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Table
of Contents (No. 1, September, 12, 1999):
1. Progress
of NATSA 2000
2. Selected
Doctoral Dissertations Related to Taiwan Studies, 1998 - 1999
(compiled by Weider Shu)
3.
New Publications on Taiwan Studies in English
4.
Book Review: Taiwan-A New History (reviewed by Stephane Corcuff)
5.
Related Academic Conferences and Other Information
6.
Deadline of Research Grant and Fellowship
7.
Folk News (circulate among members only)
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1.
Progress of NATSA 2000
CALL FOR PAPERS
The
2000 North American Taiwan Studies Conference
Organized
by the North American Taiwan Studies Association
Date:
June 16 - June 19, 2000
Location:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
The
North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) promotes the
study of Taiwan and the understanding of the changes in all aspects
that are being experienced in Taiwanese polity, society, cultural
heritage and natural environment. During the last five years,
nearly two hundred papers have been presented, and a series of
books is under way. We hope you will not miss this new opportunity
to join us at this important annual event in Taiwan studies.
For
our sixth annual conference, we encourage propositions in the
following areas:
1.
Political and social changes: democratization, electoral politics,
nationalism, state and society relations, social movements, class
relations, identity, ethnicity and ethnic relations;
2.
Literature, history and cultural studies: languages, literature,
collective memories, cultural and religious beliefs and practices;
3.
Economic development and environmental studies: economic restructuring,
global challenges, urban and rural development, environmental
policy and politics;
4.
Aborigines studies: Aborigine languages and cultural heritage
preservation, public policies toward Aborigines, Aborigine heritage
and national identity questions;
5.
Gender and Sexuality Studies;
6.
Education;
7. International Relations: national security, Taiwan-China relations,
and Taiwan-U.S. relations.
Participants
are not confined to the topics suggested above. As this is a Taiwan
studies conference, the context of the paper should be centered
on Taiwan, but we encourage a comparative approach with other
regions of the world. Panel proposals are also welcome.
Paper
Style:
Manuscripts
must be typed (in English or Chinese), double-spaced, and include
an abstract (in English) of no more than 300 words, with papers
up to 35 pages in length. Manuscripts should follow accepted academic
formats. We recommend The Chicago Manual of Style.
Selection of Paper:
Papers
are selected through a process of blind readings and all readers
are scholars from relevant fields.
Deadlines:
Abstract: December 1, 1999. Abstract should be sent by email to
<board@natsc.org>.
Paper:
March 1, 2000 (3 paper-copies plus a disk in Word or Dos format).
Travel Grant: Paper presenters are eligible for a travel grant
of up to $400.
To
follow regular updates on next year's conference at Harvard, please
visit our web page at <http://www.natsc.org> and should
you have any questions, feel free to write to the NATSA President
Tze-Luen Lin<tllin@udel.edu>, vice-President Chien-Juh Gu
<guchienj@pilot.msu.edu>,Secretary Stephane Corcuff <kaokf@aol.com>,
Treasurer Li-fang Yang<lyang@ssc.wisc.edu>.
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2.
Selected Doctoral Dissertations Related to Taiwan Studies, 1998
- 1999 (Compiled by Wei-Der Shu)
Notes
from Compiler:
1).
The list is based upon the data of Dissertation Abstracts Online
appearing on July, 1999. The compiler used "Taiwan" as the
subject keyword and set some restrictions, including years (1998-1999),
type (Ph.D.), and language (English). There appeared 155
entries after the searching process was over.
2).
The compiler looked through those entries one by one closely and
chose the following 49 entries, most of them are social-science-orientation
researches, as parts of this report.
3).
Those entries with star mark indicate that the author is the member
of North American Taiwan Studies Association.
Bae,
Young-Ja. 1998. Globalization, Institutions, and Industry Development:
A Case Study of the Personal Computer Industry in Korea and Taiwan.
Ph.D. Dissertation. The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
*Chang,
Bih-Ru. 1998. Climate and Culture of Taiwan's New Special Education
Schools: A Study of Teachers' and Principals' Perceptions. Ph.D.
Dissertation. Ohio University.
Chang,
Ivy I-Chu. Remapping Memories and Public Space: The Theater of
Action in Taiwan's Opposition Movement and Social Movements (1986
– 1997). Ph.D. Dissertation. New York University.
Chen,
Chih-Hsien. 1998. The Audience as Fictitious Capital: The Making
of the Audiences and the Deregulation of Commercial Television
in Taiwan. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Minnesota.
Chen,
Ping-Hung. 1998. The Political Economy of Cable Television: A
Case Study of Taiwan's Electronic Media in Transition Globalization.
