Application deadline: January 15, 2025
The University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver campus, invites applications for the Geiss Hsu Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ming Studies, starting September 1, 2025. This two-year fellowship will support a scholar in any discipline who studies the Ming Dynasty or a closely-related field, including research that connects the Ming with other time periods and studies of Ming relations with other regions. The fellow will be housed in and supported by the Department of Asian Studies but may be sponsored by a faculty member in any department.
UBC has a long tradition of advanced training in Ming Studies. The China History research cluster hosts a regular work-in-progress series for scholars of Chinese history, which alternates fortnightly with the Ming & More text-reading group that focuses on primary material in Literary Sinitic from the Ming and other periods and regions. The Centre for Chinese Research, part of the Institute for Asian Research, supports interdisciplinary and public-facing scholarship on China.
Fellowship Terms
The fellowship will run from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2027. The fellow will receive a salary of $80,000 (all amounts in Canadian dollars) and extended health and dental coverage. Up to $5,000 in relocation costs may be reimbursed. The fellow will also have access to $5,000 in research funds each year. No teaching is required, but fellows are eligible to apply to teach one or more courses in a relevant department at UBC. The fellow is expected to give at least one public presentation about their research and to organize a workshop, small conference, or similar event in the second year of the fellowship. Up to $20,000 will be provided to cover the cost of this event. The Centre for Chinese Research will provide workspace and research assistant support.