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2022
Promoting the Journal of the Society for Ming Studies (Stipend)
Society for Ming Studies, 2022-2023
Principal Investigator(s): Thomas Kelly, Society for Ming StudiesAn award from GHF will allow the Society for Ming Studies to expand the responsibilities of the editor of the Ming Studies journal, who is an elected and semi-permanent member of the Society for Ming Studies’ executive committee. The editor will creatively develop the journal’s digital presence, explore new publishing opportunities for the Ming Studies Monograph Series, work to cement the relationship between the academic society and the journal, and strengthen their positions as leading international venues for scholarship on all aspects of Ming China.
2022
Two Book Prizes in Ming Studies
Society for Ming Studies
Principal Investigator(s): Thomas Kelly, Society for Ming StudiesTo increase the visibility of pathbreaking work on Ming China within the broader field of Asian Studies and related disciplines, the Society for Ming Studies will develop and promote a prize for an “outstanding contribution” to the study of Ming China and a prize for a best first book on the Ming. Both prizes will be awarded the annual meeting, which is held at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference.
2021
James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Scholarships (Scholarships)
Rare Book School, 2022
Principal Investigator(s): Michael F. Suarez, Rare Book SchoolGHF funded ten scholarships to allow scholars of books and printing in the Ming dynasty to attend the Rare Book School (RBS), a world-leading institute for the study of written, printed, and born digital materials. Affiliated with the University of Virginia, RBS is a mainstay of education for rare book librarians and scholars of the history of the book. The RBS course week includes 30 hours of hands-on instruction in interpreting the material forms of textural artifacts, as well as academic lectures, discussion forums, demonstrations, and exhibitions on topics pertinent to the book in the Asian world.