The 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites 91亚色 faculty members or teaching assistants to nominate exceptional undergraduate student papers for the YCAR Undergraduate Asia Essay Awards.
A small monetary award of $200 is available for one recipient in each category: Geographic Asia and Asian Diaspora.
The winning papers will be published online as part of 鈥楴ew Voices on Asia鈥, a special occasional paper series at YCAR.
Essay criteria:
- The submission should be an original and unrevised version of a term paper
- It should have a substantive focus related to Asia or the Asian Diaspora
- It should have been submitted for a 91亚色 university undergraduate class in the 2018-2019 academic year
- It should not have been published or recognized elsewhere
Submissions from faculty or TA nominators should include:
- Name, department and email of the nominator
- A brief paragraph detailing why the faculty member is nominating the essay
- A scan (or hard copy) of the student鈥檚 unrevised essay with the marker鈥檚 original comments on the essay included
- The student鈥檚 name, programme, year of study and email address
Nominations are accepted on an ongoing basis until 29 April 2019.
The awards will be adjudicated by the YCAR Awards Committee.
Questions and submissions can be emailed to ycar@yorku.ca.