Grants for Creative and Scholarly Activities Related to China’s Arts and Cultures
The Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan invites UM faculty, professional staff, and graduate students to submit applications for funding for creative and/or scholarly projects that promote the understanding of China’s arts and cultures on campus. Awarded on a competitive basis, the grants are designed to provide support for personnel expenses (including fees for performers, translators, and interpreters), lodging, and expendable supplies required for the completion/performance of projects proposed. Applications from all academic disciplines, and from individuals as well as collaborative teams are welcome! Projects that involve/reach substantial numbers of U-M faculty, professional staff and students are particularly welcome.
Winter 2011 Grantees
Markus Nornes, Professor of Film Studies: Film Screenings of Chinese Movie Series
Marty Powers, Sally Michelson Davidson Professor of Chinese Arts and Cultures: Comparative Ekphrasis
Bright Sheng, Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor of Music: Two CD Recordings of ‘Music of Bright Sheng’
Carla Sinopoli, Curator of Asian Archaeology and Director, Museum of Anthropology: Virtual Exhibition on the Chinese Government Gift Collection
Winter 2010 Grantees
Shuming Bao, Director, U-M China Data Center: “The Virtual Environment and Arts in Time and Space – 拙政园之時空电子虚拟图象”
Jason Geary, Associate Professor of Musicology, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance: “Childhood and Memory in the Music of Robert Schumann (Lecture proposed for the Shanghai Conservatory of Music) - 舒曼作品中童儿记忆”
Mary Ann Ray, Professor, U-M Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning: “Towards 21st Century Ruralopolitanism: Beijing’s Urban and Rural Villages - 21 世纪北京之城市与乡村”
Edward W. Sarath, Professor of Music, U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance: “Improvisation and Cross-Cultural Creativity – 跨文化之即兴创作”
Ruth Slavin, Director of Education, U-M Museum of Art, with Professor Xiaobing Tang, Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Languages and Cultures: “Multiple Impressions: Contemporary Chinese Woodblock Prints - 现代中国木刻版面”
Ming-Hsiu Yen, Doctoral Candidate, School of Music, Theatre & Dance: "The Song of Live" for soprano, baritone, chamber orchestra, and chamber choir – 生命之歌，音乐创作”
Markus Nornes, Professor of Film Studies: “Independent Chinese Documentary and Its Contexts, The Calligraphic in Chinese Cinema - 中国电影中的书法”
Endi E. Poskovic, Associate Professor of Art and Design, U-M School of Art and Design: “New Trends in Contemporary Chinese Graphic Arts - 现代中国版面之新趋势”
David Porter, Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, Department of English Language & Literature, LS&A: "Chinese Poetry Project – 中国诗歌计划"
