Workshop: The World of Ming WorkersJuly 20-25, 2026 University of Warwick, UK Sponsors: The University of Warwick, the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, the Tindall Trust, the James P. Geiss & Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation
Year: 2025
Geiss Hsu Book Prizes in Ming Studies
With the generous support of the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation, the Society for Ming Studies (SMS) has established two book prizes: Best First Book and Best Overall Book. These prizes recognize outstanding English-language monographs on Ming China (1368–1644) and its global connections. A committee of senior Ming specialists from diverse disciplines […]
Travel Grants for Ming Studies Scholars Attending AAS 2026
The James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation has awarded the Association for Asian Studies $20,000 to fund participation for Ming Studies scholars at the AAS 2026 Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada. The James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation is a 501(c)(3) private, not-for-profit foundation which encourages and sponsors scholarly research and interpretation of […]
Ming Studies in Five: Graduate Student Symposium at AAS 2026
The Society for Ming Studies (SMS) invites current PhD students to participate in a graduate student symposium at the SMS Annual Meeting, to be held from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, March 13, 2026, in conjunction with the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada. Each participant will give a […]
Fall 2025 Awards
The Board of Directors of the James P. Geiss & Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation is delighted to announce six awards supporting projects that advance the field of Ming studies: CONFERENCES The Great Entanglement: Reframing East Eurasian Histories in the Longue Durée | Shoufu Yin, University of British Columbia, and Mara Yue Du, Cornell University | March […]
Apply for a Fellowship!
The National Humanities Center and GHF are partnering to provide a residential fellowship to a scholar studying the Ming dynasty or of adjacent regions and time periods. The NHC invites applications for academic-year or semester-long residential fellowships. Fellows enjoy private studies, in-house dining, and superb library services that deliver all types of research materials while they are in residence.Mid-career, senior, and […]
Spring 2025 Awards
The Board of Directors of the James P. Geiss & Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation is delighted to announce nine awards made during the spring application cycle: SUBVENTIONS Observing the Unseen: Curiosity and Common Knowledge in Early Modern China by Andrew Schonebaum I University of Washington Press, forthcoming December 2025 Observing the Unseen explores perspectives in early-modern China around […]
The National Humanities Center Announces 2025–26 Geiss Hsu Fellow
The National Humanities Center (NHC) recently announced the appointment of Ruiying Gao, assistant professor of the history of art and architecture at Wake Forest University, as the Geiss Hsu Fellow for the 2025–26 academic year. Professor Gao will join 31 other leading scholars who will come to the Center from universities and colleges in 13 US states and the District of […]
The Society for Ming Studies Announces Geiss Hsu Book Prize Winner
The Society for Ming Studies’ Geiss Hsu Book Prize Selection Committee announced that it has awarded this year’s prize to to Keith McMahon for his book Saying All that Can be Said: The Art of Describing Sex in Jin Ping Mei. The committee shared the following statement: In his magisterial Saying All that Can be Said: The […]