Ph.D. Dissertation. The Pennsylvania University.
Chen,
Wei-Chun. 1998. Models of Prehistoric Land Use in the Gaoping
Region, Southwest Taiwan. Ph.D. Dissertation. The University of
Arizona.
Cheng, Ling-Fang. En/gendering Doctors: Gender Relations in the
Medical Profession in Taiwan, 1945-1995. Ph.D. Dissertation. University
of Essex (United Kingdom).
Chuang,
Yenkuei. 1998. Fusion: the Primary Model of Bicultural Competence
and Bicultural Identity Development in a Taiwanese-American Family
Lineage. Ph.D. Dissertation. Stanford University.
Chuang,
Wei-Chen. 1998. A Comparative Study of the Realm of Meaning of
Four Child Prostitutes in Taiwan: A Hermeneutic Approach. Ph.D.
Dissertation. University of Southern California.
Du,
Ying. 1998. Lexical Differences in Modern Written Chinese across
the Taiwan Straits in the 1990s: A Sociolinguistic Study. Ph.D.
Dissertation. University of Virginia.
Hon
Kei, Lai On Xu Fuguan and Yin Haiguang: A Study of Intellectuals
and Ideologies in Modern Taiwan, 1949-1969. Ph.D. Dissertation.
Chinese University of Hong Kong (China).
Hsiung,
Ping-Chuan. 1998. Positive and Negative Health Care Experiences
of People with HIV/AIDS in Taiwan: A Qualitative Study. Ph.D.
Dissertation. Purdue University.
Hu,
Guang-Shilash. The Advertising Industry in the Republic of China
on Taiwan, 1960-1996: The Path from Dependency to Convergence.
Ph.D. Dissertation. The Pennsylvania State University.
*Huang,
Chien-Chung. 1998. The Rise in Single Parent Families in Taiwan.
Ph.D. Dissertation. Columbia University.
Huang,
Tong-Yi. 1998. Elite Transformation and Democratization in Taiwan.
Ph.D. Dissertation. The University of Texas at Austin.
Hung,
Yu-Chien. 1998. An Exploration of the Musical Composition Background/Experience,
Process, and Pedagogy of Selected Composers in Taiwan. Ed.D. Dissertation.
Columbia University Teachers College.
Lee,
Su-San. 1998. Xu Fuguan and New Confucianism in Taiwan (1949-1969):
A Cultural History of the Exile Generation. Ph.D. Dissertation.
Brown University.
Lei.
Helen Hsin. 1998. The Impact of Parental Separation on Taiwanese
Adolescents Studying in the United States. Ph.D. Dissertation.
California School of Professional Psychology – Berkeley/Alameda.
Li.
Ching. 1998. The Contribution of Common Land to Sense of Community
in Taipei, Taiwan. Ph.D. Dissertation. State University of New
York College of Environmental Science & Forestry.
Lien,
Ya-Hui. 1999. Young College-educated Taiwanese Women: Their Experiences
as Clerical Workers. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Minnesota.
Lin,
Jiang-Hong. 1998. Adaptation or Learning: Identifying Parameters
of the One China Policy. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Pittsburgh.
*Lin,
Chia-Lung. 1998. Path to Democracy: Taiwan in Comparative Perspective.
Ph.D. Dissertation. Yale University.
Lin,
Yueh-Chin Azina. The Experience of Learning while Employed: A
Study of Public Organization Employees in Taiwan. Ph.D. Dissertation.
University of Minnesota.
Lin,
Huey-Ling Feeling. 1998. Taiwan Early Childhood Pre-service Teachers'
Professional Beliefs. Ph.D. Dissertation. Auburn University.
*Lin,
Yu-Ling. 1998. The Concept of Slenderness Imposed upon Women in
Taiwan from the 1940s to the 1990s: A Genealogical Analysis. Ph.D.
Dissertation. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Liu,
Jeng. 1998. Relative Deprivation, Efficiency Wages, and Industrial
Productivity in Taiwan. Ph.D. Dissertation. The University of
Texas at Austin.
Lin,
Ming-Kun. 1998. The Impact of Trade Liberalization in Taiwan's
Auto Market. Ph.D. Dissertation. The Claremont Graduate University.
Lococo,
Paul Jr.. 1998. The Military Campaign to Suppress Lin Shuangwen
Rebellion, 1787-1788. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Hawaii.
Niu.
Greta Ai-Yu. 1998. People of the Pagus: Orientalized Bodies and
Migration in an Asian Pacific Rim.
Ph.D. Dissertation. Duke University.
