Fw: H-ASIA: JCCH Outstanding Essay Prize awarded Aparna Balachandran

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From: "Frank F Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: JCCH Outstanding Essay Prize awarded Aparna Balachandran

> H-ASIA
> April 7, 2011
>
> Outstanding Essay Prize awarded Aparna Balachandran, Journal of
> Colonialism
> and Colonial History
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> Ed. note: We would share this news of this distinction in any event, but
> it is
> nice to note that Dr. Balachandran is a member of H-ASIA.
> Congratulations!
> FFC
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> From: Brian Shea <bjs@press.jhu.edu>
>
> An editorial committee from the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial
> History has
> chosen Indian scholar Aparna Balachandran to receive the first JCCH Prize
> for
> an outstanding essay published in the online journal.
>
> This first honor covered articles published in the Johns Hopkins
> University
> Press journal between 2008 and 2010. Academics from Africa, the Middle
> East,
> Latin America, the Caribbean and Central, South and Southeast Asia who had
> never published a full book or monograph were eligible for the honor. The
> next prize will be awarded in 2014 for articles published between 2011 and
> 2013.
>
> Balachandran won for her article "Of Corporations and Caste heads: Urban
> Rule
> in Company Madras 1640-1720" which was published in the Fall 2008 issue
> (Volume 9, Number 2) of JCCH.
>
> Balachandran is an Associate Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture
> and Society in Bangalore, India. She is a graduate of Delhi University and
> received her PhD in 2008 from Columbia University.
>
> "Our focus of colonialism and imperialism opens the doors for all sorts of
> topics from across the world," says journal founding editor Patricia
> Romero,
> a history professor at Towson University. "We're happy to recognize this
> fine
> article with the first edition of the JCCH Prize."
>
>
> Brian Shea
> Coordinator, Public Relations and Advertising
> Journals Division
> Johns Hopkins University Press
> 410-516-7096
> bshea@press.jhu.edu
> bjs@press.jhu.edu
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