War, debt, and other refugee passages, focuses on the promise of giving freedom concurrent and contingent with waging war duke university press, 2012. A tradition of recognition each year, the association for asian american studies aaas recognizes authors and contributors in its book awards for titles of merit published in the following categories. Aaas book awards 2018 on behalf of the association for asian american studies aaas, it is my honor to publicly announce the. Association for asian american studies award winners 2017 portland, or lifetime achievement award betty lee sung. Sponsored by asianpacific american librarians association apala. On asian americanist critique duke university press, 2003. South asia book award an initiative of the south asia. Asian americans are the fastest growing group in the united states. Distinguished service to the association for asian studies. The association of asian studies writes the aas is pleased to announce the winners of this years prize competitions and offer. The association for asian american studies invites nominations for books of outstanding achievement. Asia and asian america award nominations calls american. Awards that celebrate diversity in childrens literature. The american studies association recognizes scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and public service through its annual awards and prizes.
Nominations including selfnominations are now being accepted for the 2020 asia and asian america awards. Mothers without citizenship university of minnesota press. Association for asian american studies aaas notes facebook. Walters international aahgs book award, afro american historical and genealogical. Common knowledge book awards asian pacific american award for literature. She is the recipient of a fulbright canada research chair, 20182019, at the university of california, santa barbara. Social science, literary studies, cultural studies, history, engaged scholarship, and poetry. Diversityrelated book awards diversity, equity, and. Humanities and cultural studies with 3 subcategories authors may select up to two. American sociological association, asian american book award, 2018. Asa awards and prizes are open to all members of the association. The section promotes asia and asian american studies within sociology by organizing paper sessions, roundtables, and social events at the annual meetings of the asa.
She is professor of art history and asian and asian american studies at the university of connecticut, storrs. May 24, 2019 winner of the national book critics circle award for nonfiction, the woman warrior has become a staple in asian american studies classes since it was first published in 1976. Book award nomination association for asian american studies. Winner of the association for asian american studies book award, survivors follows the saga of cambodian refugees striving to distance. Dissertationlevel graduate students and scholars with special interests in china, taiwan, or inner asia are invited to submit proposals. Best graduate student travel fund award asri saraswati. Set in the 90s, readers experience firsthand the hardships of the immigrant experience long working hours, toiling in menial work. According to the 2010 awards press release, it is a writers award given by other writers and there are no categories, no nominees, and therefore no losers. The book must be published in the two calendar years prior to the award. Chicago the asianpacific american librarians association apala, an affiliate of the american library association, has selected the winners of the 2015 asianpacific american awards for literature apaal. Journal of asian american studies fujiwara provides a complex, detailed, and indepth analysis of the racialized idea of citizenship hidden in the 1990s immigrant and welfare reforms. Winner of the 2020 association for asian american studies book award for outstanding achievement in history.
This book received the prestigious cultural studies book award from the association for asian american studies aaas in 2011. Asianpacific american award for literature book awards. Contemporary asian american artists and the social imaginary, duke university press, 2009 was. Best book in literary studies association for asian american studies aaas feast of ashes. Kornel chang chair, andrea geiger, naoko shibusawa the selection committee awards the 2015 association of asian american studies outstanding history book prize to vivek balds bengali harlem. George lipsitz university of california, santa barbara examines the genealogy of american studies in tracing the history of the field, from the nascent interdisciplinary inquiries into cultures of the united states during the 1930s to the eclectic array of paradigms in todays american studies. Asa awards and prizes american studies association. Levine books scholastic, is the 2019 asian pacific american award for childrens literature winner. Exploring the lost histories of south asian america harvard university press, 20. The life of janet collins, by yael tamar lewin, received the 2012 marfield award for arts writing, from arts club of washington, d. Humanities and cultural studies with 3 subcategories authors may select up to two literary studies. The book awards will be presented at our annual conference in april 2018.
These awards honor works of distinctive originality, intelligence, creativity, and importance. The association for asian american studies invites nominations for books of outstanding achievement in the following categories. Machida asian and asian american studies institute. The association for asian american studies was founded in 1979 for the purpose of advancing the highest professional standard of excellence in teaching and research in the field of asian american studies. Dubois award, western society of criminology, 2005. The department of asian american studies is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for a new departmental award. The american studies association recognizes scholarship.