*Pan,
Mei-Lin. 1998. Local Ties and Global Linkages: Restructuring Taiwan-based
Production Networks in the Apparel and Computer Industries. Ph.D.
Dissertation. Duke University.
Phillips,
Steven E. 1998. Between Assimilation and Independence: The Taiwanese
Elite under Nationalist Chinese Rule, 1945-1950. Ph.D. Dissertation.
Georgetown University.
Ren,
Hai. 1998. Economies of Culture: Theme Parks, Museums, and Capital
Accumulation in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Ph.D. Dissertation.
University of Washington.
Schneider,
Justin Adam. 1998. The Business of Empire: The Taiwan Development
Corporation and Japanese Imperialism in Taiwan, 1936-1946. Ph.D.
Dissertation. Harvard University.
Shen,
Chiung-Tao. 1999. Predictors of Marital Satisfaction in Taiwan.
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Minnesota.
Shih,
Chih-Pin. 1998. A Study of the Relationship between Media Coverage,
Audience Behavior, and Sporting Events: An Analysis of Taiwan
Professional Baseball Club Members. Ed.D. Dissertation. University
of Northern Colorado.
*Silvio,
Teri Jayne. 1998. Drag Melodrama/Feminine Public Sphere/Folk Television:
'Local Opera' and Identity in Taiwan. Ph.D. Dissertation. The
University of Chicago.
Stockton,
Hans Jakob. 1998. Democratization of the Public Sphere: Democracy
and Clientelism in Southern Korea and Taiwan. Ph.D. Dissertation.
Texas A&M University.
Tai,
Li-Ming. 1998. Teacher Education Curriculum in Taiwan: Problem
and Prospects. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California, Los
Angeles.
Tan,
Chong Kee. 1998. Re-negotiating Transcultural Sexuality: The Deployment
of Homosexual Eroticism and Prejudices in Taiwanese Fiction, 1960-1997.
Ph.D. Dissertation. Stanford University.
Tsay,
Jen-Huoy. 1998. Risk Reduction, Income Redistribution, and the
Financing of National Health Insurance: An Examination of the
Taiwanese Case. Ph.D. Dissertation. Columbia University.
Wang,
Hsiou-Huai. 1998. Between Self and Others: A Qualitative Study
of the Career Construction Process of College-track Students in
Taiwan. Ed.D. Dissertation. Harvard University.
Wang,
Li-Yun. 1998. What Accounted for the Availability of Higher Education
in Taiwan Over Time? Ed.D. Dissertation. Harvard University.
Wu,
Dean-Ming. 1999. Education, Earnings, and Rates of Return: The
Case of Taiwan. Ed.D. Dissertation. Florida International University.
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3.
New Publications on Taiwan Studies in English (since Jan. 1999)
January
1999
Cooperation or Conflict in the Taiwan Strait?
by Ralph N. Clough
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers Inc.
January
1999
Democratization in Taiwan
by Steve Tsang and Tien Hung-Mao
Macmillan Press Ltd.
February
1999
Agriculture and Economic Development in East Asia
by Penelope Francks, Joanna Boestel, Choo Hyop Kim
Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd.
March
1999
Taiwan : A New History (Taiwan in the Modern World)
by Murray A. Rubinstein (Editor)
M. E. Sharpe.
March
1999
Education and Training for Development in East Asia
by David Ashton, Francis Green, Donna James, Johnny Sung
Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd.
March
1999
New Multinational Enterprises from Korea and Taiwan
by Roger van Hoesel
Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd.
April
1999
Global Studies: China
by Suzanne Ogden
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
July
1999
Alternate Civilities : Democracy and Culture in China and Taiwan
by Robert P. Weller
Westview Press
November
1999
Politics in Taiwan: Voting for Democracy
by Shelley Rigger
Routledge
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4.
Book Review: Taiwan - A New History (Reviewed by Stephane Coruff)
Taiwan
- A New History
Murray
A. Rubinstein, ed.
M.E.
Sharpe, 1999. 520 p., index.
M.E.
Sharpe, Inc., 80, Business Park Drive, Armonk, New-York 10504
The last
book published by M.E. Sharpe on Taiwan is a major contribution
to Taiwan studies. Taiwan - A New History is an integrative collection
of academic essays dealing with the history of Taiwan, in a very
extensive way.
