The John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History is offered annually for an outstanding book in the history of
China proper,
Vietnam,
Chinese Central Asia
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
,
Mongolia,
Manchuria,
Korea, or
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, substantially after 1800. It honors the late
John K. Fairbank
John King Fairbank (May 24, 1907 – September 14, 1991) was an American historian of China and United States–China relations. He taught at Harvard University from 1936 until his retirement in 1977. He is credited with building the field of Ch ...
, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University, and president of the
American Historical Association in 1968. Only books of high scholarly and literary merit will be considered. Anthologies, edited works, and pamphlets are ineligible for the competition.
American Historical Association.
List of prizes
See also
* Joseph Levenson Book Prize for Chinese history.
* John Whitney Hall Book Prize for Japanese or Korean history.
*James B. Palais Book Prize The James B. Palais Book Prize has been awarded annually since 2010 by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Pioneer Korean studies scholar James Palais is commemorated in the name of this prize.
The Palais Prize acknowledges an outstanding Engl ...
for Korean history.
*List of history awards
This list of history awards covers notable awards given to persons, a group of persons, or institutions, for their contribution to the study of history. It is organized by region. The entries name the prize and sponsoring organization, give notes ...
*List of prizes named after people
This is a list of awards that are named after people.
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See also
*Lists of awards
*List of eponyms
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row ...
Notes
References
External links
John K. Fairbank Prize
WorldCat listing.
{{Prizes and Awards of the American Historical Association
History of China
Asian awards
Awards established in 1969
American Historical Association book prizes