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The AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC)

The Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) is one of four regional councils operating within the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Created in 1970, these councils represent the interests of scholars working in their respective geographical areas.

Collectively, the four area councils and the Council of Conferences serve as the major policy body for the Association of Asian Studies, providing liaison between the Board of Directors and the members at large.

NEAC administers two grant programs: the Japan Studies Grants and Korean Studies Grants, and a distinguished lecture series on Japan.

NEAC administers the John Whitney Hall Book Prize, given annually to the author of an outstanding English-language book on Japan or Korea (more).

NEAC Council Members

Chair: Barbara Brooks, CUNY, bbrooks@gc.cuny.edu

Martin Collcutt, Princeton University, colcutt@princeton.edu
Susan Napier, University of Texas, snapier@mail.utexas.edu
Rebecca Copeland, Washington U.-St. Louis, copeland@wustl.edu
Laura Miller, Loyola University, Chicago, lmille2@luc.edu
Edward Shultz, University of Hawaii, shultz@hawaii.edu
Hyaeweol Choi, Arizona State University, Hchoi@asu.edu
Faye Kleeman, University of Colorado, Faye.Kleeman@colorado.edu
William Tsutsui, University of Kansas, btsutsui@ku.edu
Seungsook Moon, Vassar College, semoon@vassar.edu (ex-officio)


NEAC Committees

Committee on Korean Studies
Chair: Seungsook Moon, Vassar College, semoon@vassar.edu

Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)
Publisher of JEAL, the Journal of East Asian Libraries

Early Modern Japan Network (Publisher of Early Modern Japan: An Interdisciplinary Journal)
Philip C. Brown, Department of History, Ohio State University, brown.113@osu.edu

Sino-Japanese Studies Group
Contact: Joshua Fogel, York University, Toronto, fogel@yorku.ca


AAS Affiliated Groups Related to NEAC