| Ming
Court Culture Conference |
The
first official event sponsored by the Geiss Foundation, this
conference was held on 12-13 June 2003 and generously co-sponsored
by the Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton University.
This important conference of professional Ming scholars focused
on defining and exploring the diverse subjects that comprised
Court Culture during the Ming. Proceedings from this
Conference are now being compiled for publication.
Jim
Geiss organized one of the first major Ming conferences in
the early 1980s as part of preparations for compiling volumes
7 and 8 of the Cambridge History of China. Read
more at this link:
Ming
Court Culture Conference 2003. |
| Individual
Project Grants |
Geiss Foundation was pleased to grant $5000.- to Ina Asim
at the University of Oregon for her project on Genre
Paintings of Chinese Cityscapes, Digitization of Chinese Painting
Scrolls on an 3Educational CD. Between
2005 - 2007, we intend to offer more Individual Project Grants
of between $2,500.- to $10,000.- for innovative research studies
related to the Ming. See link for
Geiss
Fellowships and Grants and
Application
Form or email us with your project. |
| Reading
Advanced Classical Chinese Texts from the Ming |
Professor David Robinson recalled that many years ago, Jim
Geiss suggested holding an advanced classical Chinese seminar
to study different texts from the Ming. To explore in
depth any aspect of Ming history, one needs specialized language
skills to read the enormous variety and number of primary
materials available today. Unfortunately, advanced academic
classes with experienced teachers are hard to find.
To
this end, we will offer to a small group a four-week seminar
in reading and glossing advanced classical Chinese wenyan
texts from the Ming by Professors Nai-Ying 
and Hai-Tao Tang, lecturers emeritus from Princeton University.
We are privileged and honored that both Ms
and Mr Tang have agreed to come out of retirement to teach
this one last class. We consider them to be among best, if
not the best teachers of classical Chinese texts.
Once again, the Department of East Asian Studies at Princeton
University has generously agreed to co-sponsor this seminar
by providing classrooms, dormitory and meal facilities to
students. Current plans call for this seminar to be
held at Frist Hall, Princeton University from 15 June to 14
July 2005. Read more at this link:
Advanced
Seminar in Classical Ming Readings. |
| High
School Outreach Programs |
If
their interest can be piqued in high school, long before embarking
on that long, serious path of college and graduate studies,
we think young minds can and will add fresh ideas to Ming
studies in general. If many turn to electrical engineering
or become civil servants and have nothing whatever to do with
the Ming dynasty, we think any exposure, however brief, will
have positive value in the future endeavors of these students. |
| Pear
Publications, Inc.
A Geiss Foundation Affiliate |
The
Geiss Foundation wants to sponsor publications about Ming
and Chinese studies. We will provide funding to publish
the Proceedings of the Ming Court Culture Conference, now
being collated and edited.
Pear
Publications, a limited liability company of the Geiss Foundation,
will first publish Selected Readings in Ming Dynasty Documents.
See details at
Selected
Ming Reading.
Other books planned for research and publication include illustrated
books about Ming history that can bring a visual dimension
to the discipline. One publication project in this direction
is a pictorial history of the emperors of the Ming dynasty,
using court portraits of Ming emperors made during their reigns.
See
An Illustrated History of Ming Dynasty Emperors.
Other
future publication projects under consideration include:
Chinese Courtesans and Prostitutes and Ming Structures in
Beijing (working titles).
We
welcome all constructive suggestions and comments. |
