<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Jason Weems</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:jweems@ucr.edu">jweems@ucr.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM<br>Subject: Fwd: 2026 Blakemore Kingfisher Art History Language Fellowships<br>To: Iselda Salgado <<a href="mailto:iselda.salgado@ucr.edu">iselda.salgado@ucr.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="line-break:after-white-space">Please share with the grad students. Thanks! Jason<div><br><div><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Blakemore Foundation <<a href="mailto:contactus@blakemorefoundation.org" target="_blank">contactus@blakemorefoundation.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>2026 Blakemore Kingfisher Art History Language Fellowships</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">October 9, 2025 at 9:44:55 AM PDT<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:yongc@ucr.edu" target="_blank">yongc@ucr.edu</a>, <a href="mailto:jweems@ucr.edu" target="_blank">jweems@ucr.edu</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:arthistory@ucr.edu" target="_blank">arthistory@ucr.edu</a><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br><font size="2"><br>To: </font>Professor Yong Cho, Undergraduate Advisor, Dept. of the History of Art<font size="2"><br></font></div><div> Professor Jason Weems, Graduate Advisor, Dept. of the History of Art</div><b style="color:rgb(39,78,19)"></b><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">The Blakemore Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2026 Blakemore Kingfisher Art History Language Fellowships for nine to twelve months of intensive language study of Chinese or Korean in East Asia during the 2026/2027 academic year. We would appreciate your sharing this opportunity with your students and other potential applicants.<br><br>These grants are open to citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada, and to foreign nationals studying in colleges or universities in the United States or Canada, who have a well-demonstrated intent to study the pre-20th century history of Chinese or Korean art at the doctoral level. By the start of their grant, candidates must have received a bachelor's degree and have completed (at minimum) two year's formal study of the language in rigorous college-level language programs. <br><br>The grants will provide a stipend for living, travel and study expenses and full tuition for study at:<br>● International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan<br>● Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China<br>● Seoul National University, Sogang University, or the Inter-University Center for Korean Language Studies at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea<br><br>Applications for the 2026 fellowships are open at <a href="https://blakemorefoundation.communityforce.com/" target="_blank">https://blakemorefoundation.communityforce.com</a>, with a deadline of December 30, 2025. Candidates from underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to apply.<br><br>More detailed information on the Blakemore Kingfisher Fellowships is available on our website, and candidates are welcome to contact us directly by email or phone with any questions or concerns.<br><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><b><br></b></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><b>David K.Y. Tang, Trustee<br></b></font></span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2">Blakemore Foundation<br> </font></span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2">P.O. Box 50347 </font></span>
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