The Harvard-Yenching Institute (HYI) and NYU Shanghai’s Center for Global Asia run this training workshop on South Asian studies in the humanities and social sciences. The 2026 edition is at NYU Shanghai on November 26–28; the previous one, as the Indian Studies in China Workshop, was held there in November 2025.
Up to 20 doctoral students and assistant professors are selected. Attending is required before applying for HYI’s one-year South Asian studies fellowship at Harvard for 2027–28.
Benefits & funding
- No registration fee.
- Round-trip travel, accommodation and meals provided for selected participants.
- Two and a half days of training at NYU Shanghai.
- Afterwards, participants may apply for HYI’s 2027–28 fellowship, a one-year research stay; HYI plans to select 2.
Eligibility
- PRC citizens only.
- Currently affiliated with a university or research institution in mainland China.
- Doctoral students, or junior faculty at assistant-professor level; faculty must have received their doctorate in 2019 or later.
- Working on South Asian studies in a humanities or social-science discipline.
- Able to present research in English, orally and in writing.
- No age limit; the call seeks early-career scholars doing academic rather than applied or policy research.
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“Applicants must be currently affiliated with a university or research institution in mainland China. … Applicants who are faculty members should have received their doctorate within the past 7 years (2019 and after).” Eligibility
Eligible nationalities
China
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Application process
- 1Prepare, in English, the application form, CV, a research proposal (up to 3 double-spaced pages plus 1 bibliography page) and a writing sample.
- 2Email them to southasia.workshop.cga@gmail.com by August 1, 2026.
- 3Have 2 recommendation letters sent directly to the same address, separately from the package.
- 4Results are announced by September 1, 2026.
Program timeline
Call published
May 15, 2026
Application deadline
August 1, 2026
Results announced
September 1, 2026
Workshop at NYU Shanghai
November 26–28, 2026