Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC), a regional affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), will award the annual Mori-ASPAC and Barlow Prizes for outstanding essays by graduate students in July 2025.
2025 Mori-ASPAC Prize for Graduate Students
In honor of long-time ASPAC member, Professor Barbara Mori, this prize recognizes extraordinary graduate student scholarship in any area of Asian Studies. It is open to all students pursuing graduate studies in any discipline and in any area of research pertaining to Asian Studies.
2025 Barlow Prize Graduate Student Prize in Chinese Studies
In honor of the late Jeffrey G. Barlow, (Pacific University), longtime ASPAC advocate and publisher of E-ASPAC, the ASPAC board has instituted a prize for the best graduate student paper in any area of Chinese studies.
Graduate students wishing to apply for the Mori-ASPAC Prize or the Barlow Prize should provide the complete paper and their faculty supervisor’s cover letter of support. The faculty support letter should explain the contributions of the paper to the field and highlight other merits of the paper. Both prizes come with a monetary award. The winners of the Mori-ASPAC and Jeffrey Barlow Prizes, along with runners-up for these awards, will be announced in July 2025.
Eligibility:
Graduate student authors who attend a university in the ASPAC area are eligible. The ASPAC
area includes the Pacific coast of the United States, Hawai’i, British Columbia, and any country
or territory in the Asia-Pacific region. Prizes are awarded for yet unpublished work. If submitted
papers are part of a doctoral dissertation, the dissertation must be defended in 2025 or later.
How to Submit your Paper for a Prize:
Send an e-mail to Micah Muscolino, the chair of the Graduate Student Prize Selection Committee, at [email protected] Please indicate which prize(s) you are applying for and attach both the paper and the letter of support from your professor in the e-mail. Papers are only accepted as Microsoft Word documents or PDF files, should be about 17-25 pages in length, and should follow disciplinary formatting and citation style. PowerPoint, slides, and other formats are not accepted. If a paper qualifies for both prizes, it is allowable to submit a single paper for both prizes; simply indicate that in your e-mail.
Submission deadline: June 27, 2025
Contact Information
Micah Muscolino, UC San Diego
Contact Email
[email protected]
2025 Mori-ASPAC Prize for Graduate Students
In honor of long-time ASPAC member, Professor Barbara Mori, this prize recognizes extraordinary graduate student scholarship in any area of Asian Studies. It is open to all students pursuing graduate studies in any discipline and in any area of research pertaining to Asian Studies.
2025 Barlow Prize Graduate Student Prize in Chinese Studies
In honor of the late Jeffrey G. Barlow, (Pacific University), longtime ASPAC advocate and publisher of E-ASPAC, the ASPAC board has instituted a prize for the best graduate student paper in any area of Chinese studies.
Graduate students wishing to apply for the Mori-ASPAC Prize or the Barlow Prize should provide the complete paper and their faculty supervisor’s cover letter of support. The faculty support letter should explain the contributions of the paper to the field and highlight other merits of the paper. Both prizes come with a monetary award. The winners of the Mori-ASPAC and Jeffrey Barlow Prizes, along with runners-up for these awards, will be announced in July 2025.
Eligibility:
Graduate student authors who attend a university in the ASPAC area are eligible. The ASPAC
area includes the Pacific coast of the United States, Hawai’i, British Columbia, and any country
or territory in the Asia-Pacific region. Prizes are awarded for yet unpublished work. If submitted
papers are part of a doctoral dissertation, the dissertation must be defended in 2025 or later.
How to Submit your Paper for a Prize:
Send an e-mail to Micah Muscolino, the chair of the Graduate Student Prize Selection Committee, at [email protected] Please indicate which prize(s) you are applying for and attach both the paper and the letter of support from your professor in the e-mail. Papers are only accepted as Microsoft Word documents or PDF files, should be about 17-25 pages in length, and should follow disciplinary formatting and citation style. PowerPoint, slides, and other formats are not accepted. If a paper qualifies for both prizes, it is allowable to submit a single paper for both prizes; simply indicate that in your e-mail.
Submission deadline: June 27, 2025
Contact Information
Micah Muscolino, UC San Diego
Contact Email
[email protected]