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and (4) a PDF copy of the book (for the use of the selection process only). Deadline: nominations are due by Jan 10, 2027 Membership in 3S is free and instructions can be found here: www.sinophonestudies.org/contact-us 10/10

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How to submit a nomination: Use the online form (link below) and include: (1) basic information about the nominator and the author, (2) the book's official copyright publication year, (3) a 300-word statement explaining how the author's scholarship and the book contribute to Sinophone studies, 9/10

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Who can nominate: Authors who are members of 3S can apply directly. Any 3S member may nominate books for consideration, and publishers may also submit books. 8/10

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Selection process: A prize selection committee will be formed independently from the 3S board to ensure diverse representation of the field and to avoid any conflict of interest. 7/10

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To be eligible, books must be written in English by a single author, though the book may be published outside of the U.S. 3S board members are also welcome to apply. 6/10

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Eligibility Requirements and Application Procedures Who is eligible: Current 3S members who have published (copyrighted) their book between January 1, 2025 and December 31, 2026. 5/10

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The award carries a monetary prize of $2,000, and the winner will be honored at the biennial 3S International Conference in 2027. 4/10

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Therefore, a book that engages fruitfully with these fields and proposes innovative reconfigurations of existing scholarship is most welcome. This prize honors the pathbreaking work of Shu-mei Shih, who is Irving and Jean Stone Professor of Humanities at UCLA. 3/10

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Sinophone studies has engaged with intellectual formations including, but not limited to, area studies, ethnic studies, transnational studies, Indigenous studies, decolonial theory, diaspora studies, and queer theory. 2/10

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Vijamsonic @jbmvijamsonic.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The Shu-mei Shih First Book Prize of 3S is given biennially and honors the most outstanding author’s first book published in Sinophone studies during the two years preceding the year when the award is given. The book can focus on any time period and geographical context. 1/10

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Featuring the UofA!! 🤬 That university admin and leadership has absolutely hit a low.

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Why can't contemporary cat adoption contracts look like this?

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I mean fair, probably not a huge amount of brewing real estate in Crenshaw. But nice to see that Senshin's still around andn doing well! I went there as a kid!

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Whoa, Senshin makes its own lager now???

Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Have you seen the newly restored Japanese buildings billed as "visiting Kyoto" built on the site of a Japanese prison in Taipei? Because I found walking around there such a weird feeling.

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I am not sure if I was the only modern China lit scholar not aware that apparently there's a book series where Lao She and Dee Ren Jie (who has served in the Chinese Labor Corps?!) team up to solve crimes, but in case you did not know about this, here you go.

The Murder of Mr. Ma by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan, book cover.

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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hongkongfp.com · 26/11/2025

1/ Update: A resident surnamed Ho, 40, said the fire alarm did not go off when Wednesday's deadly blaze broke out at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court. Ho, who was outside at the time, said he was only told by a friend about the fire and he immediately called his father, who was at home.

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Also we are now in a post "lots of high ranking retired military of various countries swear that aliens are real" era.

Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Little did anyone know, the gashadokuro would eventually be available for purchase at your local Home Depot, not to annihilate one's enemies, but to annoy one's suburban housing association at Halloween.

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Agreed! There's no other academic building where I have witnessed Pikachu commit murder while eating a dosa.

A stuffed Pikachu is pushing another stuffed animal out of a second floor window.

Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I have never had to aggressively pass as a pedestrian more than I do in HUB mall. But I also kind of like it.

Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I developed my robot class about 6 years ago and have taught it intermittently. This is the first time the class has felt more or less close to the present day. We are reading "Goodbye, Melancholy" this week. clarkesworldmagazine.com/xia_03_17/

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Goodnight, Melancholy by Xia Jia, translated by Ken Liu

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Re-reading Koji Ariyoshi (Kona born Hawai'ian JA communist and China expert)'s autobiography this morning. I found the end of his preface striking. It was written when Ariyoshi faced trial and jail time for organizing a communist party in Hawai'i. Words to think about in these times, I think.

The Salem witch hunt, the Alien and Sedition Acts, and the Palmer raids of 1919 were all defeated. America must return to its senses to play a constructive role in the community of nations. The hope lies in the people, here and on the Mainland. We have deep faith in them to struggle for progress. It is the duty of those who understand the situation, including those who have been silenced, to awaken the conscience of the whole populace.

Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

It invariably is in my experience and the one thing is always something that cannot be expressed in under 30 min.

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Is the victim was that one person at a faculty meeting who says "Well, I just have one more thing to add..." as everyone is standing up to leave at the end of the meeting?

Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I wish to know your thoughts on the novels Yellowface and Disoriented for reasons....completely unrelated....

