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Press release
July 28, 2026
Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies Opens 2026-27 Fellowship and Grant Competitions
ACLS invites applications for Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships and Travel Grants in China Studies.
Stories
April 7, 2026
ACLS Convenes Scholars and East Asia National Resource Centers at 2026 Association for Asian Studies Conference
ACLS brought together community members at the AAS Annual Conference in Vancouver.
Press release
February 10, 2026
ACLS Opens Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies Competition
Grant of Up to $120,000 Will Support Collaborative Project that Addresses Critical Challenges in the Field of China Studies
Press release
October 1, 2025
ACLS Awards 2025 Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies to Digital Archive of Settler Colonial Violence in Xinjiang
Grant will fund development of digital platform documenting settler colonialism in Uyghur and Kazakh homelands through primary sources and testimony
Press release
July 8, 2025
ACLS Announces 2025-26 Fellowship and Grant Competitions
ACLS offers programs that promote research across all fields of the humanities and social sciences.  
Press release
April 22, 2025
ACLS Names 2025 Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies Fellows and Grantees
$525,000 awarded to 30 emerging scholars and graduate students to support research, writing, and travel in China studies
Stories
April 8, 2025
ACLS Joins Association for Asian Studies 2025 Annual Meeting
ACLS hosted receptions for fellows and alumni of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies and Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies.
Monthly Community Message
March 12, 2025
ACLS Community Message for March 2025
ACLS Special Projects Researcher JM Chris Chang shares challenges facing the field of China Studies, and how the Luce/ACLS Digital Mapping Project is developing resources for scholars.
Press release
February 13, 2025
ACLS Opens Second Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies Competition
Grant of up to $150,000 will allow collaborative group to design and pilot strategies to address challenges and advance positive change in field of China studies
Press release
January 28, 2025
ACLS Expands Access to China Studies Resources and Data through New Website
China Studies Digital Archives Mapping Project introduces depository of open databases as part of Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies
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