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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 journal is
also part of the EBSCO Australian/New Zealand Reference Center
database, and will be included in the American History and Life with
Full Text database whenthat is launched.
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 2008-2008 Award was Tim
Minchin for
'"One America?: Church Burnings and Perceptions of Race Relations
in the Clinton Years," published in Vol. 27, no 2 (December
2008).
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 2008-2009 Award was Joshua
Balfour for his article ‘“Confronting Entrenched
Weapons Programs: A Short Story of `Success from the George W. Bush
Administration," published in Vol.28, no. 1 (July 2009).
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 2009 Award was Brooke
Lamperd , of the University of Western Australia, whose
essay, '"'ADHD: A truth discourse with a
vengeance," will appear in vol. 28 no 1 (July 2009)
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