Franklin R. Buchanan Prize
The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) invites submissions for the 2025 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize.
Established in 1995 by the AAS Committee on Educational Issues and Policy and the Committee on Teaching about Asia, the Franklin R. Buchanan Prize is awarded annually to recognize an outstanding pedagogical, instructional, or curriculum publication on Asia designed for K-12 and college undergraduate instructors and learners. Any format is acceptable, including print, CD, video, and online formats. Submissions that address underrepresented regions of Asia, as defined by the Association for Asian Studies, are encouraged.
The mission of the Buchanan Prize is to recognize excellence and innovation in curricular and instructional materials, especially for non-specialists teaching in K-12 and college undergraduate classrooms. To that end, the winning submission will reflect current scholarship as well as innovative pedagogical methodologies that emphasize student-centered learning and skill development. Submissions should enhance teaching beyond conventional textbooks, primary source readers, or collected or academic essays. The winning submission will contribute qualitatively to the available materials for teaching the specific content and make a significant impact on the intended audience. Submissions must have been published after January 1, 2023 and include well-articulated and detailed teaching strategies in order to be competitive.
Prize
The 2025 Buchanan Prize will be awarded to the author(s) of the work at the AAS Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio, March 13-16, 2025. The prize includes a $1,000 monetary award and a one-year membership to AAS.
Deadline
Submissions are due November 1, 2024.
For more information and a submission form, please contact the Chair of the Committee:
Kristi Roundtree
East Asia Resource Center
The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
University of Washington
302B Thomson Hall Box 353650
Seattle, WA 98195-3650
Phone: (206) 685-1389
barnesk@u.washington.edu
Books published by the Association for Asian Studies, Inc. are ineligible for consideration for prizes administered by the Association for Asian Studies. Employees of the Association are excluded from consideration for AAS book prizes, subventions, and grants. Publishers should check with authors to certify that they are not employed by the Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
2024 Awards
Winner and Citation
Kevin Hoskins, Susannah Bechtel, and Sarah Kreckel, The Vietnam War: Origins, History, and Legacies
The Vietnam War: Origins, History, and Legacies is based on recent scholarship in Vietnamese Studies, U.S. history, and the history of the global Cold War. It tells the “long history” of the destructive, deadly, and divisive U.S. war in Vietnam by tracing its long-term origins and assessing its long-term consequences. It looks backward toward the history of French colonialism in Southeast Asia, the evolution of the Vietnamese nationalist movement, and the First Indochina War/Anti-French Resistance War. It also looks forward from the end of the U.S. war in Vietnam to examine the experiences of Vietnamese refugees and reflect on the conflict’s effects on Vietnamese and American societies long into the future.
Vietnamese personal stories—from the French colonial era to today—are highlighted throughout the readings and lesson plans. Students also engage with a wide array of “bottom-up” Vietnamese, American, and global primary sources from groups and individuals that have often been left out of histories of the U.S. war in Vietnam. The Vietnam War: Origins, History, and Legaciesespecially stands out from other secondary education curricula on the war with its focus on the complex and contentious historical developments within Vietnam itself. For example, students explore divisions within the early twentieth century Vietnamese nationalist movement, investigate multiple vantage points within an occupied and divided South Vietnam, and examine the experiences and memories of post-war Vietnamese, including those who fled the country as refugees.
Honorable Mentions
Karl Debreczeny and Elena Pakhoutova, Project Himalayan Art
De-nin Lee and Deborah Hutton, The History of Asian Art: A Global View
Past Awards
Franklin R. Buchanan Prize
1996 Jackson Bailey
1997 Gary M. Mukai
1998 Lynn Parisi, A Humanities Approach to Japanese History
1999 Steven I. Levine, The China Box and China Talk: A Handbook for Teachers, Librarians, and Parents
2000 Roberta Martin, Contemporary Japan: A Teaching Workbook
2001 Yong Jin Kim Choi, Korea: Lessons for Grades 1-12
2002 The China Studies Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, Contemporary Chinese Societies: Continuity and Change
2003 Linda Menton, Eileen Tamura, Noren Lush, and Chance Gusukuma, Rise of Modern Japan
2004 Waka Takashi Brown, Religions and Philosophies in China: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism
2005 Donald Johnson and Jean Johnson, India: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
2006 The China Institute of America, From Silk to Oil: Cross Cultural Connections along the Silk Roads
2007 Gregory Francis and Stefanie Lamb, China’s Cultural Revolution
2008 Waka Takashi Brown and Selena Lai, Chinese Dynasties: Parts I and II
2009 John Dower, Meredith Melzer, and Lynn Parisi, Visualizing Cultures: Yokohama Boomtown Curriculum
2010 Rylan Sekiguchi, Joon Seok Hong, Rennie Moon, and Gary Mukai, U.S.-South Korean Relations and Uncovering North Korea
2011 Lynn Parisi and Peter Perdue, China in the World: The Rise and Fall of the Canton Trade System
2012 Andrew Blackadar, Sarah Massey, and Tanya Waldburger, The United States in Afghanistan
2013 Constantine N. Vaporis, Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life during the Age of the Shoguns
2014 Leah Elliott, Maya Lindberg, and Tanya Waldburger, Indian Independence and the Question of Partition
2015 Rylan Sekiguchi and Risa Morimoto, “My Cambodia” and “My Cambodian America”
2016 Dorinda Neave, Lara Blanchard and Marika Sardar, Asian Art
2017 Anne Prescott, East Asia in the World: An Introduction
2018 Aili Mu, Contemporary Chinese Short-Short Stories: A Parallel Text
2019 Michael A. Fuller, An Introduction to Chinese Poetry: From the Canon of Poetry to the Lyrics of the Song Dynasty
2020 Jason A Carbine, Gary Marcuse, and Rebecca Overmyer-Velázquez, Global Environmental Justice Collection
2021 Rylan Sekiguchi, “What Does It Mean To Be An American?”
2022 John Frank, Arlene Kowal, Yurika Kurakata, and Anne Prescott, Walking the Tōkaidō: A Multi-Disciplinary Experience in History and Culture
2023 Lucy Park and Elizabeth Jorgensen, Sijo: Korea’s Poetry Form; Honorable Mentions, Catherine Fratto, Lynn Kawaratani, and Evan Dawley, “Centering Taiwan in Global Asia: K-14 Curriculum Website”; Linda Hoaglund, Angela Miesle Stokes, and Kachina Leigh, “Edo Avant Garde: K to 12 Arts Curriculum”; Maria Adele Carrai, Jennifer Rudolph, and Michael Szonyi, The China Questions 2