The historical
scope ranges from the pre-Dutch colonial times to the 1996 missiles
crisis, and topics vary from geology to climate, the debate on
the origins of Aborigine tribes, treaty ports, Japanese rule,
Taiwanese literature, economic development during the Chiangs
regime... Is this always History? Yes, if History is considered
in a broad sense, which is probably the right way to understand
our world, and especially Taiwan today. Many themes that are fundamental
for the comprehension of Taiwan are approached or developed in
the course of the 17 essays (including a conclusion on the 1995-1996
Taiwan Straits tension) of this collective book: the relation
to China, inter-ethnic relations, foreign influences in the legacy
of the past, and more generally, the sources and development of
a distinct Taiwanese identity. One article, by Michael Stainton,
The Politics of Taiwan Aboriginal Origins, was initially presented,
in an earlier version, at our 1997 North America Taiwan Studies
Conference at UC-Berkeley. This work is probably the first attempt
since Davidson's 1903 Formosa, Past and Present, to publish an
extensive history of Taiwan in English language, and everyone
knows how much such a book was needed. One of the important contribution
of this book is to lead to the conclusion that Taiwan must be
first understood as Taiwan, before being replaced in larger contexts.
As the editor puts it, "While Taiwan has been influenced
by China, it is not China, but a unique, national entity. The
central theme of this book is that Taiwan is Taiwan, linked to
China, yet forged out of its own unique historical processes."
Stephane
Corcuff
NATSA
Secretary
Paris
Political Science Institute
Contents
of the book:
Ch. 1:
The Shaping of Taiwan's Landscapes
Ch. 2:
The Politics of Taiwan Aboriginal Origins
Ch. 3:
Up the Mountain and Out to the Sea: The Expansion of the Fukienese
in the Late Ming Period
Ch.
4: The Seventeenth-Century Transformations: Taiwan Under the Dutch
and the Cheng Regime
Ch. 5:
The Island Frontier of the Ch'ing, 1684-1780
Ch. 6:
From Landlords to local Strongmen: The Transformation of Local
Elites in Mid-Ch'ing Taiwan, 1780-1894
Ch. 7:
From Treaty Ports to Provincial Status, 1860-1894
Ch. 8:
Taiwan Under Japanese Rule, 1895-1945; The Vicissitudes of Colonialism
Ch.
9: Taiwanese New Literature and the Colonial Context: A Historical
Survey
Ch. 10:
Between Assimilation and Independence: Taiwanese Political Aspirations
Under Nationalist Chinese Rule, 1945-1948
Ch.
11: A Bastion Created, A Regime Reformed, An Economy Reengineered,
1949-1970
Ch. 12:
Identity and Social Change in Taiwanese Religion
Ch. 13:
Taiwan's Socioeconomic Modernization, 1971-1996
Ch.
14: Literature in Post-1949 Taiwan, 1950 to 1980s
Ch. 15:
Aboriginal Self-Government: Taiwan's Uncompleted Agenda
Ch. 16:
Political Taiwanization and Pragmatic Diplomacy: The Eras of Chiang
Ching-kuo and Lee Teng-hui, 1971-1994
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Academic Conferences and Other Related Information
* CALL
FOR PAPERS
AAS
(Association for Asian Studies) Annual Meeting in San Diego, March
9–12, 2000 are now available online. For more information, please
visit the web site of the Institute at: http://www.aasianst.org/
*
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS
Two
brand new AAS (Association for Asian Studies) book series call
for manuscripts. For more information, please visit the web site
of the Institute at: http//www.assianst.org/newbooks.htm
*
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS (chronological by conference date)
-
The University of Otago in New Zealand will host the 13th International
NZASIA (New Zealand Asia Studies Society) conference on November
24-27, 1999. The theme will be 'Asian Nationalisms in an
Age of Globalization'. The deadline for receipt of proposals is
Friday 30th July, 1999. For more information, please visit the
web site of the Institute at: http://www.otago.ac.nz/Japanese/NZASIA.html.
-
Japan Association for Taiwan Studies (JATS) will be holding its
2nd annual conference in Tokyo University, Tokyo on June 3, 2000.
Conference will be held mostly in Japanese but the Keynote lecture
would be in Chinese. (Japanese can be viewed with Microsoft's
free language kit. It can be downloaded at microsoft.com.) Details
concerning the conference will be available by Jan 2000 in Japanese
at Institute's web site at: http://ask.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~taiwan.
- Other Information from Japan Association for Taiwan Studies
Japan
Association for Taiwan Studies (JATS) just held it's first annual
conference at Tokyo University, Tokyo on June 19. More than 200
scholars from Japan and Taiwan attended the conference to learn
from 12 paper presenters. Please visit the Institute web site
at: http://ask.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~taiwan.
JATS's
home page has a BBS for Taiwan studies related info in Japanese.
Please feel free to browse and provide information. Taiwan studies
related info can be sent to the WebMaster of JATS via the address
written on the home page. Any of the following languages--Chinese,
Japanese, English, and Taiwanese--is welcome to submit here.
