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Joint HYI-NUS Doctoral Scholarship Program Professor Linda Grove Consultant

Joint HYI-NUS Doctoral Scholarship Program Professor Linda Grove Consultant Harvard-Yenching Institute. Areas of Study. Within HYI’s remit, focusing on East and Southeast Asian Studies (interdisciplinary / disciplinary approach).

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Joint HYI-NUS Doctoral Scholarship Program Professor Linda Grove Consultant

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

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

  3. 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

  4. Areas of Study 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)

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

  6. Funding • Funding up to 4 years altogether • 2 ½ - 3 years in NUS • 1 - 1 ½ years in the United States • Funded by HYI • Use of resources at the host university (chance to be assigned a mentor)

  7. Selection & Offer • 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

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

  9. Please visit us at:http://www.harvard-yenching.org/and http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/graduate/

  10. A glimpse into Harvard-Yenching Institute

  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

  12. 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

  13. Harvard-Yenching Library

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

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

  16. HYI Scholars and Fellows

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

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

  22. For more information please visit the HYI home page http://www.harvard-yenching.org/

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