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 […]
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The Organisers of the ASAA 2026 Biennial Conference are thrilled to announce that Professor Elora Shehabuddin will be the keynote speaker. Professor Shehabuddin is Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Director of the Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at UC Berkeley. Professor Shehabuddin is currently the Vice President of the Association for Asian Studies
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The Call for Papers for the ASAA 26th Biennial Conference from 29 June – 2 July 2026 at Deakin Geelong Waterfront is now open! The conference theme is “Beyond Borders: Reimagining Asian societies in and across a Shifting World”. The deadline for submissions is November 7, 2025. Read more and submit your abstract here. Key dates:
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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
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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
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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),
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