Formerly the China & Inner Asia Council (1970-2022). At its March 2022 meeting, the AAS Board of Directors approved the following motion:
The name of the CIAC is unique among the association’s four area councils in that its label centers on one particular country. The names of the various councils are intended to encompass the variety of fields in them. Some scholars in the CIAC have felt that highlighting one modern country’s name in the council title misrepresents the diversity of the areas and time periods that they study and marginalizes their work. In order to redress these concerns, we propose changing the name of the “China and Inner Asia Council” (CIAC) to the “East and Inner Asia Council” (EIAC).
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
EIAC Committee
- Association for Chinese Art History (ACAH)
Chair: Michelle C. Wang, Georgetown University: achinesearthistory@gmail.com
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.