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The China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) is one of four regional councils operating within the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Created in 1970, these councils represent the interests of scholars working in their respective geographical areas.
Collectively, the four area councils and the Council of Conferences serve as the major policy body for the Association of Asian Studies, providing liaison between the Board of Directors and the members at large.
CIAC administers a Small Grants Program.
CIAC offers two Levenson Book Prizes for nonfiction scholarly books on China.
NEW: CIAC will oversee a new book prize for books on Inner Asia (the E. Gene Smith Book Prize)
ATTN STUDENTS: CIAC administers a prize for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the AAS Annual Conference.
Chair: Paul Smith, Haverford College, psmith@haverford.edu
Matthew Sommer, Stanford University, msommer@stanford.edu
Stephen Bokenkamp, Arizona State University, sbokenka@asu.edu
Jonathan Lipman, Mount Holyoke College, jlipman@mtholyoke.edu
Gray Tuttle, Columbia University, gwt2102@columbia.edu
David Strand, Dickinson College, strand@dickinson.edu
Eugene Wang, Harvard University, eywang@fas.harvard.edu
Chun-fang Yu, Columbia University, cy2126@columbia.edu
Jing Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, jing@mit.edu
The China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC) of the Association for Asian Studies announces the 2012 competition for the best paper on a China/Inner Asia topic presented by a graduate student at the AAS Conference in Toronto.
The prize will recognize emerging scholarship in the field and foster intellectual exchange among junior and senior scholars. The award of $400.00 and a certificate will be presented at the 2013 AAS Conference in San Diego. The China and Inner Asia Council of the AAS will also provide a sum of $600.00 to the winner of the prize to partially cover the cost of his or her travel to the 2013 San Diego Conference, where the winner will be recognized at the AAS Graduate Student reception.
The Council encourages graduate students who present papers at the March 2012 Toronto Conference to submit their papers for consideration. Papers on any aspect and region of China/Inner Asia will be considered. Students must be currently registered in a doctoral program in order to be considered for the Prize.
Please note that this year, due to the generous support of the Chiang-Ching Kuo Foundation (CCK), prizes will be awarded for the THREE best 2012 CIAC Conference papers submitted. All three winners will be provided the same $400 cash prize, certificate, and $600 in travel funds to attend the 2013 AAS San Diego Conference to publically receive their award.
Please submit your 2012 conference paper, proof of current doctoral program registration, and panel abstract in PDF format up until March 18, 2012 to: Paul Smith, psmith@haverford.edu. Papers received after March 18, 2012 will not be considered.
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