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*Society for East Asian Anthropology*
*http://www.aaanet.org/seaa*
*Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize & Theodore C. Bestor Prize from the Society
for East Asian Anthropology:*
*Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize*
The Society for East Asian Anthropology invites submissions for the 2006
Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize. The prize of $250 is given to the
English-language book published in the previous calendar year (2005)
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 Yunxiang Yan, Department of Anthropology,
University of California, Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles,
CA 90095-1553, USA.
The deadline is June 1st, 2006.
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*Theodore C. Bestor Prize*
The Society for East Asian Anthropology invites submissions for the 2006
Theodore C. Bestor Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper. The
prize of $250 is awarded annually for the best grdaudate student paper
on any aspect of East Asian anthropology and/or East Asian
anthropology’s contribution to the broader field.
Criteria for the award are:
1. 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.
2. Students must be in a degree-granting program (including MA or PhD)
at the time of their submission.
3. Paper must be the original work of the student and previously
unpublished.
4. 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 June 1, 2006. 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:
Professor Susan Long
Bestor Committee Prize Chair
Department of Sociology
John Carroll University
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
Tel: (216) 397-1685
Fax: (216) 397-4376
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Deadline: June 1, 2006
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