Thailand Corner Essay Contest
The Royal Thai Embassy in Buenos Aires,
with the collaboration from the National University of La Plata, the Catholic
University of Córdoba, the Catholic University of Salta, the National
University of Comahue from the Republic of Argentina, and the Catholic
University of Uruguay from the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, would like to
invite undergraduate students to participate in the First Edition of the
Thailand Corner Essay Contest.
Objectives
& Topics
The
contest aims fundamentally to encourage the development of academic analysis
and researches to deepen the knowledge about Thailand.
The
subjects or topics of the essays shall focus on Thailand, its religious,
socio-cultural, economic and historical dynamics and its developments, and / or
their relations with the Republic of Argentina and the Oriental Republic of
Uruguay.
Suggested
subjects or topics are as follow:
•
60 years of Thailand – Argentina diplomatic relations
•
38 years of Thailand – Uruguay diplomatic relations
•
Comparison of religious, social-cultural, economic and historical aspects of
Thailand and Argentina or Uruguay
•
Thailand and Argentina or Uruguay as development partners
Please
note that the above suggested subjects or topics are optional and not compulsory.
Participants may submit an essay with any other subject or topic related to
Thailand.
Participants
Citizens
of Argentina and Uruguay, who are undergraduate students from any public and
private universities in the mentioned countries will be eligible to participate
and submit their essays.
Guidelines
for Submission
Participants
must follow the guidelines below strictly otherwise they will be disqualified.
• The essay should refer to
reference materials or books from the Thailand Corners in the participating
countries. These are located at:
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The
Faculty of Law and Social Sciencias of the National University of la Plata
(48 st between 6 and 7 – La Plata City –
Argentina, phone: (54-221) 423-6701/06)
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The
main library of the Catholic University of Córdoba
(3555 Armada
Argentina Av. – Córdoba City – Argentina, phone: (54-351) 4938090/91)
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The
main library of the Catholic University of Salta
(Campo Castañares - Salta City – Argentina, phone: (54-0387)
4268524)
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The
main library of the Catholic University of Uruguay,
(2738 8 de
Octubre Av. – Montevideo City – Uruguay, phone:
(598) 24872717)
• The essay must be unpublished
and original, having approximately a minimum length of 10 pages and a maximum
length of 15 pages, numbered consecutively (excluding title page, footnotes and
bibliography) and written in Times New Roman font, size 12 and 1.5 line space,
in PDF format, using A4 paper size (21 cm x 29.7 cm). It must be submitted as a
monograph, divided into a front page showing the title, an introduction, a body
and a conclusion (besides the bibliography, according to APA referencing
system). The essay can be written in Spanish or English.
• The essay must be written by a
single author, signed with a pseudonym that does not result in inducing the
identity of the author. There shall be no type of sign that may identify the
author. The option of "author" among the properties of the document
of the word processor must be empty. The paper or the file with the essay must
be named "Thailand Corner Essay Contest – essay title - chosen
pseudonym". The jury will know the name of the author once the winner essay
have been selected, for which the file that accompanied the essay will be
opened. It is possible to submit more than one essay per author.
• The essay may be submitted on
paper enclosed inside an enveloped or sent by email. The paper or the file with
the essay must be accompanied with two other separated papers or files identified
with the pseudonym, an executive summary of the content of the essay
exclusively in English of no more than 300 (three hundred) words, named
"Thailand Corner Essay Contest – summary - chosen pseudonym", and a
resume of the basic personal information of the author of the essay (first name
and surname, identify document, home address, phone number, email address, student status, university affiliation), named "Thailand
Corner Essay Contest - personal information - chosen pseudonym", with a
copy of personal ID and university student ID, certificate letter, or other
equivalent official academic document.
• All the documents or files must
be delivered or sent in a closed enveloped by certified post to the Royal Thai
Embassy in Buenos Aires address: 1947 Vuelta de Obligado st. 12º floor, postal
code 1428, Buenos Aires City, Republic of Argentina, named "Thailand Corner
Essay Contest” or to the email address thailandessay@gmail.com. They must be
submitted before the 4th day of the month of July 2014 at 18:00 hrs, as
previously indicated. No essays will be accepted after the said date.
Disqualification
The
partial or total failure to comply with the previously detailed guidelines
entails the automatic disqualification from the contest.
Responsibility
Participation
in the contest implies acceptance of these rules in all its terms. The organizers
reserve the right to amend without notice the terms of these Rules.
The
winning essay will be intellectual property of their respective owners. The
author assumes sole responsibility for the claims of any nature that may make
third parties regarding the originality or for any other reason on the essay
presented. The organizer reserves the right to publish the essays submitted by
the participants.
Evaluation
The
essays will be evaluated by a jury consisting of Dra. Florencia Rubiolo, Prof. Martín Horacio
Barrandeguy, Dra. Susana
Mangana, Lic. Alcira Trincheri, and Lic. Ezequiel Ramoneda, scholars members of
renowned Argentine and Uruguayan universities, with specializations which fits
the subject or topic of the Contest, together with diplomatic representatives
of the Royal Thai Embassy in Buenos Aires. The decision of the jury will be
final.
The
jury will choose only one winner.
After
the evaluation stage, the organizer will announce the results on the 1st day of
the month of August 2014, as well as inform about the award ceremony. The
organizer will make personal communications only to the winner.
Transportation
The
Royal Thai Embassy in Buenos Aires, as well as all the collaborating academic
institutions are not responsible to provide any type of transportation
assistance for the winner to the location hosting the award ceremony. The
transportation costs shall be covered only by the winners.
In case that a winner cannot be present at the award ceremony, the prize will be transferred or hand-delivered.
Awards
A
return air ticket Buenos Aires – Bangkok – Buenos Aires.
Organizer
The
Royal Thai Embassy in Buenos Aires
Collaborators
National
University of La Plata, the Catholic University of Córdoba, the Catholic
University of Salta, the National University of Comahue from the Republic of
Argentina, and the Catholic University of Uruguay from the Oriental Republic of
Uruguay
For
more information contact us at thailandessay@gmail.com
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