Association for asian american studies book award

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. In the book, mawani draws on what she terms oceans as method a. The deadline for the book awards is january 31, 2020, and the deadline for the paper and contribution awards is. The book studies scenes of cinematic intimacy in the forging of ethical manhoods on and off screen for asian american men. Humanities and cultural studies with 3 subcategories authors may select up to two. Book prizes joseph levenson pre1900 book prize china lara blanchard, song dynasty figures of longing and desire. The award recipients receive acknowledgement from the association for asian american studies board and general membership. Caas prizes canadian association for american studies. Aaas conference association for asian american studies. Association for asian american studies history book award.

The asian pacific american librarians association scholarship will provide financial assistance to a student of asian or pacific background who is enrolled, or has been accepted into, a masters or doctoral degree program in library andor. Asian americans in popular culture received three best book awards from the northeast popular culture american culture association, the american political science association, and the american studies association. Your completed submission must be completed online and copies of the work must be postmarked no later than july 31, 2017, in order to be considered for the. Association for asian american studies 2020 conference cancelled the conference, planned for april 911, 2020, in washington, dc, has been cancelled due to travel and stayathome restrictions. In san francisco, california, march 2931, 2018, the aaas annual meeting will attract asian americanists from all. The prizes will be awarded to the englishlanguage books that make the greatest contribution. Common knowledge book awards asian american literary award. She received the cultural studies book award for flexible citizenship 1999 from the association for asian american studies as well as a prize from the american ethnological society. 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. The asia and asian american section invites nominations for the most.

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. Association of asian american studies history book award at americas gates, 2005 mcknight land grant professorship, 2003 2005 theodore saloutos prize for the best book in immigration studies at americas gates, 2003. Asianpacific american award for literature, 20012020. Viet thanh nguyens novel the sympathizer is a new york times best seller and won the pulitzer prize for fiction. She received honorable mention for buddha is hiding 2003 from the society for urban, national, and transnational anthropology. The association for asian american studies social science book award 2008, the asalabor movements distinguished book award 2012, many fellowships fulbright, ford, and rockefeller. 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. Chinese, japanese, korean, filipino, hawaiian, southeast asian, south asian, pacific islander. Book prizes association for asian studies 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. Apala issues a number of awards each year to help support its members and asian pacific american literature. Isa annual best book award international studies association. Asa awards and prizes are open to all members of the association. Childrens book awards american library association. For information about the association for asian american studies, sponsor of this award, click here. Her current writing project is entitled, migrants in the hood. The american studies association recognizes scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and public service through its annual awards and prizes.

History american ethnic studies university of washington. Member benefits advantages of belonging to the aas join or renew expand your professional network donate support the future of asian studies. Walters international aahgs book award, afro american historical and genealogical. Award winners association for asian american studies. We will consider singleauthored scholarly monographs and books published during 2019. Lisa lowe is samuel knight professor of american studies and ethnicity, race, and migration at yale university. Resources for the titles recognized by this award since its inception in 2001 portraying asian pacific americans and their heritage. Read more about each award or prize, and then nominate a colleague or apply today. 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. Book award nomination association for asian american studies.

Prithviraj chauhan and the indian past, 12002000, published by cambridge university press and winner of the 2018 aas ananda kentish coomaraswamy book. The association for asian studies aas is a scholarly, nonpolitical, nonprofit professional association open to all persons interested in asia and the study of asia. The association for asian american studies invites nominations for books of outstanding achievement in the following categories. Welcome history book awards and prizes research guides.

Other honors include the dayton literary peace prize, the edgar award for best first novel from the mystery writers of america, the andrew carnegie medal for excellence in fiction from the american library association, the first novel prize from the. Chinese american librarians association best book award. Immigrants and small business in new york city cornell university press, 1997, received the 1998 outstanding book award from the association for asian american studies. Erika lee college of liberal arts university of minnesota. With approximately 6,500 members worldwide, representing all the regions and countries of asia and all academic disciplines, the aas is the largest organization of its kind.

