The Department of Modern and Classical Languages is proud to announce that Dr Peiyu Yang has been awarded a 2025 Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowship in China Studies. Part of the Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies, the fellowships award recent PhDs without tenure up to $45,000 to carry out research and writing towards a scholarly product. Dr. Yang has been recognized as one of eight exceptional emerging scholars to receive a long-term fellowship for research on China’s societies, histories, cultures, geopolitics, art, and global impact. Yang’s project explores Arab-China solidarity-building from 1949-1969. She uses a bilateral approach to analyze multilingual sources produced in both China and the Arab world, focusing on how state-sponsored and unofficial texts in Arabic, Chinese, and European languages framed the Sino-Arab relationship. “This year’s Early Career Fellows and Travel Grantees reflect the continued dynamism of the China studies field at a critical juncture,” said Deena Ragavan, ACLS Director of International Programs. “In this moment, we need researchers who can connect scholarship on Chinese cultures, histories, and societies to contemporary issues facing society. The innovative approaches of these talented scholars enhance our understanding of China by challenging entrenched assumptions.” "The Henry Luce Foundation shares in the excitement of ACLS in announcing this year's outstanding awardees,” said Yuting Li, Program Director for Asia at the Foundation. “We believe that the Luce/ACLS Program in China Studies will continue to preserve and strengthen the academic infrastructure that supports a nuanced, multidimensional perspective on China." The 2025 Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellows in China Studies will participate in a professional development workshop on engaged scholarship led by Lindsay Krasnoff. This workshop will help fellows develop skills for communicating their research to broader audiences through public writing, digital media, and speaking engagements. Now in its second year, the workshop aims to extend the impact of scholarship on China and enrich public understanding of China and its global role. This program is made possible by a major grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and is administered by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the leading representative of American scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Official ACLS announcement: https://www.acls.org/news/acls-names-2025-luce-acls-program-in-china-studies-fellows-and-grantees/
April 30, 2025