Book Prize

As part of our opening reception on Wednesday, 11 September, EuroSEAS awarded two book prizes:

1. The EuroSEAS Humanities Book Prize for the best academic book on Southeast Asia published in the humanities – including archaeology, art history, history, literature, performing arts and religious studies.

2. The EuroSEAS Social Science Book Prize for the best academic book on Southeast Asia published in the social sciences – including anthropology, economics, law, politics and international relations, and sociology.

The jury selected three books per category for the shortlist beforehand. The winners received 750 Euro each.

Humanities Book Prize

Winner

• Lisandro E. Claudio, Liberalism and the Postcolony: Thinking the State in 20th Century Philippines. Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies 2017.

Shortlist

• Carol-Ann Boshier, Mapping Cultural Nationalism: The Scholars of the Burma Research Society. Copenhagen: NIAS Press 2018.
• Lisandro E. Claudio, Liberalism and the Postcolony: Thinking the State in 20th Century Philippines. Kyoto: Center for Southeast Asian Studies 2017.
• Alexandra Green, Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings. Hongkong: Hongkong University Press 2018.

Social Science Book Prize

Winner

• David Kloos, Becoming Better Muslims: Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia. Princeton: Princeton University Press 2018.

Shortlist

• Chua Beng Huat, Liberalism Disavowed: Communitarianism and State Capitalism in Singapore. Singapore: NUS Press 2017.
• David Kloos, Becoming Better Muslims: Religious Authority and Ethical Improvement in Aceh, Indonesia. Princeton: Princeton University Press 2018.
• Patricia Sloane-White, Corporate Islam: Sharia and the Modern Workplace. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2018.