Thomas S. Mullaney Awarded John K. Fairbank Prize

Thomas S. Mullaney, Associate Professor of Chinese History and History of Technology at Stanford University, has been selected as the winner of the 2018 John K. Fairbank Prize for the book The Chinese Typewriter: A History (MIT Press, 2017). The Fairbank Prize is awarded annually by the American Historical Association (AHA) to honor the best book in East Asian history since 1800. The prize will be awarded during a ceremony at the Association’s 133rd Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, January 3-6, 2019.