Yale Bulletin and Calendar

July 19-August 23, 1999

Volume 27, Number 35

Support renewed for Yale-China's
summer institutes

The Henry Luce Foundation of New York City has renewed its support of the annual Yale-China Summer Institute in American Studies for East Asian Scholars with a three-year grant of $270,000.

Henry Luce III, chair and chief executive officer of the Luce Foundation, said: "Yale-China's experience and vision give it the necessary expertise to administer this kind of program, and the association's collaboration with Yale's American studies program and access to all of the resources Yale has to offer, make this program the best of its kind in this important field."

Yale-China has run month-long summer institutes for junior faculty and graduate students from Asia for the past four summers, and accumulated nearly 100 alumni representing virtually every country in East Asia. The program has also received support from the United States Information Agency.

Each summer the institute is organized around a theme; this year's will be "Race and Ethnicity in America." The program will feature two seminars -- one on the Native American experience by Jace Weaver, associate professor of religious studies and American studies, and one on immigration into the United states by Stephen Pitti, assistant professor of history and American studies.

"We are delighted to be able to continue this program which has already touched the lives of so many, and has the potential to solidify a new community of scholars devoted to the study of the United States across East Asia," says Nancy Chapman, Yale-China's executive director. "It has proven to be a marvelous vehicle for linking Yale's rich intellectual resources in this field with some of East Asia's most talented and inquisitive scholars."

This year's American Studies Summer Institute run July 4-31.

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Artistic transgressions applauded in Yale Art Gallery show
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Dwight Hall internships provide opportunity for public service
Accomplished high school students will attend Yale as Sterling Scholars
Alumni honored for their success as scholar-athletes
Support renewed for Yale-China's summer institutes
Links between environment, economy explored in new books
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