The James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation invites applications for support for open-access publishing. We are interested in proposals that support the mission of the Foundation to promote research in Ming studies and adjacent geographical regions and time periods. Open-access applications may include new titles, already-published books, and especially books that have previously […]
Year: 2020
Fall 2020 Awards
The Board of Directors of the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation is delighted to announce that it has awarded publication subventions to Columbia University Press and the University of Michigan Press during its fall 2020 application cycle. The awards will support the publication of The Religious Ethic and Mercantile Spirit in Early Modern […]
Available Online: Jesuits and Matriarchs
The Geiss Hsu Foundation is pleased to share that an open-access edition of Jesuits and Matriarchs: Domestic Worship in Early Modern China by Nadine Amsler (University of Washington Press, 2018) is available to read online. The original publication was supported in part by a subvention award from the Geiss Hsu Foundation.
New Board Members
The Geiss Hsu Foundation is pleased to welcome Zoe S. Kwok to the Board of Directors. Her three-year term will begin in spring 2021. A specialist in Chinese Art, Kwok is Associate Curator of Asian Art at the Princeton University Art Museum, and earned a PhD from Princeton University. Other recent additions to the board […]
Spring 2020 Awards
The Board of Directors of the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation is delighted to announce the recipients of their spring 2020 awards, made in support of publications and projects that confirm the Foundation’s mission. In the category of publication subventions: Columbia University Press, In Remembrance of the Saints: The Rise and Fall of an […]