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

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The best spots in Koreatown are @metrolosangeles.bsky.social accessible 🫰 K-town organizer John Yi shares his favorite neighborhood gems along Metro’s D Line. 🎥: @marinamasako.bsky.social

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Your child is both like and not like John Connor from Terminator 2 because like John Connor they are the kind of child who says something sarcastic to their parent. But in their case, their burns are unbelievably savage.

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I was mentally like "Please do not get arrested at my PhD graduation. Please do NOT get arrested at my PhD graduation."

Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

This unfortunately reminds me that even with a pronunciation guide, the dean who read my name when I got my PhD butchered it so bad I didn't recognize it and afterward my dad was so mad I had to stop him from trying to go fight the dean after the ceremony.

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

It was a temporary ban from appearing in Chinese films. I think it's been lifted since. And yes, she was banned for playing a resistance operative who fell in love with a collaborator while Tony Leung who played a collaborator did not receive a ban.

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

The other timeless genre is obviously that a ecumenical assembly of monastics yell at you about your life choices which I feel I would have been very anxious about!

Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Is almost every dream in Hong lou meng not an anxiety dream? Most of them are also erotic dreams, but you know.

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Paradise Systems 格物天下 @paradisesystems.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

SEEKING SUMMER ARCHIVAL INTERN We are looking for an assistant to archive and document the Paradise Systems Chinese comics library. Must be comfortable reading Chinese comics (simplified and traditional) and writing about them in English. A background in translation is a plus.

A photo of a wooden bookshelf full volumes from China. Two books by Wang XX are visible, as well as Mr Men by Anusman and books by Yan Cong and Zuo Ma.

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LA Street Care & Mutual Aid @lastreetcare.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

"Our current situation is a complete provocation by the state - tearing families apart and throwing people into concentration camps is violence. They are kidnapping people and locking them in the LA federal detention center basement without food or water.” 1/

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"King himself changed his views on violence, especially riots, as the Civil Rights Movement went on and the U.S. government resisted meaningful change. But any serious person knows that civil rights protesters fought the police in the streets in the 1960s, just as anti-ICE kidnapping protesters are willing to do today," he said.
People protesting in Los Angeles responded to an already violent situation, said Ricci Sergienko, an attorney and organizer in Los Angeles.

"Is our current situation 'peace'?
Why would anyone be shocked at this response by the people?"
"Our current situation is a complete provocation by the state - tearing families apart and throwing people into concentration camps is violence," Sergienko said. "They are kidnapping people and locking them in the LA federal detention center basement without food or water. This, on top of the violence already faced against every day Angelenos.
From seven unhoused people dying on the streets every day to rent and evictions to continuous police harassment. How do you expect people to act? Is our current situation 'peace"? Why would anyone be shocked at this response by the people?"
The protests in Los Angeles should come as no surprise given its history of mass action, Sergienko said. Riots broke out in 1992 after police brutally beat Rodney King. In 1965, the Watts Rebellion came in response to widespread racist police abuse.
Protests in 2020 against police brutality and in 2024 against Israel's genocide in Gaza are part of that same thread, he said.
"There is a long history of this kind of action in Los Angeles," he said. "Politicians don't dictate how people in this city are going to respond."

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We feed you. They hunt us.

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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Working hard to defend the rights, dignity, and well-being of immigrants, refugees, and the undocumented, they need our help more than ever right now. You can find this article and all resources to combat ICE on a special link we created. Lataco.com/ice Please share

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I feel a lot of ways about what is happening in my hometown, but one of them is that after today I really never want to have to hear anyone tell me that they don't really like LA and think SF is a lot nicer again.

Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 07/06/2025

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When LA *really* pops off, in the way that LA does, neither DHS nor LAPD will be able to contain it. It's not going to happen tonight, but I suspect it's going to happen before long this summer. And once LA gets going, there's really no stopping the crowds.

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

So.... have I got some lovely HK protest er... art for you

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Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

DHS Officers near MDC coming out of the parking lot now in LA. At least one detention. Lots of stun grenades, pepper balls, chemical munitions. Rocks, chairs, water bottles in return. LAPD is blocking traffic to the area.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 07/06/2025

Heavily-armed DHS paramilitary forces in military vehicles fired dozens of stun grenades at a crowd of onlookers today in Los Angeles.

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Vincent Wong @vwlegal.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Thanks to the very capable editorial team at @ricochetmedia.bsky.social for helping to push this through, on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Nakba and Asian Heritage Month.

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Clara Iwasaki @ciwasaki.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I got the first two of these unsuccessfully trying to take a pic of what I think was the first Swainson's thrush of the year.