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History

On a tour of the Ministry of Education in June 1979, Sun Yun-hsuan, Premier of the Executive Yuan, stated that one of the focal points of his administration would be to promote Chinese studies and strengthen services for Sinologists, both local and foreign. During the National Construction Conference that same year, a proposal was made for the establishment of a Chinese studies information center, and a directive issued for the Ministry of Education to assist in the drafting of a Chinese studies plan.

During the following year, the Ministry of Education placed the project for establishing a Chinese studies center in the hands of the National Central Library. A steering committee composed of scholars and experts was formed in June 1981, and the formal planning process commenced. During a meeting on September 30 of the same year, the steering committee announced the establishment of the Chinese Studies Information and Services Center. The Center's research capabilities were subsequently enhanced, and its name was changed to the Center for Chinese Studies in November 1987.

Up to the present, the Center for Chinese Studies has made a number of important achievements, including establishing a collection of Chinese studies research materials, providing reader services, creating a database of prominent Sinologists, setting up a research grant program for foreign scholars, publishing Chinese studies works and periodicals, holding international academic conferences and participation in overseas book shows. Through these activities, the Center has established a sound foundation for research in the Chinese humanities and international exchange in the Chinese studies field.





1980

The Ministry of Education directs the National Central Library to undertake establishment of a center for Chinese studies.

06/81

A steering committee of scholars and experts is established to undertake the planning process. Professor Wang Chen-hu, head of the National Central Library, is chosen to serve as director of both the steering committee and Chinese studies center. Mr. Su Ching is made head of the center's Liaison Division

09/81

At its first meeting, the steering committee announces the establishment of the Chinese Studies Information and Services Center.

01/82

Mr. Liu Hsien-shu is made head of the Center's Materials Division, a position he has served in up until November 2001.
The quarterly Newsletter for Research in Chinese Studies goes into publication.

04/83

The annual Selected Bibliography of Chinese Studies in Taiwan goes into publication.

06/83

The semiannual Chinese Studies goes into publication.

02/84

The quarterly Current Contents of Foreign Periodicals in Chinese Studies goes into publication.

12/84

The Center hosts the International Symposium on Chinese Intellectual History. Fifteen papers are presented.

04/85

The Center hosts the International Conference on Chinese Local Gazetteers. Twenty-nine papers are presented.

08/86

The Center hosts the International Conference on Tun-huang Studies. Thirty-one papers are presented.

08/87

The Center hosts the International Conference on Ming Drama and Fiction. Thirty-six papers are presented.

11/87

The Center's research capabilities are expanded, and its name is changed to the Center for Chinese Studies.

03/88

Mr. Cheng Heng-hsiung takes over as head of the Center's Liaison Division.

11/88

The Center hosts the International Conference on Resources for Chinese Studies. Forty papers are presented.

07/89

The Research Grant Program to Assist Foreign Scholars in Chinese Studies is established.

08/89

Dr. Yang Chung-sen, head of the National Central Library, takes over as director of the Center.

09/89

The Center hosts the International Conference on Chinese Folk Literature. Forty papers are presented.

07/90

The Center hosts the 2nd International Conference on Tun-huang Studies. Thirty-seven papers are presented.

10/90

Ms. Ku Jui-lan takes over as head of the Center's Liaison Division.

05/91

The Center hosts the International Conference on Values in Chinese Societies: Retrospect and Prospect. Thirty-seven papers are presented.

05/92

Dr. Tseng Chi-chun, head of the National Central Library, takes over as director of the Center.

04/93

The Center hosts the International Conference on Popular Beliefs and Chinese Culture. Twenty-nine papers are presented.

06/93

Ms. Ruth Lin Chu takes over as head of the Center's Liaison Division.

03/94

The Center hosts the Conference on Temples and Popular Culture. Twenty-nine papers are presented.

04/95

The Center hosts the Conference on Chinese Myth and Legend. Thirty-four papers are presented.

04/96

The Center hosts the Cross-Straits Conference on the Collation of Ancient Books. Forty-seven papers are presented.

04/98

Dr. Juang Fang-rung, head of the National Central Library, takes over as director of the Center. 
The Center hosts the Conference on the Chinese Family and Its Ethics. Twenty-three papers are presented.

06/98

Mr. Cheng Heng-hsiung, head of the National Central Library Cataloguing Department, is made vice director of the Center.

