The asaa funds the following prizes, awards and grants. The asian studies association of hong kong asahk invites scholars, researchers and postgraduate students from all disciplines in humanities, education and social sciences to propose papers and panels for its eleventh annual conference to be held at kobe university, japan from 2 to 3 april 2016. The association of asian studies joseph levenson prize is awarded every year to two authors based on two categories one on china before 1900 and one. I sincerely thank authors, contributors, and referees for their valuable work on the spring issue special section, asia in advanced placement ap, international baccalaureate ib, and undergraduate honors courses. The east asian studies center is led by a faculty director and three faculty associate directors, who serve as directors for the countryspecific institutes for chinese studies, japanese studies and korean studies. Manisha desai, professor of sociology and core faculty of the asianasian american studies institute, and will serve as head of sociology beginning academic year 2016 2017. Buckley, professor of history and courtesy facultyfounding director of the asianasian american studies institute. The asian and asian american studies institute will next award the scholarship in spring of 2019. I deeply appreciate the contributions of authors and referees that made the publication of the fall issue of eaa possible. On behalf of the awards committee of the canadian association for american studies, i am pleased to announce that the winner of this years robert k. Association for nepal and himalayan studies by an authorized recommended citation 2016 association for asian studies conference, himalaya, the journal of the association for nepal and. Letters and epistolary culture in early medieval china by antje richter was awarded an honorable mention for the 2016.
Narratives, sacred geographies, and the historical imagination honorable. Applications are due november 30, 2017 and winners will be announced at the secaas annual meeting, january 1214, 2018 in columbia, sc. Joseph levenson prize pre1900 and post1900 the merlin foundation, established by the late audrey sheldon, has provided for the two awards, one for works whose main focus is on china before 1900 and the other for works on post1900 china. Fairbank prize for the best book in east asian history since 1800. With an attendance of about 2,000 scholars and professionals, the conference offers the following. Communities of people, both longformed and inthemaking, are drawing from multiple legacies of rebellion, protest, survival, and revolution to confront logics of dehumanization and. Chinese residential communities are places of intense governing and. I hope our readers had an enjoyable and interesting summer. May 01, 2020 the society for east asian anthropology invites submissions for the 2020 francis l. Cohn prize for first books on south asia the ananda kentish coomaraswamy prize for englishlanguage scholarly work on south asia the a. A part of the association of asian studies, we are a crossdisciplinary network of scholars, students, and observers. Books nominated may address either contemporary or historical topics in any field of the humanities or the social sciences related. Mesa has been the hub for scholarly exchange from its first meeting at the university of chicago in 1967 where a small group gathered for eight sessions to mesas 50th anniversary meeting in boston in 2016.
Morgan pitelka awarded secaas book prize department of. Department of history room 2074, sidney smith hall 100 st. Members of the jury of the social science book prize. Her first monograph, based on her awardwinning dissertation 20 theda skocpol dissertation award from the american sociological association, was published at stanford university press in 2016 please see below for more information about the book and won four book prizes from the american sociological association asa, the social science. The international studies association theory section best book award. The book was recognized with the 2016 american ethnological society senior book prize as well as the 2017 association for asian studies aas george mct. Material culture, tokugawa ieyasu, and samurai sociability. In order to promote and strengthen american studies in. Health and selfhood in antebellum black literature university press of florida, 2016. The joseph levenson prize for pre1900 englishlanguage, nonfiction scholarly. Recipients will be presented with an etched plaque commemorating the authors and their work.
Scholarships and prizes asian and asian american studies. Dr tombas book was awarded the post1900 china award. The religious landscape of the southern sacred peak nanyue in medieval china. The association of asian studies writes the aas is pleased to announce the winners of this years prize competitions and offer. Association for asian american studies award winners. The society for east asian anthropology invites submissions for the 2020 francis l. Ananda kentish coomaraswamy book prize, association for asian studies. The northeast asia council neac of the association for asian studies announces the 2020 competition for the best paper on a korea or japan topic scheduled to be presented by a graduate student at the aas annual conference in boston, massachusetts.
