Nadel Essay Prize
The Nadel Essay Prize is an award in the field of anthropology presented by the Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology for excellence in ethnographic writing relating to the Asia Pacific region, including Australia. Inaugurated in 2011 to commemorate 60 years of Anthropology at the Australian National University, the Prize commemorates the life and work of Siegfried Frederick Nadel, Foundation Professor of Anthropology. Eligible papers are those submitted or accepted for publication by an early career researcher.
Winners
2013: Judith Bovensiepen, Paying for the Dead: On the Politics of Death in Independent Timor-Leste
2014: Kyung-Nan Koh, Translating ‘Sustainability’ in Hawai'i: The Utility of Semiotic Transformation in the Transmission of Culture