Research Scholar Jeffrey Kotyk has received an Honorable Mention in the Virtual Centre for Late Antiquity (VCLA)’s Podmore Book Prize for his "Especially Significant First Book," Sino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity: China and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First Millennium.

Awarded annually, the Podmore Book Prize recognizes works that make a significant contribution to the study of Late Antiquity through original research, innovative interpretation, or interdisciplinary insight. The prize highlights excellence in historical, cultural, and interdisciplinary approaches to Late Antiquity.