Awards asian pacific american librarians association. Books to be considered for the award must be published the year before they are nominated. Her coedited book, asian canadian writing beyond autoethnography, received an honorable mention in the literature category in 2008 from the association for asian american studies. Music and intimate politics in nepal, published by oxford university press and winner of the 2019 aas bernard s. Association for asian american studies award winners 2017 portland, or lifetime achievement award betty lee sung. The winner of each category will receive a plaque and a press release will be sent to.

The annual international studies best book award is conferred for the best book in the field of international studies in the previous year. Utopias, dystopias and disruptive transnationalisms. 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 each award will be named and given the award seal during the annual apala literature award ceremony. Asa annual meeting in baltimore, maryland, november 1215, 2020. 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. Chinese, japanese, korean, filipino, hawaiian, southeast asian, south. Translations, reprints, reeditions of previously published works, edited volumes, multiauthor collections of essays, or books previously nominated for this award, are not eligible. Mothers without citizenship university of minnesota press. Association for asian american studies aaas facebook. Please access the menu on this conference site for more information on what to do with your conference registration, on this years award winners, and. Association for asian american studies award winners. This book also received the john hope franklin prize for best book in american studies. Congratulations to ubc sociology professor renisa mawani for receiving the 2020 association for asian american studies book award for.

Association for asian american studies book award for outstanding. One of the association s most visible and exciting activities is its annual conference. Posted for sports studies caucus in annual meeting. Asian american literary award book awards librarything. Social sciences award association for asian american studies. Reading race and origins in jane jeong trenkas asian adoption memoirs cras 46. Distinguished service to the association for asian studies award. Posted for asa office, graduate education in resources. In washington, dc, april 911, 2020, the aaas annual meeting will attract asian americanists from. Its no surprise that parrenas has garnered many awards. Currently at yale, he was a professor of international and public affairs at columbia university in new york city and the founding director of columbias center for the study of ethnicity and race.

Book award on asian americaasia and asian america section american sociological association. This award is not presented in years in which the book of the decade is presented. The naccs book award recognizes an outstanding new book in the field of chicana and chicano studies. Winner of the association for asian american studies book award, survivors follows the saga of cambodian refugees striving to distance. Performing asian american women on screen and scene won the cultural studies book award from the association for asian american studies. 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. Kyeyoung park is associate professor of anthropology and asian american studies at ucla. Best book award, american studies division of the national communication association, 2019 dockworker power. The aas is pleased to announce the winners of this years prize competitions and offer congratulations to all honorees. Gender and interiority in chinese painting and poetry brill citation. Renisa mawanis book wins award from association for asian. Distinguished contributions to asian studies award. The department of american ethnic studies was established in 1985, upon the reorganization of the ethnic studies programs that emerged at the uw in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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 book awards will be presented at our annual conference in april 2018. Asa awards and prizes american studies association. The association for asian american studies invites nominations for books of outstanding achievement. Department of history room 2074, sidney smith hall 100 st. All prizes are awarded annually unless otherwise noted. The italian american studies association announces the iasa book award offered even numbered years for a scholarly work and odd numbered years for a creative work. Association for asian american studies 2020 conference. Best graduate student travel fund award asri saraswati. Anna stirr is associate professor of asian studies at the university of hawaii, and author of singing across divides.

Association for asian american studies aaas notes facebook. Asianasianamerican studies diverse book awards for. In this sense, our unit carries on the legacy of the civil rights era, which gave origin to those programs. A nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of the field of asian studies through international exchange, networking, publications, research support, and career development. The 2020 award will be presented in november 2020 at our meeting in pittsburgh. Asia and asian america award nominations calls american. Sponsored by asian pacific american librarians association apala. The joseph levenson prize for pre1900 englishlanguage, nonfiction scholarly. Asian pacific american award for literature, 20012020. 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. Luciano tomassini latin american international relations book award.