Society for East Asian Anthropology

Awards

2009 Theodore C. Bestor Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper


The Society for East Asian Anthropology invites submissions for the 2009 Theodore C. Bestor Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper. The prize of $250 is awarded annually for the best graduate student paper on any aspect of East Asian anthropology and/or East Asian anthropology's contribution to the broader field. The prize is named in honor of Theodore C. Bestor, the founding president of the Society for East Asian Anthropology.

Papers must deal with the anthropological study of East Asian societies and cultures, or other societies/cultures and diasporic and transnational communities with historical or contemporary ties to East Asia. Students must be enrolled in a degree-granting program at the time of submission. Papers will be read by a committee of the Society for East Asian Anthropology and judged on original empirical research and contribution to the field; organization, quality, clarity of writing, and cogency of argument. The author of the paper judged to be of the highest quality will receive the prize.

General eligibility criteria:
1.Students must be in a degree-granting program (including MA or PhD) at the time of their submission.
2.Paper must be the original work of the student and previously unpublished.
3.Limit one submission per student.

Manuscript format criteria:
1.All manuscripts must be typed, double-spaced, with one inch margins.
2.Maximum length for the body of the text is 7,000 words; the abstract, tables, notes, and references may constitute additional pages.
3.All submissions must follow the standard anthropological format for citations, endnotes, and "References Cited" as outlined in the American Anthropologist style guide.
4.Dissertation or thesis chapters should be reorganized as articles that can stand alone.
5.Authors must include a title and also an abstract of 250 words or less on the first page of the paper.
6.The author's name, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone number, university affiliation and academic status (MA or PhD) should appear typed on a cover sheet separate from the manuscript. The author's name should not appear elsewhere on the manuscript.
7.One hard copy and one email attachment (MS Word, PDF, or rich-text format files only) of the manuscript and one cover sheet are to be submitted to the Chair of the Bestor Prize Committee by May 1st, 2009. No late entries will be accepted, and submissions will not be returned.
8.Entries that do not conform to the above requirements will not be considered.

Selection criteria:
Papers will be read by a committee of the Society for East Asian Anthropology and judged on original empirical research and contribution to the field; organization, quality, clarity of writing, and cogency of argument. The author of the paper judged to be of the highest quality will receive the prize.

All entries should be sent to the address below. Inquiries about submissions can also be directed to this address.:

Sabine Fruhstuck
Professor of Modern Japanese Cultural Studies
Theodore C. Bestor Committee Prize Chair
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7075

Fax: (805) 893 3011
email:fruhstuck@eastasian.ucsb.edu

The deadline is May 1st, 2009.

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Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize


The Society for East Asian Anthropology invites submissions for the 2009 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize. The prize of $250 is given to the English-language book published in the previous calendar year (2008) judged to have made the most significant contribution to the field. The prize is named for the late Francis L.K. Hsu (1909-2000), renowned cross-cultural anthropologist and former President (1977-78) of the American Anthropological Association.

Nominations for the prize may be made by authors, publishers, or interested third parties (with the consent of the author). Reference works, translations, textbooks, edited works, and anthologies are not eligible. Both members and non-members of SEAA are eligible.

Please send three non-returnable copies of the book to:
Francis L.K. Hsu Prize Committee
c/o Laurel Kendall
Division of Anthropology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th St.
New York, NY 10024, USA

email:lkendall@amnh.org

The deadline is May 1st, 2009.

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David Plath Media Award


The Society for East Asian Anthropology invites submissions for the David Plath Media Award for the best work (film, video, audio, and multimedia) on any aspect of East Asian anthropology and/or East Asian anthropology's contribution to the broader field. The 2009 prize will be awarded for material produced in 2007 or 2008.
The prize of $250 is named for David Plath, renowned Japan-scholar and producer of award-winning documentary films. Evaluators of the work will seek to determine the scholarly significance of submissions which contribute to the anthropology of East Asia, and which take the form of research footage and documentation that adds to the historical and/or ethnographic record, or is used for further analysis (such as linguistics, dance, and art); ethnographic media that contributes to theoretical debate and development; media designed to enhance teaching; and media produced for television broadcasting and other forms of mass communication.

Nominations for the prize may be made by producers/authors, distributors, or interested third parties.
Please send three non-returnable copies of the media to:

David Plath Prize Committee
c/o Laura Miller
Department of Anthropology
Loyola University of Chicago
Lake Shore Campus
Damen Hall-808
6525 North Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60626 USA

email:lmille2@luc.edu

The deadline is May 1st, 2009.

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