The T’ang Studies Society is happy to announce that it will sponsor one or more deserving panels on topics related to the study of the Tang dynasty at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio, March 13-16, 2025. The sponsorship includes small subventions for individual panelists. 

General Requirements and Preferences:

·      The subventions are intended to defray some costs of presenting research at the AAS Annual Meeting, including travel and registration expenses. Funding is determined during the review process. Scholars and graduate students at any stages of their careers are eligible. 

·      Panels are eligible if they have been accepted for the AAS program and involve the Sui, Tang, or Five Dynasties period (589—959 C.E.), as well as Tang in a global context, tracing cultural and political connections to Korea, Japan, Central Asia, and beyond.

·      The panel organizer should notify AAS of TSS sponsorship using the online Session Sponsor form by February 15, 2025 for inclusion in the online conference program.

·      The panel chair should announce TSS sponsorship at the start of the session.

·      Papers intended for future submission to the Tang Studies journal will receive priority.

Eligibility:

·      All participants in the panel (chair, panelists, and discussant) must be T’ang Studies Society members at the time of application submission. Information on membership can be found on the Society’s website: www.tangstudies.org/Membership.

·      Recipients of other T’ang Studies Society grants in the same funding cycle are eligible to participate in applications for panel sponsorships and receive subventions.

·      T’ang Studies Society officers and board members are eligible to participate in applications for panel sponsorships, but must be recused from the selection process, and are not eligible for subventions.

Application Deadline: November 15, 2024. Recipients will be notified by December 15, 2024.

Application Process:

Applicants must submit the following: 

·      A panel abstract of no more than 200 words describing the themes of the panel and its relevance to the Tang Dynasty;

·      An abstract of no more than 200 words for each paper; 

·      A copy of the letter from AAS acknowledging acceptance of the panel;

·      Brief C.V.s for all participants; 

·      Statements describing what funding support, if any, applicants expect to receive from other sources (including from their home institutions). 

The application should be emailed as a single pdf file to apply@tangstudies.org.