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Esther Kim Lee

Frances Hill Fox Professor of Theater Studies
Theater Studies
Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors


ASTR Distinguished Scholar Award

Scholarly Society American Society for Theatre Research · November 2023 More about this award

TLA Theater Book Award Finalist

National Theatre Library Association · September 2023

American Theatre and Drama Society’s John W. Frick Book Award

Scholarly Society American Theatre and Drama Society · August 2023 More about this award

The Outstanding Book Award - Distinction for Scholarly Achievement

International Association for Theatre in Higher Education · 2023 The Outstanding Book Award recognizes no less than two and no more than five books annually that demonstrate complex and critical engagement with dramatic texts, performances, histories, theories, practices, and/or pedagogies. More about this award

Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History

Other American Society for Theatre Research · 2023 The Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History is awarded each year to the best book in "theatre history or cognate disciplines” published during the previous calendar year. More about this award

Dean’s Diversity and Leadership Award

University Trinity College · 2022 More about this award

AAPI Faculty Leadership Award

University Center for Multicultural Affairs · 2019

Langford Lectureship Award

University Duke University · 2018 More about this award

Outstanding Book Award

Scholarly Society Association for Theatre in Higher Education · 2007 For the book A History of Asian American Theatre

Arnold O. Beckman Research Award

University Research Board, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign · 2001