Applications for the 2024 John Legge Prize for the Best Thesis in Asian Studies in 2023 are now open and will close on 5 April.

The first prize consists of a cash award of AUD $2,000. The writer of the selected thesis will receive a certificate and priority consideration for publication in one of the ASAA monograph series. A prize of AUD $1,000 may be awarded to a second outstanding thesis.

In 2024, the John Legge Prize will be awarded to a thesis conferred by an Australian university in 2023. The thesis must deal wholly with a country or countries of Asia or with Australia’s relationship with Asia. The thesis must be in humanities or social sciences disciplines, broadly defined.

Applicants to the John Legge Prize are asked to fill out the nomination form and submit a copy of the thesis, a nomination letter prepared by a current ASAA member outlining the merits of the thesis (max two pages) and thesis examination reports (where possible).

Applications will close on 5 April, with the winner announced by the end of June.

Click here to read more and apply.