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Deadline of Grant and Fellowship
- JENNINGS
RANDOLPH PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE (deadline of application:
September 15 for senior fellowships and November 15 for Ph. D.
candidate)
The
United States Institute of Peace invites applications for the
Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace fellowships
for the 2000–2001. The Institute is an independent, nonpartisan
institution created by Congress to strengthen the nation's capacity
to promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict.
Senior
Fellowships are awarded annually to scholars and practitioners
from a variety of professions, including college and university
faculty, journalists, diplomats, writers, educators, military
officers, international negotiators and lawyers. The Institute
funds projects related to preventive diplomacy, ethnic and regional
conflicts, peacekeeping and peace operations, peace settlements,
post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation, democratization
and the rule of law, cross-cultural negotiations, U.S. foreign
policy in the 21st century, and related topics. Fellows reside
at the Institute for a period of up to 10 months to conduct research
on their projects, consult with staff, and contribute to the ongoing
work of the Institute. Projects which demonstrate relevance to
current policy debates will be highly competitive. The fellowship
award includes a stipend, an office with computer and voicemail,
and a part-time research assistant. The competition is open to
citizens of all nations. Women and members of minorities are especially
encouraged to apply. All application materials must be received
in our offices by September 15, 1999.
The
Peace Scholar Program supports doctoral dissertations that explore
the sources and nature of international conflict, and strategies
to prevent or end conflict and to sustain peace. Dissertations
from a broad range of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields
are eligible. Peace Scholars work at their universities or appropriate
field research sites. Priority will be given to projects that
contribute knowledge relevant to the formulation of policy on
international peace and conflict issues. Citizens of all countries
are eligible, but must be enrolled in an accredited college or
university in the United States. Applicants must have completed
all requirements for the degree except the dissertation by the
commencement of the award (September 1, 2000). The dissertation
fellowship award is $14,000 for one year and may be used to support
writing or field research. All application materials must be received
in our offices by November 15, 1999.
For
more information and an application form, please visit the Institute's
web site at http://www.usip.org, or contact the Jennings Randolph
Program, U.S. Institute of Peace, 1200 17th Street, NW, Suite
200, Washington, DC 20036-3011, USA; Tel: (202) 429-3886, Fax:
(202) 429-6063; E-Mail: jrprogram@usip.org
- The Walter Judd Fellowship (deadline of application: October
15)
An
annual research fellowship has been established in honor of the
late Congressman Walter Judd to provide support for a scholar's
research and writing. The grant is for $15,000 for one year. Priority
will be given to research focusing on contemporary Chinese studies.
Applications should be accompanied by a letter of recommendation
from the chairman of the department. Criteria for this grant are
the same as those for the post-doctoral fellowships.
This
fellowship is provided by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International
Scholarly Exchange. For more information, please visit the institute
web site: http://cckf.org.
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Institutional enhancement, research grants, and senior scholar
grants (deadline of application: October 15).
This
fellowship is provided by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International
Scholarly Exchange. For more information, please visit the institute
web site: http://cckf.org.
- CCK Fellowships for Ph.D. dissertations and post-doctoral grants:
(deadline of application: October 15).
Doctoral
candidates may apply for financial support for the writing of
their dissertations. Applicants must have completed all other
requirements for their Ph.D. degree except the dissertation and
must be legal permanent residents or citizens of the U.S. In addition,
eligible applicants should not be employed or receive grants from
other sources. A pre-doctoral dissertation grant is limited to
$15,000.
The
Foundation also provides post-doctoral grants to assistant or
associate professors for research and writing, intended to supplement
salary and to subsidize living and travel expenses for up to one
year. A post-doctoral fellowship grant provides up to a maximum
of $30,000.
The
grants are provided by Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International
Scholarly Exchange. For more information, please visit the institute
web site: http://cckf.org.
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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY/CCK FOUNDATION CENTER POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
IN CHINESE STUDIES (deadline of application: October 31)
The
Department of East Asian Studies and Cultures, Columbia University,
in conjunction with the CCK Center for Chinese Culture and Institutional
History, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in
Chinese Literature or History, specialization open, for a six-month
period during the year 2000. The fellowship includes a stipend
of $9,000 and the round trip airfare. Candidates must be currently
affiliated with a European university or research institution
and must have their PhD in hand at the time of application. Applications
must be received (not postmarked) by October 31, 1999. Send complete
applications, including current curriculum vitae, 2 letters of
reference, and a detailed 5 page, double-spaced research proposal
to Professor David Wang, Chair, Department of East Asian Studies
and Culture, 407 Kent, MC 3907, Columbia University, New York,
NY 10027.
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