Formerly the China & Inner Asia Council (1970-2022)

EIAC Members

• Shellen Xiao Wu, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, History (Chair)
• Christopher P. Atwood, University of Pennsylvania, History
• Peter J. Carroll, Northwestern University
• Hilde De Weerdt, Leiden University, History
• Ching Kwan Lee, UCLA, Sociology
• Stephen Platt, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, History
• Janet Theiss, University of Utah, History
• Michelle C. Wang, Georgetown University, Art History
• Yi-Li Wu, University of Michigan, Women’s Studies

Grants

• EIAC administers a Small Grants Program.

Book Prizes

• Two Levenson Book Prizes (pre-1900 category and post-1900 category) for English-language, nonfiction scholarly books on China
• The E. Gene Smith Book Prize for English-language scholarly books on Inner Asia
• The Patrick D. Hanan Book Prize for Translation for translations from Chinese or Inner Asian languages into English

EIAC Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper

EIAC recognizes outstanding scholarship presented at the AAS Annual Conference with the EIAC Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper.