John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History

The John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History is offered annually by the American Historical Association for an outstanding book in the history of China proper, Vietnam, Chinese Central Asia, Mongolia, Manchuria, Korea, or Japan, substantially after 1800. This prestigious award recognizes high scholarly and literary merit in published historical works focusing on East Asian history. The prize honors John K. Fairbank, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and director of the East Asian Research Center at Harvard University, who served as president of the AHA in 1968. The competition is open to authors and publishers, with books submitted for evaluation by a review committee. Only single-authored monographs are eligible; anthologies, edited works, and pamphlets are excluded. Winners are announced in October and recognized at the AHA annual meeting in January.