07/98

Ms. Keng Li-chun takes over as acting head of the Center's Liaison Division.

11/98

The Center hosts the International Conference on Jin Yong's Novels. Twenty-seven papers are presented.

05/99

On behalf of the Council for Cultural Affairs the Center hosts the International Conference on Society, Ethnicity and Cultural Performance. Twenty-five papers are presented.

09/99 

Mr. Cheng Heng-hsiung, head of the National Central Library Cataloguing Department and vice director of the Center, retires. 

01/00 

The Center hosts the Conference on the Creativity of Linguistics in Taiwan. Twenty papers are presented. 

04/00 

The Center hosts the Conference on Ming Literati Collections and Ming Studies. Forty-two papers are presented.

07/00 

Our journal Chinese Studies receives the 2000 Outstanding Domestic Academic Journal Award from the National Science Council, ROC.

11/00 

The Center hosts the Conference on Zhuzi Studies and East Asian Culture. Twenty-six papers are presented. 

03/01 

Together with the Chinese Literature Departments of National Taiwan University and National Tsing Hua University, the Center co-hosts the International Conference of Chinese Studies in Japan. Eighteen papers are presented.

04/01 

The Center hosts the Third Cross-Straits Conference on the Collation of Ancient Books. Forty papers are presented.

07/01 

Our journal Chinese Studies receives the 2001 Superior Domestic Academic Journal Award from the National Science Council, ROC.

08/01 

The Center hosts Concealing to Reveal: An International Conference on "the Private" and "Sentiment" in Chinese History and Culture. Twenty-five papers are presented.

09/01 

Ms. Ruth Lin Chu, head of the Liaison Division, retires.

11/01 

Professor Liu Hsien-shu is appointed head of the Liaison Division, with National Central Library's Complier Chang Chin-lang to be head of the Center's Materials Division.

07/02

Professor Chang Chin-lang, head of the Center’s Materials Division, retires.

09/02

Professor Lu Chin-tang is appointed head of the Center’s Materials Division.

09/02

Our journal Chinese Studies receives the 2002 Superior Domestic Academic Journal Award from the National Science Council, ROC.

10/02

The Center hosts the Conference on Local Documents. Thirty-three papers are presented.

02/03

Mr. Chin Tong-tai, a member of the editorial staff, retires.

05/03

Testing for the Center for Chinese Studies Collection Database begins in May and the database goes on-line in June.

10/03

Our journal Chinese Studies receives the 2003 Superior Domestic Academic Journal Award from the National Science Council, ROC.

02/04

Professor Liu Hsien-shu, head of the Liaison Division, retires.

02/04

Ms. Keng Li-chun is appointed head of the Liaison Division.

04/04

The Center, together with the Academia Sinica’s Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy and the National Taiwan University’s College of Liberal Arts, co-sponsors the International Conference on Tan Xianzu and the Peony Pavilion. Twenty-nine papers are presented.

11/04

The Center, together with the Fu-Jen Catholic University, co-sponsors the Conference Detour and Access: Sinology as New Hermeneutics for the Est (Europe) – French Contribution. Seven papers are presented.

11/04

Our journal Chinese Studies receives the 2004 Superior Domestic Academic Journal Award from the National Science Council, ROC.

12/04

The Center hosts the International Conference on Sinology Resources in the Digital Era. Twenty-six papers are presented

05/05

“2005 International Arts of Opera Convention,” hosted in conjunction with the National Taiwan Drama Institute and Bai Lusi Foundation. 17 papers presented.

06/05

“Literature and Aesthetics International Conference – Ku-lung and His Martial Novels,” hosted in conjunction with Chinese department of Tamkang University. 20 papers presented.

09/05

International Conference on ‘Chineseness’ and “Europeanness’ in East Asian Perspective,” hosted in conjunction with National Taiwan University’s East Asian Civilization Center and East Asian Languages & Literature Department of Rutgers University. 13 papers presented.

11/05

“Das dritte Symposium der katholischen Fu Jen Universitaet: Personnen- und Individuumsbegriff in China und im Westen – Der Beitrag der Sinologischen Bonner Schule um Professor Rolf Trauzettel,” hosted in conjunction with Fu Jen Catholic University’s Monumenta Serica Institute and German department. 9 papers presented.

 

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