Association for Asian Studies Conference 2021
To capture some of the spirit of gathering together in the AAS exhibit hall, we offer this virtual space, showcasing our new authors, award-winning books, and highlights from the last year of Asian Studies at SUP.
New Books and New SUP Authors
Announcing new books, published in the last year. We’re offering 30% off these and other recent SUP Asian Studies titles with discount code S21XAAS-FM through our virtual exhibit ».
Caroline H. Yang discusses her book The Peculiar Afterlife of Slavery: The Chinese Worker and the Minstrel Form » with Esther Kim Lee. This discussion was part of the AAAS 2020 Virtual Book Fair.
2021 Asian Studies Catalog
Recent Award Winners
The Politics of Love in Myanmar: LGBT Mobilization and Human Rights as a Way of Life »
- Winner of the 2019 ALSA Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the Asian Law & Society Association (ALSA).
- Honorable mention in the 2019 Gordon Hirabayashi Sociology of Human Rights Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Human Rights Section.
Citizens in Motion: Emigration, Immigration, and Re-migration Across China's Borders »
- Winner of the 2019 Global and Transnational Sociology Best Book by an International Scholar Award, sponsored by the American Sociology Association – Global and Transnational Sociology Section.
Jesus Loves Japan: Return Migration and Global Pentecostalism in a Brazilian Diaspora »
- Winner of the 2020 Francis L.K. Hsu Book Prize, sponsored by the American Anthropological Association (AAA) – Society for East Asian Anthropology.
Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army »
- Winner of the 2020 Pacific Coast Branch Book Award, sponsored by the American Historical Association (AHA) Pacific Coast Branch.
- Honorable Mention in the 2020 Best International Security Book by a Non-Tenured Faculty Member Award, sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA) – International Security Section (ISS).
- Winner of the 2020 Stansky Book Prize, sponsored by the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS).
Financializing Poverty: Labor and Risk in Indian Microfinance »
- Winner of the 2020 Bernard Cohn Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) – South Asia Council.
Mandarin Brazil: Race, Representation, and Memory »
- Winner of the 2019 Antonio Candido Prize – Best Book in the Humanities, sponsored by the LASA Brazil Section.
Nisei Naysayer: The Memoir of Militant Japanese American Journalist Jimmie Omura »
- Gold in the Autobiography/Memoir III (Personal Struggle/Health Issues) category in the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army »
- Shortlisted in the 2020 IPS Book Award, sponsored by the ISA International Political Sociology Section.
Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines »
- Silver Medal in the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) – Australia/New Zealand: Best Regional Non-Fiction category, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.
- Winner of the 2019-20 Emory Elliot Book Award, sponsored by Center for Ideas and Society at University of California, Riverside.
- Honorable Mention in the 2020 PEWS Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Political Economy of the World System Section (PEWS).
- Honorable Mention in the 2020 PSWC Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section (PSWC).
- Honorable Mention in the 2020 ASA Sociology of Law Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Sociology of Law Section.
A World Trimmed with Fur: Wild Things, Pristine Places, and the Natural Fringes of Qing Rule »
- Winner of the 2019 Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS).
Inscrutable Belongings: Queer Asian North American Fiction »
STEPHEN SOHN
- Winner of the 2020 Asian American Studies Book Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities and Cultural Studies: Literary Studies, sponsored by the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS).
- Winner of the 2020 John Whitney Hall Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) – Northeast Asia Council.
Jinnealogy: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi »
- Honorable Mention in the 2019 Gregory Bateson Book Prize, sponsored by the Society for Cultural Anthropology.
AAS Resources
In lieu of dropping by the booth, book a time to meet with senior acquisitions editor Marcela Maxfield. Feel free to email Marcela (mmaxfiel@stanford.edu) to schedule a meeting time.
AAS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting »
