Southwest Conference on Asian Studies–Paper Prize Submission Announcement
SWCAS – GRADUATE PAPER PRIZES
(Southwest Conference on Asian Studies)
Submission Deadline October 1, 2023
Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, a regional affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), will award the annual SWCAS Graduate Paper Prize for outstanding essay by graduate students in November 2023, during its Annual Meeting to be held at University of Houston (November 2-4).
2023 SWCAS Prize for Graduate Student
This prize recognizes extraordinary graduate student scholarship in any area of Asian Studies. It is open to all students pursuing graduate studies in any discipline and in any area of research pertaining to Asian Studies.
Graduate students wishing to apply for the SWCAS Graduate Paper Prize should provide the complete paper by October 1, 2023. The prize comes with a monetary award.
The winner of the SWCAS Graduate Paper Prize along with runners-up for these awards, will be announced during the Annual Meeting.
Eligibility:
Prizes are awarded for yet unpublished work. If submitted papers are part of a doctoral dissertation, the dissertation must be defended in 2023 or later. Graduate student authors do not have to attend a university in the SWCAS area to be eligible.
Students must participate in the Annual Meeting and must present their research virtually or in person in order to be eligible for the prize. Abstracts for the conference are due by July 1 at https://www.swcas.net
How to Submit your Paper for a Prize:
E-mail the paper to Aryendra Chakravartty, VP of SWCAS at chakravaa@sfasu.edu
Papers are only accepted as Microsoft Word documents or PDF files, should be about 17-25 pages in length, and should follow disciplinary formatting and citation style. PowerPoint, slides, and other formats are not accepted.
STEPHEN LEE FIELD UNDERGRADUATE PRIZE
Submission Deadline October 1, 2023
Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, a regional affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), is proud to announce the inaugural Stephen Lee Field Undergraduate Paper Prize. SWCAS will award the prize for outstanding essay by an undergraduate student in November 2023, during its Annual Meeting to be held at University of Houston (November 2-4).
The Stephen Lee Field Undergraduate Paper Prize is awarded to the best original paper by an undergraduate. Paper submissions should be between 10-25 pages double spaced and must be accompanied by a letter from the student’s professor or advisor confirming that the paper was written while the author was an undergraduate.
Students must participate in the Annual Meeting’s Undergraduate Poster Session in order to be eligible for the prize. Abstracts for the conference are due by July 1 at https://www.swcas.net
How to Submit your Paper for a Prize:
E-mail the paper to Aryendra Chakravartty, VP of SWCAS at chakravaa@sfasu.edu
Papers are only accepted as Microsoft Word documents or PDF files, should be about 10-25 pages in length, and should follow disciplinary formatting and citation style. PowerPoint, slides, and other formats are not accepted.
For more details, please see https://www.swcas.net/
Posted by: Miao Dou doumiao@wustl.edu