Joint HYI-NUS Doctoral Scholarship Program Professor Linda Grove Consultant Harvard-Yenching Institute

2 Within HYI’s remit, focusing on East and Southeast Asian Studies (interdisciplinary / disciplinary approach) Areas of Study

Candidates’ fields of research in the humanities and social sciences to be considered: Anthropology Archaeology History (including Art History, Economic History, and Legal History) Linguistics Literature Philosophy Politics Study of Religion Sociology 3

At NUS, fields of research to be considered: Disciplinary (Humanities / Social Science / Cultural Studies in Asia), or Area studies (Chinese Studies, Malay Studies, Japanese Studies, South Asian Studies & Southeast Asian Studies) 4 Areas of Study

5 Be from HYI partner institutions Enrol for NUS PhD Participate in academic events organized by HYI and/or NUS Candidates must:

6 Funding up to 4 years altogether 2 ½ - 3 years in NUS ½ years in the United States Funded by HYI Use of resources at the host university (chance to be assigned a mentor) Funding

7 Selections take place between June and December Application to each institution separately (HYI Deadline: September 30 NUS Deadline: November 1) Joint offers announced in late January / early February Selection & Offer

8 At NUS: a supervisor assigned at the end of the 1 st semester at the very latest Program of study, in consultation with HYI Evaluation by both institutions Candidature & Continuation

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11 Origins Harvard-Yenching Institute founded in 1928, funded by the estate of Charles M. Hall, inventor of the process for refining aluminum and founder of ALCOA

Mission Charles M. Hall’s vision: to promote the study of liberal arts in Asia and to support the development of higher education in Asia China focused programs to 1949 Expansion to other countries in Asia after 1949 Since 1950: More than 1000 faculty from Asia have received fellowships and more than 300 doctoral students from Asia have received their degrees with HYI support

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Directors Current director, Dr. Elizabeth Perry, well- known expert on 20 th century Chinese politics, popular protest in China; President of the Association of Asian Studies in 2007

Activities of HYI Creating a community of scholars Seminars Presentations by fellows and visiting scholars Workshops Training Programs

HYI Scholars and Fellows

HYI Programs Joint NUS-HYI Doctoral Fellowship Scholarship Visiting Scholars Program: for partner universities in Asia (11 month research grants at HYI in Cambridge) Visiting Fellows Program: for advanced graduate students from Asian Partners to conduct dissertation research at HYI for 18 months

Other HYI programs HYI and Regional Studies—East Asia ◦ Open to students from Asian countries who are accepted into the Regional Studies East Asia Master’s Program at Harvard University. Candidates apply to the RSEA program, and if accepted may be nominated for the HYI sponsored scholarship which provides 2 years of support for MA and an additional 1.5 years of support if admitted to Ph.D. course

Partners in Southeast Asia National University of Singapore Cambodia: ◦ Pannasastra University ◦ Royal Academy of Cambodia ◦ Royal University of Fine Arts ◦ Royal University of Phnom Penh

Partners in Southeast Asia Thailand ◦ Chiang Mai University ◦ Chulalongkorn University ◦ Thammasat University Vietnam ◦ Southern Institute of Sustainable Development ◦ University of Social Sciences - Ho Chi Minh City ◦ Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences – Hanoi ◦ Vietnam National University - Hanoi

Other Asian Partners China: 19 Universities and Research Institutes Hong Kong: 2 Universities Japan: 11 Universities Korea: 12 Universities Taiwan: 3 Universities

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