A part of the association of asian studies, we are a crossdisciplinary network of scholars, students, and observers with research and other professional interests in malaysia, singapore, and brunei. Every effort has been made to publish a special section particularly appropriate for the kind of courses that almost certainly contain a disproportionate share of future. The winning graduate paper from the sec will be entered into competition for a panel of graduate papers from the eight aas regionals at the 2019 annual meeting of the association for asian studies. Living with shame from the victorians to the present dayoxford. Professor tania li receives two book awards asian institute. Competitions for mla publication awards modern language. Angloirish writers and the bbc, 19311968 oxford university press, 2016 despite being distinct in terms of politics and aesthetics, w.
Oct 04, 2017 on behalf of the awards committee of the canadian association for american studies, i am pleased to announce that the winner of this years robert k. All prizes are awarded annually unless otherwise noted. With an annual convention of more than 6,000 attendees, more than 10 conferences annually, and yearround activities, you have an opportunity to connect with thousands of. John legge prize for best thesis in asian studies annual asaa event funding scheme biennial wang gungwu prize for best asian studies. Joseph levenson post1900 book prize 2016 chinese studies. The international communication book award is presented at the international studies association annual meeting to the book that is nominated and deemed to have made the most substantial impact in the area of international communication in the context of international studies. The purpose of the award is to recognize cuttingedge research on south asian security issues.
It won the 2014 stansky book prize from the north american conference on british studies and the 2014 morris d. Three daughters of china by jung chang, the tale of genji by murasaki shikibu, the art of war by sun tzu, tao. This prize is awarded annually by the association of asian studies. The 2020 annual meeting takes place during a historical period of revolt that is both intensive and widespread, traversing almost every form of power imaginable. Since 1967, mesa has held an annual meeting in the fall where members gather to share research. Martin prize for best book published in the 2018 calendar year. The southeast conference of the association for asian studies secaas awarded two book prizes for 2016, announcing these at the secaas annual meeting, january 15, 2017 in oxford. Palais prize for books in korean studies association for asian studies. Book award nomination association for asian american studies. Established in 1957, the african studies association is the flagship membership organization devoted to enhancing the exchange of information about africa.
Asia at the association for asian studies book prizes 2016. To this end, the association sponsors scholarly prizes for the best book published each year and the best graduate student paper delivered at the associations conference. She has also translated and introduced rabindranath tagores letters in letters from a young poet 188794 penguin modern classics, 2014. The association for asian studies based in ann arbor, michigan, usa, has awarded an honorable mention to prof. Kahin book prize, which is given biennially to an outstanding scholar of southeast asian studies from any discipline or country specialization to recognize distinguished scholarly work on. Asa awards and prizes are open to all members of the association. Ramanujan prize for book translations from south asian languages into english. Kahin prize for distinguished scholarly works on southeast asia. Jul 27, 2017 the southeast conference of the association for asian studies secaas awarded two book prizes for 2016, announcing these at the secaas annual meeting, january 15, 2017 in oxford, ms.
Award winners association for asian american studies. Early career and midcareer book prizes asian studies. Forkosch prize for the best book in the field of british, british imperial, or british commonwealth history since. The asian studies association of australia asaa is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the early career book prize in asian studies. The fiu asian studies alumni and friends association will serve current and potential alumni of the fiu asian studies program, including graduate and undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates. Book and article prize competitions the southeast conference of the association for asian studies secaas requests nominations for its second annual book and article prize competitions. The northeast asia council neac of the association for asian studies announces the 2020 competition for the best paper on a korea or japan topic scheduled to be presented by a graduate student at the. The association for asian studies aas is a scholarly, nonpolitical and nonprofit professional association open to all persons interested in asia and the study of asia. Studies on asia an interdisciplinary journal of asian studies.
Power, persistence, purpose, and possibility in african studies is open for submissions. Fred ho prize in asian american history and culture. Chitral ekha zutshi, 2016, for kashmirs contested pasts. China experts book awarded joseph levenson prize anu. Please note that edited collections are not eligible for consideration. Yeats, louis macneice, elizabeth bowen and samuel beckett are bound together by their extensive. With almost 2,000 individual and institutional members worldwide, the african studies association encourages the production and dissemination of knowledge about africa, past and present. The german studies association is the multi and interdisciplinary association of scholars in german, austrian, and swiss history, literature, culture studies, political science, and economics. Announcement centre for studies in social sciences calcutta. Cohn book prize honors outstanding and innovative scholarship across discipline and country of specialization for a first singleauthored monograph on south asia, published during the preceding year. Berita is the official publication of the malaysiansingaporebrunei msb studies group.
