ASPAC congratulates all prize recipients for their outstanding scholarly achievements and contributions to the field of Asian Studies. We are proud to recognize the high quality and originality of their research.
2026
2026 ASPAC-Mori Prize
Raymond Kyooyung Ra (University of Southern California), "On Epiphytism: Reimagining the Minor in the Transpacific, a Perspective Though the Queer Dance 'Waaking'."
2026 Barlow Prize
Yixue Yang (University of California, San Diego). "Raising Silkworms for Socialism: Gender, Environment and the Limits of Sericulture Production in China, 1949-1963."
Raymond Kyooyung Ra (University of Southern California), "On Epiphytism: Reimagining the Minor in the Transpacific, a Perspective Though the Queer Dance 'Waaking'."
2026 Barlow Prize
Yixue Yang (University of California, San Diego). "Raising Silkworms for Socialism: Gender, Environment and the Limits of Sericulture Production in China, 1949-1963."
2025
2025 ASPAC-Mori Prize
Joanes Rocha (Tokyo University). “The Origins of Chinese Chayi in the Late Ming as Seen through Jesuit Accounts: A Comparative Perspective on Japanese Chanoyu.”
2025 Barlow Prize
Emma Laube (University of California, San Diego). "The Modern Girl on Mount Putuo."
Joanes Rocha (Tokyo University). “The Origins of Chinese Chayi in the Late Ming as Seen through Jesuit Accounts: A Comparative Perspective on Japanese Chanoyu.”
2025 Barlow Prize
Emma Laube (University of California, San Diego). "The Modern Girl on Mount Putuo."
2024
2024 ASPAC-Mori Prize
Lu Huang (Temple University). “Symbolic Capital in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands: Naxi Mu Chieftains and the Sacred Buddhist Mountain Jizu shan.”
2024 Barlow Prize
Nicholas Fernacz (University of Southern California). “The Skywalk is Gone!: Infrastructural Sound and Everyday Invisibility in Tsai Ming-liang’s Cinema of Slowness.”
Lu Huang (Temple University). “Symbolic Capital in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands: Naxi Mu Chieftains and the Sacred Buddhist Mountain Jizu shan.”
2024 Barlow Prize
Nicholas Fernacz (University of Southern California). “The Skywalk is Gone!: Infrastructural Sound and Everyday Invisibility in Tsai Ming-liang’s Cinema of Slowness.”
2023
2023 ASPAC-Mori Prize
Li-Ting Chang (University of California, Santa Barbara). "A Club of Laughter: Expanding Notions of Taiwaneseness through Humor (1930-1935).”
2023 Barlow Prize
Thomas Chan (University of California, San Diego). “A Sea of Blood and Hatred”: The Central Role of Hatred in the Mass Rallies of China’s Anti-Narcotics Campaign, 1949-52.”
Li-Ting Chang (University of California, Santa Barbara). "A Club of Laughter: Expanding Notions of Taiwaneseness through Humor (1930-1935).”
2023 Barlow Prize
Thomas Chan (University of California, San Diego). “A Sea of Blood and Hatred”: The Central Role of Hatred in the Mass Rallies of China’s Anti-Narcotics Campaign, 1949-52.”