Dr. Ahmed El-Minshawy, president of Assiut University, expressed his happiness and pride that three of the Sons of the history department at the Faculty of Arts at the University won the Egyptian society for Historical Studies Awards, dedicated to the best master's and doctoral theses in various historical disciplines.

Dr. El-Minshawy stressed that this achievement reflects the excellence of Assiut University in the field of scientific research, and its keenness to support its researchers, pointing out the importance of motivating honorable and distinguished models to represent the University honorably at the local and international levels.

This achievement came under the supervision of Dr. Jamal Badr, vice president for graduate studies and research, Dr. Magdy Alwan, dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Sameh Fikri, vice dean for graduate studies and research, and Dr. Yusri Abdul Hakim, head of the history department at the college.

The winners were honored at a ceremony organized by the Egyptian society for Historical Studies, in the presence of Dr. Ahmed El Sherbini, chairman of the board of Directors of the association, Dr. Khalaf Elmery, secretary general of the association, Dr. Abdul Nasser Ibrahim Abdul Hakam, professor at the Department of history in Assiut and member of the board of Directors of the association, Dr. Nadia Qutb, Dr. Amani Qutb, members of the department and the association, as well as a number of senior historians, deans and professors of history at Egyptian universities.

The list of winners from Assiut University included the following: Dr. Shaima Hassan Ali, winner of the Dr. Ali Abdul Aziz Suleiman award for the best doctoral thesis in economic history, for her thesis entitled "the germination of water in the Levant in the Mamluk era (658-922 /1260-1516), and Dr. Kholoud Mustafa Ismail, winner of the Dr. Qasim Abdu Qasim award for the best master's thesis in the history of the Crusades and Mamluk history, for her research entitled" the contributions of Sunni jurists in the development of life Dr. Monica Dawood Anwar, winner of the Dr. Younan Labib Rizk award for the best master's thesis in modern and contemporary history, for her research entitled "Adolf Hitler's policy towards the disabled and chronically ill in Germany (1933-1945)".

  Graduate Shahad Mohamed Karim also received the Dr. Abdul Hamid Al-Abadi award for the first graduates of the history departments at Egyptian universities for the year 2024, after receiving an excellent grade with honors of 98% from the history department at the Faculty of Arts at Assiut University.