NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

• May 5, 2026

  American Council of Learned Societies Announces 2026 Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships and Travel Grants in China Studies $405,000 Awarded to 24 Emerging Scholars to Advance China Studies through Research, Writing, and Fieldwork.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.