The awards are based on literary and artistic merit within three youth categories including picture book, childrens literature and young adult literature. The lora romero first book prize is awarded every year to the best first book. Winner of the national book critics circle award for nonfiction, the woman warrior has become a staple in asian american studies classes since it was first published in. Department of asian american studies uc santa barbara. She is professor of literature at university of california, santa cruz, where she teaches creative writing and asian american literature. Each award will be named and given the award seal during the annual apala literature award. It received the 1997 book award in cultural studies from the association for asian american studies, and has been frequently cited as a central text in asian american. The university of southern california book prize in literary and cultural studies, established in 2009 and sponsored by the department of slavic languages and literatures at the university of southern california, is awarded annually for an outstanding monograph published on russia, eastern europe or eurasia in the fields of literary and cultural studies in the previous calendar year. Acsp planners of color interest group service award, 2011. Lora romero prize asa american studies association.
Book awards awards given for books published in 2014 cultural studies rachel lee the exquisite corpse of asian america. Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry. My interest has always been in the place where sex and race are both obscenely conspicuous and yet consciously suppressed, largely because of the liminal place that the asian man occupies in the midst of it. Asia and asian america american sociological association. Arab american asian pacific american award for literature apaal. Association for asian american studies aaas facebook.
Sanocs mission is to enhance k16 outreach programming by building a stronger network and collaboration among the south asia national resource centers, and institutions with south asia programming, across the united states. The deadline for the book awards is january 31, 2020, and the deadline for the paper and contribution awards is march 31, april 22. Graduate student paper award takashi michael matsumaru. Social sciences award association for asian american studies. The prize winner in announced at the annual meeting of the american studies. Apsa european politics and society section book award 1. Asianasianamerican studies diverse book awards for. The south asia national outreach consortium sanoc is the sponsor of the south asia book award.
Mothers without citizenship is a very useful text and contributes to the intersecting fields of policy studies, womens studies, and ethnic studies. The joseph levenson prize for pre1900 englishlanguage, nonfiction scholarly. All prizes are awarded annually unless otherwise noted. The section aims to strengthen the theoretical and methodological aspects of asian and asian american studies. The deadlines for the research paper award, graduate student research paper award, and contribution to the field award have been extended to april 22, 2020. The national poetry series is an american literary awards program. Online shopping for asian american studies from a great selection at books store. The list contains a sampling of book awards and recommended reading lists that highlight highquality literature for young people about diverse peoples and triumphs of the human spirit. The department of asian american studies at ucsb was the very first academic department dedicated to the study of asian americans at a major research university, and the first department in the united states to offer a bachelor of arts degree in asian american studies. Margo machida is an art historian, curator, cultural critic and artist. The association for asian american studies invites nominations for books of outstanding. Gender and korean nationalism coeditor with chungmoo choi. History book awards and prizes welcome search this guide search.
Distinguished contributions to asian studies award. Undergraduate students are formally nominated by faculty in the spring quarter and then approved by the committee on asian american awards. Twenty million americans trace their roots to asia, and the asian american population grew 72% from 2000 to 2015, the fastest growth rate of any racial or ethnic group. Debut author kelly yang draws from personal experience to create a humorous and poignant novel, front desk, centering on 10yearold mia who manages a motel with her immigrant parents. It recognizes distinguished scholarship with best book, research paper, and student paper awards. Sponsored by asian pacific american librarians association apala.
As a muchneeded outlet for the increasing volume of scholarship in the field, jaas provides an avenue for a quick and lively exchange of ideas. Aas council of conferences coc outreach grantsaas council of conferences coc outreach. Racial form and american literature, 18931945 princeton 2005 received the cultural studies book award from the association of asian american studies, and was named a finalist for the john hope franklin prize from the american. Recipients will be presented with an etched plaque commemorating the authors and their work. Usc book prize in literary and cultural studies aseees. New writing by asian american women coeditor with lilia v. Association for asian american studies history book award. These awards honor and recognize outstanding students in asian american studies. Jan 12, 2016 20152016 asianpacific american award for literature winners selected. Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2001 portraying asian pacific americans and their heritage.
