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34 The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation 2010-2011 Annual Report 35 and Program Director Paul Katz represented the Foundation. President Chu delivered the opening address. The Center for Chinese Studies at Taiwan’s National Central Library has regularly taken part in the biannual conferences organized by the EACS, and has organized book exhibitions during the meetings held in Paris (1992), Slovenia (2006), and Lund (2008). Most of the books exhibited during these conferences were research results in Chinese Studies from fields in the humanities and social sciences. These exhibitions have proven highly successful, with the books being subsequently donated to local libraries for the enrichment of their Chinese collections. In order to promote cultural and scholarly exchange, the Foundation provided the Center with US$5,000 to support this project. 2. Vice-President Ayling Wang Visited Dunhuang to Discuss Cooperative Projects On September 1-6, 2010, Vice-President Wang went to Dunhuang to meet with scholars participating in a joint research effort involving the Institute of History and Philology (Academia Sinica), the Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia (National Taiwan University), and the Dunhuang Academy. The main goal of this project is to merge Dunhuang Studies and digitalization techniques by using research results to effectively digitalize and thereby reconstruct the art of the Dunhuang caves. 3. Mr. David Dean Attended the 52 nd Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies President Yun-han Chu (right) presents a Chinese scroll painting as a token of the Foundation’s gratitude to Mr. David Dean The CCK North American Committee was represented by Mr. David Dean, who attended the 52 nd Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS) at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on October 15-17, 2010. Mr. Dean met with various scholars including AACS’ new President, Professor Shelley Riggers. 4. CCK Foundation Delegation Visited Beijing, Shanghai, and Nanjing Chairman Kao-wen Mao, at the invitation of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, organized a delegation to visit China in October 18-27, 2010. The delegation was comprised of scholars from the Institute of History and Philology (Academia Sinica), National Taiwan University and Tsinghua University. The visit covered many prominent organizations like the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, Beijing University, Tsinghua University, the Academy of Social Sciences, Fudan University, Nanjing University, the National Library of China, and the Nanjing Number Two Archives. Chairman Kao-wen Mao (middle) displays his calligraphic work at the Second Historical Archives of China in Nanjing Ever since its establishment, the Foundation has worked to achieve the goal of promoting the internationalization of Chinese Studies, blending the best of academic trends both in Taiwan and abroad while also helping to cultivate young talent in order to promote the development of new fields and conceptual frameworks. Through the assistance of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, we aim to build a platform for academic dialogue across the Taiwan Strait, and to exchange views on potential areas of cooperation in hopes of finding joint projects that scholars from the two sides of the Strait can join forces to work on. The Foundation intends to
36 The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation 2010-2011 Annual Report 37 After Washington D.C., Dr. Chu traveled to Hawaii to participate in the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS) from March 30 to April 3. Dr. Chu was invited to the President’s Reception at the AAS, where Professor Kalyanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, the President of the AAS, thanked the Foundation for its long-term support of the AAS and the China and Inner Asia Council (CIAC). In Hawaii, Dr. Chu was invited to lunch by the AAS incoming President, Professor Gail Hershatter, as well as Professor Timothy Cheek, ex-chairman of the CIAC; Professor Matt Sommer, current CIAC chairman; incoming new chairman Professor Paul Smith; and Dr. Robert Snow, the AAS Director of Development and Strategic Planning. Program Director Paul Katz took part as well. Dr. Chu discussed the Foundation’s sponsored projects and exchanged views on future cooperation. Dr. Chu also met with Dr. Philippe Peycam, Director of the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), and Korea Foundation President Byung-kook Kim, exchanging views on potential cooperation in the future. President Yun-han Chu (left) meeting with the President of AAS, Professor Gail Hershatter, at the AAS Annual Meeting in Hawaii continue fulfilling its mission of promoting international scholarly exchange, while also playing an active role in promoting new forms of Cross-Strait academic interaction. We aspire to serve as a leading intermediary between scholars on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and in other Chinese communities, thereby becoming a leader in academic progress. As the field of Chinese Studies continues to expand, Cross-Strait interaction will assume an ever-increasing importance, all of which has prompted the Foundation to encourage scholars to pursue new research topics in this area. In addition, Dr. Chu met with professors and scholars from various universities, including Jean Oi of Stanford University, Lynn White of Princeton University, Shuishen Zhao of the University of Denver, and Mr. John Fitzgerald of the Ford Foundation. 6. Vice-President Ayling Wang Presided Over the European Scholarship Review Committee at Charles University, Prague Vice-President Wang presided over the annual meeting of the European Scholarship Review Committee in Prague on April 9, 2011. In addition to reviewing applications for European Doctoral Fellowships and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, the committee also reviewed 5. President Yun-han Chu Attended Mettings AAS in the U.S. Dr. Yun-han Chu, President of the Foundation, visited New York on March 24, 2011. He paid a personal visit to Dr. William Theodore de Bary in New York City and presented him with a Chinese painting to represent the Foundation’s appreciation of his support and assistance over the past twenty years. Dr. Chu also visited the Weatherhead East Asia Institute at Columbia University, and met with various scholars including Andrew Nathan, Thomas Berstein, and Xiaobo Lu. Dr. Chu also participated in the Foundation’s annual North American Review Committee meeting in Pittsburgh on March 25-27, where he met with members of the panel and exchanged views on the Foundation’s programs. After the meeting, Dr. Chu came to Washington, D.C., to meet scholars from various think tanks and universities, including Mr. Alan Romberg from the Stimson Center; Mr. Douglas Paal, Vice President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Professor David Shambaugh of George Washington University; and Mr. Charles Freeman, Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Members of the European Scholarship Review Committee
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