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organize a Biannual Workshop on ERCCT Contemporary Taiwan. Twenty-five young and
senior scholars from Europe and Taiwan will be invited to participate.
(2) Continued Support for the European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS)
In 2000, Professor Robert Ash of the University of London created the Taiwan Research
Centre, focusing on contemporary Taiwan. The Centre’s activities extend to important
areas of research, a co-teaching program, publishing, regular seminars and other related
activities, in order to attract students from around the world. In 2006, the Centre set up the
first Taiwan Studies master’s program, which has been carried out very smoothly. With the
support of the CCK Foundation, Professor Ash set up the European Association of Taiwan
Studies (EATS) in 2004. Its first secretariat was located in the SOAS Taiwan Research
Centre.
Conference conducted by the ERCCT and sponsored by the Foundation
Two Publication Subsidies were awarded to Professor Dennitza Gabrakova of the City University
of Hong Kong for her book Weed Dreams: Home and Hope in Modern Japan, and
the Chinese edition of Brush and Shutter: Early Photography in China, by the Hong Kong
University Press.
4. Special Projects
(1) Continued Support for Tuebingen University to Establish the European Research Center
on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT)
Tuebingen University established a Chair of Greater China Studies in 2003, with a focus
on both teaching and research on contemporary Taiwan. Subsequently, in order to achieve
the goal of establishing a more systematic approach to the development of Taiwan Studies
in Europe, including a Master’s program, workshops, publishing papers on Taiwanrelated
issues, developing library resources, and supporting visiting scholars, Tuebingen
University decided to establish the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan
(ERCCT) under the Institute of Chinese and Korean Studies in 2007.
Although EATS was established only seven years ago, its annual meetings have been held
in many major cities in Europe, with the number of participants and papers submitted
increasing year by year, thereby becoming an important event in Taiwan Studies
worldwide. The scope of this year’s application not only covers the annual meeting and
website maintenance, but also includes a Young Scholars Award.
(3) Continued Support for the European Lecture Series
In 2006, the CCK Foundation supported a three-year grant to the University of Heidelberg,
which, along with Tuebingen University, the University of London, and the University
of Edinburgh inaugurated a course entitled “Taiwan Studies Summer School,” inviting
scholars in Taiwan to deliver a series of lectures on Taiwan’s history, as well as political,
economic, social, and cultural issues. In principles, each scholar should stay for two
weeks. Some of the results have been published in Tuebingen University’s Occasional
Paper Series, as well as the University of Heidelberg’s Heidelberger Ostasiatische
Schriften.
The ERCCT provides a platform focusing on sustainable higher education research on
Taiwan Studies in Germany. This Center is currently cooperating with Academia Sinica,
National Taiwan University, National Chengchi University, and National Chung Hsing
University.
The new proposed three-year project, in addition to the original working activities, will
also encourage and fund more doctoral students from Taiwan to visit the ERCCT, and also
Professor Robert Ash (left) and Professor Christian Göbel exchange ideas at an EATS meeting