The Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, which will be meeting in Minneapolis Oct.1-3 2004, offers three prizes for papers written by students—the Percy Buchanan Graduate Prize and the Sidney DeVere Brown Prize and the Mikiso Hane Prize.  The latter two prizes are for papers written by undergraduates.

Percy Buchanan Graduate Prize

Four Percy Buchanan prizes of $100 each, plus travel expenses of up to  $100 to the conference, will be awarded for the best original graduate student research papers. Papers should be no longer than 35 pages. The winning papers will be presented at the conference. There is one prize
for each of the four main AAS regions: China and Inner Asia, Northeast Asia, South Asia
and Southeast Asia.

　

Sidney DeVere Brown Prize and Mikiso Hane Prize

There are two undergraduate prizes, the Sidney DeVere Brown Prize and the Mikiso Hane Prize.  Prizes of $100, plus travel expenses of up to $100 to the conference, will be awarded for the best two original undergraduate papers on any Asian topic or area. Paper submissions should be between 10 and 35 pages and must be accompanied by a letter from the student's advisor confirming that the paper was written when the author was an undergraduate. Winner of the undergraduate competition may be published in the e-journal Studies on Asia at the discretion of its editorial board.http://www.isp.msu.edu/studiesonasia.

　

Students are eligible if they attend a college or university in the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin  Deadline for receipt of submissions for all prizes is NOW JUNE 1 2004. Papers become the property of MCAA and will not be returned. Decisions of the judges are final.
Send two copies of the paper, together with the author's summer address, telephone number, and e-mail address to:

　

Prof. Jacquetta Hill
Dept. of Anthropology, University of Illinois
109 Davenport Hall, 607 S. Mathews St.
Urbana, Illinois, 61801
Phone number: 217/351-2159; e-mail:jacquettah2002@yahoo.com;
 
Questions about the prize competition should be directed to Jacquetta Hill.

JACKSON & CAROLYN BAILEY PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

The award commemorates the lifetime  exemplary service to MCAA by Professors Bailey.  It recognizes and honors those members of MCAA who have assiduously contributed to outreach, extra-curricular instruction, and public service in their communities.  Successful nominees should  have made efforts beyond the normal and expected contributions of scholarship and teaching in order to bring Asian Studies to the community at large.  Such activities might include: the creation of teaching materials to be used by K-12 teachers; production of Asian-centered audio-visual materials; work with sister city and/or citizen to citizen activities aimed at intercultural exchanges; working for student or faculty exchanges with Asian Universities; arranging Asian film series, community lectures, book clubs, children's story hours, museum exhibitions, and
public discussions.  In short, this award for lifetime achievement honors those who have devoted time and treasure to public service outside the academy.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: 

Both nominees and nominators must be regular members of MCAA at the time of nomination.  The nomination must be done in writing and should include a summary of the exemplary activities that make the nominee worthy of the award.  Letters are to be sent to

Prof. Roy Hanashiro
MCAA Executive-Secretary
Department of History
University of Michigan-Flint
Flint, MI 48502
Email: okuma@umflint.edu 

Deadline: July 1 2004

Questions about the MCAA meeting itself may be directed to Ann Waltner at waltn001@umn.edu.