no laterthan 11:59 PM Jakarta (GMT +7) on July 1, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 All entrants will be notified of results by September 1, 2016. The decisions of the judges are final.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Prize winners agree to allow the Institute for Global Engagement to publish, at its sole discretion, their essays online and in <strong><em>The Review of Faith &amp; International Affairs<\/em><\/strong>(www.tandfonline.com\/rfia) and to either assign copyright or grant exclusive license to the Institute for Global Engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 First-place winners will be invited to Singapore in December 2016, to present their papers at an international conference on religion and law in Southeast Asia. All travel expenses will be covered.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Winners will be solely responsible for any taxes and currency conversion fees.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Employees of the Institute for Global Engagement or the Institut Leimena, its board of directorsand their immediate family members are not eligible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please forward all your questions and inquiries to: <a href=\"mailto:essaycontest@leimena.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">essaycontest@leimena.org<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leimena.org\/id\/_assets\/files\/Essay%20Contest%20Guidelines%20-%20JULY%201.pdf\">Download here:\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Essay<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Contest<\/span>\u00a0Guidelines<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_post_nav admin_label=&#8221;Post Navigation&#8221; in_same_term=&#8221;on&#8221; hide_prev=&#8221;off&#8221; hide_next=&#8221;off&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IL News 003\/2016 Download here:\u00a0Essay\u00a0Contest\u00a0Guidelines &nbsp; PRIZES International Journal Publication Winning essays will be published in The Review of Faith &amp; International Affairs journal (www.tandfonline.com\/rfia) &nbsp; International Conference Presentation 1st place winners will present their papers at the Institute for Global Engagement\u2019s international conference on Religion and Law in S.E. Asia, in Singapore in December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div class=\"publication\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">IL News 003\/2016<\/span><\/div><div class=\"by\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">by Institut Leimena<\/span><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leimena.org\/id\/_assets\/files\/Essay%20Contest%20Guidelines%20-%20JULY%201.pdf\">Download here:\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Essay<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Contest<\/span>\u00a0Guidelines<\/a><\/p><div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leimena.org\/id\/_assets\/files\/Essay%20Contest%20Guidelines%20-%20JULY%201.pdf\">\u00a0<\/a><\/div><\/div><div><strong>PRIZES<\/strong><\/div><p><strong>International Journal Publication<\/strong><\/p><p>Winning essays will be published in <strong><em>The Review of Faith & International Affairs <\/em><\/strong>journal<\/p><p>(www.tandfonline.com\/rfia)<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>International Conference Presentation<\/strong><\/p><p>1st place winners will present their papers at the Institute for Global Engagement\u2019s<\/p><p>international conference on Religion and Law in S.E. Asia, in Singapore in December 2016<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Cash Prize for Professionals<\/strong><\/p><p>Winner: US$ 2,500<\/p><p>Runner-up: US$ 1,500<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Cash Prize for Students<\/strong><\/p><p>Winner: US$ 1,000<\/p><p>Runner-up: US$ 500<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Deadline<\/strong><\/p><p>July\u00a01, 2016<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>RULES AND GUIDELINES<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Essays must compare the formation of religious freedom in one or more Southeast Asian countries (or Southeast Asia as a whole) with the formation of religious freedom in one or more countries in the West (or the West as a whole). Essays can discuss key socio-political factors, legal contexts, individual leaders, and\/or major current and emerging issues and threats related to religious freedom in Southeast Asia and the West. Essays should identify examples of positive progress and also examples of erosion of religious and other freedoms both in Southeast Asia and the West, and the practical lessons that might be learned. Essays will be evaluated by a panel of five experts chosen by the Institute for Global Engagement, in consultation with the Institut Leimena. Submitted essays will be judged on both content and style. In order to be competitive, an essay must focus directly on the essay contest topic and be clear, engaging, logically organized, and cogently argued.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Essay Contest for Students Rules:<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 A student entrant must be a 12th Grader, College Undergraduate, or Graduate Student.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Essays submitted to the Student Contest must be between 3,000 and 5,000 words in length (inclusive of references).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Essay Contest for Professionals Rules:<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 A professional entrant can be employed in any field, and must not be enrolled in any degree program on more than a quarter-time basis.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Essays submitted to the Professional Contest must be between 5,000 and 7,000 words in length (inclusive of references).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GENERAL RULES<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 The contest is open to any writer who is a citizen of ASEAN countries; entrants need not be currently resident in ASEAN countries.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Essays must be original works, not previously published, in whole or in part. Any degree or form of plagiarism will result in disqualification.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Essays should use citations sparingly. Essays must use the \u201cHarvard\u201d (author date) style for citations, and must include a Bibliography of Works Cited at the end.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Essays must not infringe on any third-party rights or intellectual property. Entrants agree to indemnify the Institute for Global Engagement for any claim, demand, judgment or other allegation arising from possible violation of someone\u2019s trademark, copyright or other legally protected interest in any way in the entrant\u2019s essay.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Essay submissions must be accompanied by an up-to-date CV, including current mailing address, email address, and phone number. Only one essay per entrant may be submitted.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Essays are only accepted electronically as email attachments in Microsoft Word or PDF file format. Please send to: essaycontest@leimena.org<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2022 Essays must be received via email no laterthan 11:59 PM Jakarta (GMT +7) on July 1, 2016.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 All entrants will be notified of results by September 1, 2016. The decisions of the judges are final.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Prize winners agree to allow the Institute for Global Engagement to publish, at its sole discretion, their essays online and in <strong><em>The Review of Faith & International Affairs<\/em><\/strong>(www.tandfonline.com\/rfia) and to either assign copyright or grant exclusive license to the Institute for Global Engagement.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 First-place winners will be invited to Singapore in December 2016, to present their papers at an international conference on religion and law in Southeast Asia. All travel expenses will be covered.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Winners will be solely responsible for any taxes and currency conversion fees.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Employees of the Institute for Global Engagement or the Institut Leimena, its board of directorsand their immediate family members are not eligible.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please forward all your questions and inquiries to: <a href=\"mailto:essaycontest@leimena.org\" target=\"_blank\">essaycontest@leimena.org<\/a><\/p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.leimena.org\/id\/_assets\/files\/Essay%20Contest%20Guidelines%20-%20JULY%201.pdf\">Download here:\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Essay<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Contest<\/span>\u00a0Guidelines<\/a><\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-il-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}