James P. Geiss & Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation

10/09/2026

It's officially spooky season! 👻 Why not add some (GHF-supported) tales with supernatural elements to your October reading list?
Here's a few:
https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295748351/the-lady-of-linshui-pacifies-demons/
https://cup.columbia.edu/book/more-swindles-from-the-late-ming/9780231212458/
https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295742137/slapping-the-table-in-amazement/

09/25/2026

Time is running out to apply for a Geiss Hsu Fellowship at the National Humanities Center. Submit your application by Oct. 1!

The National Humanities Center provides scholars with an environment and resources conducive to generating new knowledge and furthering understanding of the human experience.

09/18/2026

The GHF-supported exhibition "China Institute Gallery at 60" is on view through January 3, 2027 at China Institute of America in New York City! Find out more here: https://chinainstitute.org/gallery-exhibitions/current-exhibition/

09/11/2026

Twenty-eight scholarly publications about the Ming Dynasty and adjacent periods and territories are now freely-available as part of the University of Washington Press Geiss Hsu Foundation Open Access Books Collection! Start reading at: https://uw.manifoldapp.org/projects/project-collection/uwp-ghf-oa?collectionOrder=uwp-ghf-oa&page=1

09/04/2026

It's Labor Day weekend! In celebration, here are some GHF-funded publications and projects about labor in the Ming Dynasty.

09/01/2026

Apply to the National Humanities Center by Oct. 1 for the GHF-supported fellowship opportunity! Learn more at: https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/research-fellowships-programs/ .

08/29/2026

APPLY TODAY! The next round of GHF applications are due by September 1.

08/28/2026

An award from GHF supported "Boundaries and Bodhisattvas." Get your copy from University of Washington Press at https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295754734/boundaries-and-bodhisattvas/ .

08/21/2026

Do you have a Ming dynasty project in the works? Apply for funding by Sept. 1!

Pictured below: Participants at the Uncovering Traces of Ming Occupations with Sociological Theory (UTMOST) Workshop. Learn more about this GHF-funded project here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ghcc/research/utmost/ .

08/15/2026

🎭The GHF-funded special issue of CHINOPERL: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, "Emotion, Entertainment, and History in Chinese Drama and Song," is now available at https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/57388 🗣