Critical Asian Studies is pleased to announce an annual award for the best article published in the journal during the calendar year. The winning author receives a $500 award, a letter of commendation, and a complimentary one-year subscription. The judging panel, drawn from the journal’s editorial and advisory boards, will base its decision on the quality of the research, analysis, and explication as well as clear writing that is accessible to readers from multiple disciplines.
2022 Prize Winner: Atreyee Sen, "No City for Lovers: Anti-Romeo Squads, Resistance, and the Micropolitics of Moral Policing in an Indian City" (Critical Asian Studies 54.3: 307-326).
2023 Prize Winner: Emily Amburgey, Tashi Gurung, Yungdrung Tseang Gurung, and Sienna Craig, “The Co-Production of Disasters: How the Nexus of Climate Change, Tourism, and Covid-19 has Increased Socioeconomic Vulnerability in Mustang, Nepal” (Critical Asian Studies 55.2: 211-234).
For 2023, the prize