AAS HARRY J. BENDA PRIZE

The Harry J. Benda Prize of AAS is being given annually to an outstanding
newer scholar from any discipline or country specialization of Southeast
Asian studies. There are no citizenship or residence requirements for
nominees, who need not be AAS members. The Benda Prize Committee, appointed
by the AAS Southeast Asia Council, is seeking nominations from trade book
publishers, university presses, or any interested AAS member.
Self-nomination is discouraged. Only original, scholarly, nonfiction works
with a copy right date of 1993 or 1994 are eligible Reference works,
exhibition catalogs, translations, textbooks, essay collections, poetry,
fiction, travel books, memoirs, or autobiographies are not eligible.
Nominators must send one copy of EACH nominated work to EACH each of the
five committee members listed below, to be received by them no later than
AUGUST 1. EACH ENTRY MUST BE CLEARLY LABELED "BENDA PRIZE". The winner will
be announced at the AAS annual meeting next spring. BENDA PRIZE COMMITTEE:
Jean-Paul Dumont (Chair), 2015 Allen Place NW, Washington, DC 20009-1507;
Jane Monning Atkinson, 7110 S.W. 55th Avenue, Portland, OR 97219; Frank E.
Reynolds, Swift Hall, 1025 E 58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637; Hue-Tam Ho
Tai, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, 1737
Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; Kohar Rony (alternate), SEA
Collection, Library of Congress, 1009 Adams Building, Washington, DC 20540.