Australian Studies Program: Book Prize
The 2008 Book Prizes closed on Monday 4 August 2008.
Australian Studies Book Prizes are awarded biennially. Two prizes will be awarded for the best books published in Chinese on Australian themes over the previous two years (2006 and 2007). One prize is for an original work and one for a translation.
The prizes are awarded to recognise and encourage the efforts of researchers, writers and translators working in the field of Australian Studies in China.
The prizes will be in the form of a trip to Australia for further research and/or book promotion, valued at AUD $5,000 each. The prize winners will have 12 months from the date of notification of the prize in which to make the trip to Australia. A letter outlining the benefits and outcomes of the trip is required to be sent to the University of Queensland, which manages this program on behalf of the Council, within one month of the end of the prize winner’s trip to Australia.
The Selection Committee will consider original writings and translations in Chinese, on subjects relating to Australian culture, arts, media, economy, science, technology, medicine, law, and social sciences. Individual (or joint) authors, translators, editors, publishers and Australian Studies Centres on behalf of individuals can make nominations for this prize.
It is hoped that the prize can be awarded to the winners at the next Australian Studies Conference in Beijing from 31 October to 2 November 2008.
Previous Awards
2006 Book Prizes
A Prize of $5,000 was awarded to Huang Yejing and Ouyang Huanzi from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. No translation prize was awarded; instead $10,000 was awarded to a new large-scale literary translation project directed by Professor Huang Yuanshan from the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade.
The winning publication was:
Huang Yejing and Ouyang Huanzi, Aodaliya xiandaihua fazhan jingyan ji qi dui zhongguo de qishi [The Experience of Australia’s Modernization: Implications for China]. Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, 2005.
In addition, three other works were highly recommended and received award certificates:
- Hou Minyue, The Impact of China’s Modernisation on Relations with Australia. Shanghai yiwen chubanshe, 2005
- Zhu Jiongqiang, Huajian lueying[A Glimpse of English Literature]. Zhejiang jiaoyue chubanshe, 2005
- Dou Kun, Molishun yu qingmo minchu de zhongguo [Dr GE Morrison and Modern China from the Late Qing to the Early Republican Periods] Fujian Education Press, 2005
2004 Book Prizes
Two prizes worth $5,000 each were awarded in February 2004 for the best books published in Chinese on Australian themes over the previous two years (2002 and 2003). One prize was for an original work and one for a translation.
The Australia-China Council awarded the 2004 Australian Studies Book Prizes to:
- Professor Zhang Wei & Deng Tianying,
Hebei University
- The Media in Australia (Beijing: Peking University Press, 2002) - Original Work.
- Australian Studies Centre of Xiamen
University
- "Special Issue on "The Australian Economy after the Asian Economic Crisis" published in Honour of the Thirtieth Anniversary of China-Australia Relations." Journal of Translation from Foreign Literatures of Economics, Vol 3 No.113 (2002) - Translation
