Professor Li Fang-Kuei
(1902-1987)
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- On the Works of the Late Professor Li Fang-Kuei
- Seminal Works of Professor Li Fang-Kuei
- About Professor Li Fang-Kuei
- To His Memory
Message from the President of
Li Fang-Kuei Society of Chinese Linguistics
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
On October 1, 2003 the Li Fang-Kuei Society for Chinese Linguistics was founded
with the primary goal of promoting and advancing academic and scholarly activities
in the areas of Chinese descriptive, comparative, and historical dialectology
in particular, and in Chinese historical linguistics and Sino-Tibetan linguistics
in general. In pursuit of this goal, the Society’s planned activities include
supporting (1) research subsidies for scholars and students in Chinese linguistics,
including grants in support of linguistic field work and travel
grants for graduate students wishing to attend conferences connected with the
field; (2) scholarships for graduate students and postdoctoral fellowships
for young scholars in Chinese linguistics; (3) interchange of scholarly ideas
in a global context through seminars, workshops and co-operation among various
international research institutions; (4) the institution of a visiting scholar’s
program; and (5) dissemination of research results through publications,
in particular through a new journal entitled the Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics.
The Society is a non-profit corporation whose financial foundation rests on
contributions from scholars and interested parties such as yourself, who
wish to honor the memory of Professor Li Fang-kuei by promoting the work and
activities outlined above. To this end, speaking on behalf of the directors
of the Society, I invite you to consider supporting
our common scholarly and academic endeavors through whatever financial contributions
you feel able to make, and also by contributing the fruits of your current
research to the Bulletin
of Chinese Linguisitics. We also invite you to familiarize yourself
with the various grant programs and other sources of financial support offered
by the Society, and to apply for any of them which
you deem appropriate in your individual cases.
On behalf of all of us working for the promotion of the Society and its goals,
and with hopes of hearing from you whenever you feel able to contact us, I
remain
Very truly yours,
W. South Coblin
President, 2008-2014