The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Art History and the Center for East Asian Studies are pleased to host an online launch for Julia K. Murray’s new book, The Aura of Confucius: Relics and Representations of the Sage at the Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai (Cambridge University Press), a conversation between the author and Professor James Robson of Harvard University. A subvention award from the Geiss […]
Year: 2022
Now Available from the University of Washington Press: Geiss Hsu Foundation Open Access Books
Funding from GHF made possible this project to issue open-access versions of ten Ming-related books published by the University of Washington Press.
Support the Next Generation of Ming Scholars
Nine junior scholars will present their research during the Annual Meeting of the Society for Ming Studies, held at the Association for Asian Studies Conference in Hawaii. An award from the Geiss Hsu Foundation supported their travel.
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GHF supports activities that encourage scholarship of the Ming Dynasty, predecessors and successors of the Ming, as well as contemporaries in geographic areas with which the Ming interacted. Apply for the Project Award to support: Scholarly conferences Manuscript review workshops Museum exhibitions Performances Open-access publishing of previously-released books K-12 programming and public outreach Academic fellowships Any other […]
New Board Members
The Board of Directors welcomes to their ranks He Bian, associate professor of history and East Asian studies at Princeton University, and Bruce Rusk, associate professor in the department of East Asian studies at the University of British Columbia. Their three-year terms begin this spring.
Now Available! New GHF-Supported Title
A subvention award from GHF supported this recently-published book by Julia K. Murray.