The goal of the asian pacific american award for literature is to honor and recognize individual work about asian pacific americans and their heritage, based on literary and artistic merit. Award winners association for asian american studies. Recipients of the award receive a lifetime membership in the association. Winner, society for latin american and caribbean anthropology slaca best book award honorable mention, sharon stephens prize, presented by the american ethnological association honorable mention, latin american studies association brazil section best book in the social sciences finalist, 2018 society for the anthropology of work book prize. Ncsscbc notable social studies trade book for young people. Asian american literary award book awards librarything. The lora romero first book prize is awarded every year to the best first book published in american studies that highlights intersectional dynamics in the study of race, gender, class, sexuality, andor nation. The asia and asian american section invites nominations for the most outstanding book edited books are excluded on asiatransnational published in 2018 or 2019 for 2020 award. Seven controlled vocabularies, by tan lin, is the recipient of the 2012 book award in poetry from the association for asian american studies aaas. Excellence in application, college of social sciences, university of hawaii, 2010. Cuny thomas tam visiting professor asian american and asian. Welcome history book awards and prizes research guides. Welcome history book awards and prizes research guides at. The betty lee sung undergraduate award honors outstanding undergraduate majors or minors in asian american studies who have demonstrated excellent scholarship in asian american studies, and who have shown leadership in promoting the understanding of asian american.
The association recognizes a wide variety of distinguished historical work, which can take the form of an exceptional book in the field, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, film, or digital projects and resources. Eleanor ty works on asian american and asian canadian literature and film, life writing, graphic novel, canadian literature and eighteenth century british novels. Clopton award for community service, university of hawaii, 2016. Each year, the association for asian american studies aaas recognizes authors and contributors in its book awards for titles of merit published in the following categories. Since 1896 the association has conferred over a thousand awards. Martin book prize, given by the canadian american studies association. The asian pacific american awards for literature celebrate asian pacific american culture and heritage. The american book award is an american literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for outstanding literary achievement. Association for asian american studies book award winners. Yma highlights 2020 asianpacific american awards for. The culture of money in low wage transnational families stanford, 2014, won the american sociological associations 2015 best book award on asia from the asiaasian america section, and the 2016 best social sciences book award from the association for asian american studies. Front desk written by kelly yang, and published by arthur a. Aha awards and prizes american historical association.
Levine books scholastic, is the 2019 asianpacific american award for childrens literature winner. This annual competition recognizes new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion. To recognize outstanding scholarship and contribution to the field, the association annually awards several prizes and awards, presented at the awards ceremony during the annual conference. Her book is noteworthy for its breathtakingly skillful deployment of materialist methodology, its penetrating and sensitive interpretations of various works of literature and film, and its attention to the relationships between asian american cultural production and social and political issues in asian american communities. Stargazing by jen wang, published by first second roaring books press is the 2020 asian pacific american award for childrens literature winner. Asian association for asian american studies awards in five areas.
The awards and nomination procedures are described below. Extending the dialogue, encouraging the action page 23 and you are eager to buy. Common knowledge book awards asian american literary award. 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. Apr 18, 2020 outstanding book in the history of china proper, vietnam, chinese central asia, mongolia, manchuria, korea, or japan, substantially after 1800.
Prithviraj chauhan and the indian past, 12002000, published by cambridge university press and winner of the 2018 aas ananda kentish coomaraswamy book prize. Our books win major awards, including the lionel trilling book prize, the katherine singer kovacs award, the woody guthrie award, the bryce wood book award, the clifford geertz prize, the ruth benedict prize, the sara a. Journal of asian american studies is the official publication of the association for asian american studies. Founded in 1979, the association for asian american studies aaas has emerged as a primary research and teaching hub for asian american studies, an interdisciplinary field born out of the 1960s movements for racial justice and student activism. Mimi thi nguyen department of asian american studies. Manuscripts are solicited through an annual open competition, judged and chosen by poets of national stature, and issued by various publishers. Each award will be named and given the award seal during the annual apala literature award ceremony. Contemporary asian american artists and the social imaginary, published by duke university press in 2009. See a list of awards won by authors and pieces of work published through the program here. Best book award, american studies division of the national communication association, 2019 dockworker power. Asianpacific american award for literature, 20012020. Book awards in order to give recognition to new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion, the american academy of religion offers awards for excellence. The award recipients receive acknowledgement from the association for asian american studies board and general membership. Read more about each award or prize, and then nominate a colleague or apply today.
Whaley prize, the lambda literary award, the boltonjohnson prize, and many others. Book award on asian americaasia and asian america section american sociological association. The deadline for the book awards is january 31, 2020, and the deadline for the paper. Association for asian american studies award winners.
Kim is a writer, editor and professor in asian american studies at the university of california, berkeley. Winner, 2018 section on asia and asian america book award, given by the american sociological association prema a. See the award page for details, including criteria and past winners. John whitney hall book prize association for asian studies aas. Submission procedures vary each year and are posted each spring aprilmay after the councils meet at the aas annual conference. The list of awards below was originally published in children and libraries vol.
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