About the Harvard-Yenching Institute
Our mission
The Institute is an independent foundation dedicated to advancing higher education in Asia in the humanities and social sciences, with special attention to the study of Asian culture.
About the Institute
The Institute offers fellowship programs to faculty members and doctoral students at leading East, Southeast, and South Asian universities in all fields of the humanities and social sciences.
The Institute also supports several publication series at Harvard and in Asia, publishes a book review series and working paper series, and provides support for the Harvard-Yenching Library as well as other research initiatives.
Facts & Figures
60+
Partner Institutions across Asia
1928
Year founded
1.9k+
Fellowships granted to faculty and grad students in Asia
Our People
"To date nearly 1200 faculty and over 600 graduate students from Asia have received Institute fellowships, including over 400 doctoral and M.A. students who have received their degrees with Institute support."
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Alumni Spotlight
Yamagata University
Visiting Fellow, 2012 - 2013
Yu-chi Chang was a PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Japan. She obtained her BA in Anthropology from National Taiwan University in 2006. She obtained her MA from the Graduate Institute of Sports & Leisure Management, National Taiwan Normal University in 2008. Her research interests include ethnic dance and socio-cultural aspects of health and the female body. Her doctoral dissertation focuses on the localization of belly dance in Taiwan. She explores how Confucian values influence the belly dancing experience of Taiwanese women. Furthermore, she aims... Read More
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Partners in Asia
The Harvard-Yenching Institute currently enjoys partnerships with more than sixty universities and research centers in mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and India.