Open-Access Publishing Awards

GHF recently awarded support for two open-access publishing projects during the spring 2021 awards cycle.  University of Washington Press will create open-access editions of ten previously-published books on the Ming dynasty:  Vignettes from the Late Ming: A Hsiao-p’in Anthology, translated by Yang Ye (1999)  Perpetual Happiness: The Ming Emperor Yongle by Shih-shan Henry Tsai (2001) The Story of Han […]

National Humanities Center Geiss Hsu Foundation Fellowship

GHF is delighted to announce that it has issued a project award to the National Humanities Center in support of a Geiss Hsu Foundation Fellowship for Johan Elverskog for the 2021–2022 academic year. During the fellowship year, Dr. Elverskog, Dedman Family Distinguished Professor, Professor of Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University, will work on a project examining the history of Uighur Buddhism […]

New Manuscript Review Workshop Initiative

GHF invites applications for support of manuscript review workshops. Workshops will bring together two to five readers to provide feedback for improving a scholarly monograph that falls within the mission of the Foundation. Workshops may be virtual or in-person. The Geiss Hsu Foundation award may be used as honoraria and for travel, food, and lodging for participants, in the […]

Spring 2021 Subvention Awards

Congratulations to Cambridge University Press and the Harvard Asia Center Publications Program, which received subvention awards to support the print publications of The Aura of Confucius: Relics and Representations of the Sage at the Kongzhai Shrine in Shanghai by Julia K. Murray (Cambridge, forthcoming October 2021) and Localizing Learning: Literati and Learning in Wuzhou, 1100-1600 by Peter K. Bol (Harvard, forthcoming February 2022).

New Release Supported by GHF

A GHF subvention awarded to Columbia University Press helped make possible the March 2021 publication of The Religious Ethic and Mercantile Spirit in Early Modern China by Ying-shih Yü, translated by Yim-tze Kwong, and edited by Hoyt Cleveland Tillman.

Apply Now for Spring 2021 Awards

Deadline: March 1, 2021 GHF is now accepting applications for projects and publication subventions (including the open-access publication of new and previously published works). Project awards fund scholarly activities that confirm GHF’s mission, such as academic conferences, workshops, exhibitions, performances, and more. Projects that make possible the sharing of Ming scholarship during the pandemic are strongly encouraged. […]

New Releases Supported by GHF

Subvention awards from GHF helped make possible the publication of these newly released titles: The Objectionable Li Zhi: Fiction, Criticism, and Dissent in Late Ming ChinaEdited by Rivi Handler-Spitz, Pauline C. Lee and Haun SaussyUniversity of Washington Press (January 2021) In Remembrance of the Saints: The Rise and Fall of an Inner Asian Sufi Dynasty By Muhammad […]

Inviting Applications for Open-Access Publishing

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 […]

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 […]