Institute of European and American Studies

In August 1969, Dr. Wang Shih-chieh, the late President of Academia Sinica, proposed the establishment of a permanent American Studies institution in the Republic of China. The Center for American Studies was founded in May 1973 and Dr. Chen Chi-lu was appointed its director. On July 1, 1974, the Center was officially reorganized as the Institute of American Culture, Dr. Chu Yen succeeded Dr. Chen as director in July 1977. When Dr. Chu's term of office expired in June 1983, Dr. Tung-hsun Sun assumed the directorship. Since June 1988, research members of the Institute have been officially divided into three divisions: the Humanities, Social and Economic Studies, and Legal and Political Studies. Dr. Wei Liang-tsai took over the directorship on July 1, 1989, when Dr. Sun's term of office expired. In order to incorporate European studies into its research fields, the Institute officially adopted its current title on August 3, 1991. With a view to tapping competent scholars in European Studies, a European Studies Pre-paration Committee was formed with Dr. Chu Yen as advisor. On July 1, 1993, Dr. Jia-You Sheu assumed the directorship.

RESEARCH

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HUMANITIES

• American literature, its origin, development, charac-teristics and current manifestations, and individual authors;
• American philosophy, its origin, development, main features and current status, and individual philo-sophers, and
• American history, its development and historiography.

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND ECONOMICS

The Division of Social and Economic Studies is in the main devoted to the study of two major areas:

• The structure and transformation of American societies and other related issues, and
• The economic growth of the United States and its impact at home and abroad, and other related issues.

LEGAL STUDIES AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

• American politics, diplomacy, public policies, and Sino-American relations;
• The American Constitution, trade laws, and legisla-tion, and
• European law and politics.

The research members of the Institute undertake research projects covering various aspects of European and Ame-rican studies and Sino-American relations. Some of the research findings resulting from these projects have been published either as monographs or in \AS;EurAmerica\AS;, a quarterly journal published by the Institute. Others have been delivered as lectures or papers at seminars or conferences sponsored by the Institute.

PERSONNEL AND FACILITIES

PERSONNEL

Research members at the Institute entertain a wide range of interests in the field of American and European studies. Their fields of specialization include law, history, politics, economics, education, sociology, demography, literature, philosophy, and Sino-American relations. At present, the Institute has 38 full-time research members (14 research fellows, 13 associate research fellows, 6 assistant research fellows, 4 research assistants, 1 postdoctoral fellow, and 1 assistant), 7 adjunct research members (6 research fellows and 1 associate research fellow), and 3 correspondence research fellows.

FACILITIES

Library

The library was set up in 1974 when the Institute of American Culture was founded. After more than two decades of careful running, the research library now houses a large collection of books, journals, microfilms, microfiches, and CD-ROMs, covering the following areas: American literature, history, philosophy, education, politics, law, sociology, demography, and economics. Currently the library holds a collection of 79,412 volumes in foreign languages, mainly English, and 18,850 volumes in Chinese. The library also holds 975 journals in foreign languages, 116 journals in Chinese, 4,131 microfilms, 20 microfiches, and 102 CD-ROMs. Library services have been largely improved with the completion of Academia Sinica's full-scale library automation program.

MAJOR RESULTS OF RESEARCH

Research Room

CONFERENCES SPONSORED BY THE INSTITUTE

• Conference on Comparative Educational Theories, East and West (October 17, 1992)
• Conference on Class Structure and Class Consciousness (December 18, 1992)
• Conference on Cultural Identity and Chinese American Literature (February 26-27, 1993)
• Conference on American Library and Its Educational Functions (March 27, 1993)
• Conference on Electoral Systems in the USA and Eu-ropean Countries (April 10, 1993)

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• Conference on Cold War America (April 17, 1993)
• Conference on the Growth and Problems of Metropo-lises (I) (April 24, 1993)
• Mind and Cognition: An International Symposium (May 28-30, 1993)
• Conference on Social and Economic Aspects of Inter-national Migration (June 4-5, 1993)
• Conference on US State Department (June 12, 1993)
• Conference on the Growth and Problems of Metropo-lises (II) (September 25, 1993)
• The Fourth Conference on American Literature and Thought (October 29-30, 1993)
• Conference on Important Cases Decided by the US Supreme Court: 1990-1992 (February 26, 1994)
• Conference on Economic Changes in the West (March 19, 1994)
• Conference on EC Integration and EC-ROC (Taiwan) Relations (April 8-9, 1994)
• Conference on Social Policy, East and West (May 7, 1994)
• Conference on Social Structure and Social Change (May 27, 1994)
• Conference on Cultural Studies: History and Theory (June 18, 1994)
• Conference on Contemporary Philosophy of Education (October 8, 1994)
• Conference on Comparative Civil Service Systems (December 16, 1994)
• Conference on Sino-American Relations in the 1990s (March 3, 1995)
• The Second Workshop on Cold War America (March 1, 1995)
• Conference on Sociological Theories in Europe (March 25, 1995)
• Representation: The Second Conference on Chinese American Literature (April 8, 1995)
• Conference on Gender Equality in Employment in the United States and Europe (April 14, 1995)
• Social Structure and Social Change: Evaluation of the World-System Perspective (May 19, 1995)
• International Workshop on Mind and Language (June 8-9, 1995)
• The Fifth Conference on American Literature and Thought (October 20-21, 1995)
• A Symposium onĄ§Euro-American States and the United Nations: Retrospect and ProspectĄ¨(December 15-16, 1995)
• Adjustment of Economic Structure in World Regional Integration (March 15, 1996)

PUBLICATIONS

Publications

• Monographs
  • Murray Krieger, The Ideological Imperative: Repression and Resistance in Recent American Theory (1993)
  • J. Hillis Miller, New Starts: Performative Topographies in Literature and Criticism (1993)
  • Shih-Yu Kuo, A Study on Young Students Studying Abroad (1993)
  • Lee-Joy Cheng, The Nature of Policy Studies (1994)
• Collections of Essays
  • Selected Essays of the Third Conference on American Literature and Thought, 2 vols. (1993)
  • Essays on the US Supreme Court (1993)
  • Studies on Contemporary Educational Issues (1993)
  • US Foreign Policy and Crisis Management (1993)
  • American Political Parties and Interest Groups (1994)
  • American Librarianship (1994)
  • The Health Status and Geriatric Care Patterns among Chinese and American Elderly (1994)
  • Comparative Study on Class Structure and Class Consciousness (1994)
  • Cultural Identity and Chinese American Literature (1994)
  • Urban Development and Problems (1995)
  • Essays on Important Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court: 1990-1992 (1995)
  • Mind and Cognition: Collected Papers from 1993 International Symposium on Mind & Cognition (1995)
  • EC Integration and EC-ROC Relations (1995)
  • Contemporary Philosophy of Education (1995)
  • Social Welfare Policy: National Comparisons (1995)
  • Studies of Social Structures in the United States and Taiwan (1995)
  • Selected Essays of the Fourth Conference on American Literature and Thought, 2 vols. (1995)
  • Civil Service Systems: National Comparisons (1996)
• Group Research Project
  • Report on Sino-American Relations, 1990-1991 (1993)
• Quarterly
  • EurAmerica, Vols. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)

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