Aas 2016 annual conference march 31 april 3, 2016 seattle, wa washington state convention centerseattle sheraton hotel. With approximately 8,000 members worldwide, from all the regions and countries of asia and across academic disciplines, the aas is the largest organization focussing on asian studies. Caas prizes canadian association for american studies. As the largest association in the world dedicated to international studies, isa helps to connect its members with products and services that will interest them professionally. The book awards will be presented at our annual conference in april 2018. Authors appearing in the special section sports, culture, and asia collectively help readers to gain a better understanding, through a variety of lenses, of the. The book awards are presented at our annual conference each spring. Martin prize for best book published by a caas member in the previous calendar year caas is now accepting nominations for the robert k. The publications program of the harvard university asia center is one of the worlds largest and most widely respected publishers of scholarly information relating to east asian studies. Morgan pitelka, professor of asian studies and director of the carolina asia center, won one of these awards for his book, spectacular accumulation. Faculty profiles asian and asian american studies institute.
Prizes association for the study of the arts of the present. Honorable mention, 2016 joseph levenson book prize, pre1900 category, china and inner asia council of the association for asian studies paris at war. Participants in the contest may be either undergraduate or resident graduate students at institutions in the southeast. Narratives, sacred geographies, and the historical imagination honorable mention avery o. Asia in the aas book prizes 2016 for her translation letters from a young poet, 18871895, chinnapatrabali by rabindranath tagore, penguin. The china and inner asia council ciac of the association for asian studies announces the 2020 competition for the best paper on a chinainner asia topic scheduled to be presented by a graduate student at the aas conference in boston, massachusetts. Levenson by the association for asian studies to two englishlanguage books, one. The eleventh annual conference the asian studies association of hong kong asahk 23 april 2016. For an outstanding book published in english or spanish in the field of latin american and spanish literatures and cultures. Thornber read selections from this translation for empress michiko of japan, august 2015.
Book must have been published in 2019 as the first book length publication of a current member of the mla. Toshida numata book prize in buddhism university of california, berkeley 2010, james robson, power of place. Asa awards and prizes american studies association. Mesa has been the hub for scholarly exchange from its first meeting at the university of chicago in 1967 where a small group gathered for eight sessions to mesas 50th anniversary meeting in boston in 2016 where 312 sessions delighted more than 2,000 attendees. The association for asian studies aas is a scholarly, nonpolitical, nonprofit. Manisha desai, professor of sociology and core faculty of the asianasian american studies institute, and will serve as head of sociology beginning academic year 2016.
Association for asian american studies history book award. The modernist studies association awards its first book prize to emily c. Her first monograph, based on her awardwinning dissertation 20 theda skocpol dissertation award from the american sociological association, was published at stanford university press in 2016. Association for asian studies annual conference 2016. Graduate student paper prizes association for asian studies. Living with shame from the victorians to the present dayoxford university press, 20. The new england american studies association neasa serves connecticut, maine, massachusetts, new hampshire, rhode island, and vermont. Popular asian studies books meet your next favorite book. Palais book prize from the association for asian studies. Benda prize for englishlanguage scholarly, nonfiction works on southeast asian studies the george mct. Midwest conference on asian affairs asian studies center.
The president of the asian studies association of australia asaa, professor louise edwards, announced the winner of the annual prize, which. Donors to the association, july 1, 2016 june 30, 2017. Association for slavic, east european, and eurasian studies. The prizes will be awarded to the englishlanguage books that make the greatest contribution. Professor thornbers toge sankichi and the genbaku shishu, a translation of toges japaneselanguage poetry anthology on the atomic bomb, has been published by the university of chicago, center for east asian studies, as an e book 2012. Book prize asaps book prize is awarded annually for the book that makes the most significant contribution to the study of the arts of the present. Joseph levenson book prize is awarded each year in memory of joseph r. In order to promote and strengthen american studies in the region, neasa encourages the study of the culture and history of new england. Read more about each award or prize, and then nominate a colleague or apply today. The award recipients receive acknowledgement from the association for asian american studies board and general membership. Awards and prizes archives asian studies association of. Royal netherlands institute of southeast asian and caribbean studies kitlv reuvensplaats 2 po box 9515 2300ra leiden the netherlands.