A. Thomas Kirsch Award for Southeast Asia Studies

The A. Thomas Kirsch Award for Southeast Asia Studies is an annual award established in memory of A. Thomas Kirsch, a pioneer in Thai studies and cherished professor of anthropology at Cornell University, to support graduate student members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) engaged in the study of Southeast Asia. The scholarship funds can be used towards ground and air travel, accommodation, meals and living costs, visa and passport fees, international health insurance, language study/program costs, research/field study expenses, and/or AAA membership dues. Students working in any subfield in anthropology are eligible to apply. For the purposes of this award, the definition of 'study of Southeast Asia' includes research carried out within the geographical region of Southeast Asia as well as research conducted outside it, including but not limited to research conducted in libraries, or among Southeast Asian diasporic communities living outside of the region.