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Australasian Journal of American Studies

AJAS (ISSN 0705-7113) is the official journal of the Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association. It is published twice a year, in July and December, by the Association.

Articles appearing in this journal are indexed in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life.

The best article published in the journal in the two years between conferences is awarded the James Holt Award, a prize worth $500AUS.

The recipient of the 2004-2005 Award was David Goodman for
'"There is no-one to whom I can talk"- Norman Harper and American History in Australia", published in Vol. 23, no 1 (July 2004).

Honourable Mention: David Rylance for "Breech Birth: The Receptions to D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation", published in Vol. 24, no. 2 (December 2005).

The best article by a postgraduate student published in the journal is the two years between conferences is awarded the Peter Coleman Prize, valued at $250AUS.

The recipient of the 2004-2005 Award was Michael L Ondaatje for 'Counterfeit Heroes or Colour-Blind Visionaries? The Black Conservative Challenge to Affirmative Action in Modern America', published in Vol.23, no. 2 (December 2004).

AJAS also publishes the winner of the Association's Norman Harper Prize, an award for an essay by an undergraduate student, valued at $100AUS. Submissions for this award must reach the Editors by December 1st each year.

The recipient of the 2006 Award was Gregory Britton, of the University of Sydney, whose essay, '"September 11, 'American Exceptionalism', and the War in Iraq" appeared in vol. 25 no 1 (July 2006), pp. 125-141.

 
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EDITORS:

  • TOM DUNNING, School of History and Classics,University of Tasmania
  • JAN PILDITCH, Department of English, University of Waikato

EDITORIAL BOARD

  • Clare Corbould, Review Editor (History and related disciplines), Department of History, University of Sydney
  • Brian Edwards, Review Editor (Literature and related disciplines),School of Literary and Communication Studies, Deakin University, Geelong Campus
  • Stephen Robertson, Co-Editor, Teaching American Studies, Department of History, University of Sydney
  • Paul Taillon, Co-Editor, Teaching American Studies, Department of History, University of Auckland
  • Heather Neilson, School of Language, Literature & Communication, Australian Defence Force Academy
  • Ian Gordon, American Studies Centre, National University of Singapore
  • Geoff Lealand, Screen and Media Studies, University of Waikato

 

 

 
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