Fellowships and Grants Totaling $475,000 Support Research, Writing, and Travel
for Early-Career Scholars and Graduate Students in the Field of
China Studies
NEW
YORK, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is pleased to announce
the 2024 Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellows and Travel Grantees in
China Studies.
ACLS is proud to support these outstanding
2024 Early Career Fellows and Travel Grantees, whose research will
help provide a critical, nuanced understanding of China's past and present.
The awards are part of the redesigned Luce/ACLS Program in
China Studies, which the Henry
Luce Foundation has awarded ACLS $1.25
million to continue through 2025. This generous grant will
support the next round of Early Career Fellowships, Travel Grants,
and a Collaborative Grant, as well as a mapping project to identify
archives and collections related to China studies around the world. Additional
long-term fellowships are made possible in part by the National
Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
In 2024, the program will support 25 fellows and grantees
representing a diverse range of institutions and disciplines,
including anthropology, film and media studies, gender and
sexuality studies, history, literature, and sociology.
- Fourteen Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships in China Studies support emerging scholars whose
research focuses on China's
societies, histories, cultures, geopolitics, art, and global
impact. This year's awards include eight long-term fellowships of
up to $45,000, which allow recent
PhDs to take leave from university responsibilities for research
and writing toward a scholarly text, and six flexible fellowships
of $15,000, which enable scholars
with heavy teaching and service responsibilities to advance their
projects.
"ACLS and the Henry Luce Foundation have partnered to advance
the understanding of China for 40
years," said Deena Ragavan, ACLS
Director of International Programs. "We are excited to continue our
re-envisioned Program in China
Studies, which prioritizes supporting a wide diversity of scholars,
institutions, and research topics and improving public
understanding of Chinese cultures, histories, and societies. ACLS
is proud to support these outstanding 2024 Early Career Fellows and
Travel Grantees, whose research will help provide a critical,
nuanced understanding of China's
past and present."
Applications are currently open for the 2024 Luce/ACLS
Collaborative Grant in China
Studies, which will award up to $150,000 for innovative pilot activities that
initiate long-term transformative change in the field of
China studies. Final proposals are
due June 13, 2024, and the winner
will be announced later this year.
Formed a century ago, the American Council of Learned Societies
(ACLS) is a nonprofit federation of 80 scholarly organizations. As
the leading representative of American scholarship in the
humanities and interpretive social sciences, ACLS upholds the core
principle that knowledge is a public good. In supporting its member
organizations, ACLS utilizes its million endowment and $37 million annual operating budget to expand the
forms, content, and flow of scholarly knowledge, reflecting our
commitment to diversity of identity and experience. ACLS
collaborates with institutions, associations, and individuals to
strengthen the evolving infrastructure for scholarship. In all
aspects of our work, ACLS is committed to principles and practices
in support of racial and social justice.
The Henry Luce Foundation seeks to deepen knowledge and
understanding in pursuit of a more democratic and just world. It
does so by nurturing knowledge communities and institutions,
fostering dialogue across divides, enriching public discourse,
amplifying diverse voices, and investing in leadership
development.
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an
independent federal agency created in 1965. It is one of the
largest funders of humanities programs in the United States. Because democracy demands
wisdom, NEH serves and strengthens our republic by promoting
excellence in the humanities and conveying the lessons of history
to all Americans. The Endowment accomplishes this mission by
awarding grants for top-rated proposals examined by panels of
independent, external reviewers. Any views, findings, conclusions,
or recommendations expressed in this announcement, do not
necessarily represent those of the National Endowment of for the
Humanities.
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