Entries are eligible for emerging scholars who are:
a) members of ASAH for 2027; Here is the link to the membership form https://asah.sydney.edu.au/membership/
b) currently studying a postgraduate degree or awarded an Honours or postgraduate degree after January 1, 2024;
c) either graduated from, studying, or affiliated with at a university in Australia or New Zealand; or a citizen or permanent resident of Australia or New Zealand who meets a) and b)
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Past Winners
2026
Winner
Mathias Hammer (ANU)
Suka miskin atau suka bunggih’: A preliminary stocktake of extortion and bribery during the Indonesian Killings in Java, 1965–1966/1969
Honourable Mention
Chun Cheng (Victoria University of Wellington)
An Alternative Approach to Chinese Modernity: Shen Congwen’s Response to May Fourth Debates
Judges: Robert Cribb (ANU), Stephen Epstein (VUW), Keru Cai (UNSW)
Chair: Shin Takahashi (Monash University)
2025
Winner
Leo Barry (University of Sydney)
Rethinking the Pao An Tui: Java’s Chinese Press and Militia during the Indonesian National Revolution
Honourable Mention
Laura Marshall (University of Sydney)
‘It Seems to Me’: The Interpretative Challenge of Epistemic Verbs in the Translation of Kōda Aya’s ‘Hina’
Judges: Lewis Mayo (University of Melbourne), Emerald King (University of Tasmania), Robert Cribb (ANU)
Chair: Shin Takahashi (Victoria University of Wellington)
2024
Winner
Minglei Wang (Flinders University)
A Retrospective of Chinese Archibald Finalists
Honourable Mention
Jayne Fendyk (ANU)
‘We Work as One’: Feminist Activism and the Passage of Indonesia’s Anti-Sexual Violence Law
Judges: Minerva Inwald (UNSW), Chia-rong Wu (University of Canterbury), William Gatherer (University of Queensland)
Chair: Shin Takahashi (Victoria University of Wellington)
2023
Winner
Florence Crick-Friesen (University of Auckland)
Escaping Work and Finding Love: Shifting Discourses of Women’s (Re)Productive Labour in the Japanese TV Drama Nigehaji
Honourable Mention
Kim Songjoo (University of Melbourne)
Dream Literature: Conversing with Animals in Song Dynasty China
Judges: Jonathan Glade (University of Melbourne), Vannessa Hearmann (Curtin University), Catherine Churchman (Victoria University of Wellington)
Chair: Shin Takahashi (Victoria University of Wellington)
2022
Winner
Soo Choi (University of Sydney)
“Found” in Translation: A Relational Approach to Deborah Smith’s Translation of Han Kang’s The Vegetarian
Honourable Mention
Estelle Rust (Keio University)
Contents Tourists and Content Production: The Negotiation of Site Narratives by Tōken Ranbu Fans in Japanese Domestic Tourism
Judges: Jonathan Glade (University of Melbourne), Josh Stenberg (University of Sydney), Shin Takahashi (Victoria University of Wellington)
Chair: Louise Edwards (UNSW)