Awards and Prizes

The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) is delighted to announce that its Council has recently approved two new Honorary Life Memberships: Emeritus Professor Robert Cribb (Australian National University), and Emeritus Senior Professor Vera Mackie (University of Wollongong). Honorary Life Membership is the highest honour that the ASAA can award its members, and Professors Cribb and Mackie join a select […]

The ASAA Mid Career Book Prize 2026 is now open for applications! This biennial award celebrates excellence and innovation in Asian Studies by recognising the outstanding work of early career scholars. The winner receives $1,000, with an honourable mention for the runner-up. Applications close on 30 January 2026, and the winner will be announced by May

The ASAA Early Career Book Prize 2026 is now open for applications! This biennial award celebrates excellence and innovation in Asian Studies by recognising the outstanding work of early career scholars. The winner receives $1,000, with an honourable mention for the runner-up. Applications close on 9 January 2026, and the winner will be announced by May

The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) is pleased to announce that Dr Colum Graham, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Asian Research Institute at the National University of Singapore, has won the 2024 John Legge Prize. Dr Graham completed his PhD in the Department of Political and Social Change, the College of Asia and the

The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) is delighted to announce that Dr Koji Hirata, a historian from Monash University in Melbourne, has won the 2025 Reid Prize for his recently published book, Making Mao’s Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge University Press, 2024). The Reid Prize is the most prestigious prize

The ASAA is pleased to announce two winners of the Postdoctoral Writing Grant 2025. Dr Xiao Yang has been awarded a grant to further research on the globalisation of Chinese film and Dr Clara Siagan has been awarded a grant to further research on the politics of social housing in Jakarta. The ASAA thanks the judging panel, Dr Sharyn Davies (chair),