Emerging Scholar Award

 

Results of the Emerging Scholars Award 2026

Winner

Mathias Hammer (ANU)

Title: 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)

Title: An Alternative Approach to Chinese Modernity: Shen Congwen’s Response to May Fourth Debates

On behalf of the Committee, we’d like to express our sincere gratitude to the members of this year’s judges:

Professor Robert Cribb (ANU)

Professor Stephen Epstein (VUW)

Dr Keru Cai (UNSW)