Overview
Supported by a $5M endowment housed in the Division of Art and Humanities, thanks to a gift from Dr. Chiu-Shan Chen (PhD ‘69) and Rufina C. Chen, the Center for Taiwan Studies (CTS) aims to integrate and centralize the existing Taiwan-related efforts across campus, grow the Center’s activities and scope, promote Taiwanese culture, and expand the relationship with the Taiwanese-American and Asian-American communities.
Mission
Under the leadership of Professor Ping-hui Liao of Literature Department, the founding director, CTS is designed to expand the horizons of Taiwan and Taiwanese American studies. It provides a sustainable platform to grow comprehensive collaboration and exchange between the U.S. and Taiwan, coordinate the university’s Taiwan-centered projects for greater visibility, and offer grant support to faculty and graduate students in their research. CTS’s program will help raise awareness of important social issues that impact Taiwan like coral reef protection, climate change and green energy, as well as all the ways Taiwanese Americans contribute to society. CTS will also expand the Taiwanese American Who’s Who project initially funded by the Taiwanese American History Foundation. The goal of CTS is to encourage, not only in terms of institutional collaboration, but inviting more and more of our students to study in Taiwan, and more research and collaboration with Taiwan.
Highlights
Taiwanese Musical Performance
("A Thousand Sounds Towards Dawn" by Sanpuy 桑布伊, Aiyun Huang, Michael Jones, and Kosuke Matsuda; "Waiting for the Spring Breeze (望春風)" and "Dance from Lanyang (蘭陽舞曲)" by Formosa Generations Family Chamber Music at the Grand Opening.)
Asian Film Festival and Taiwan Film Showcase
(World premiere of "Come Home, My Child" at San Diego Asian Film Festival and Taiwan Film Showcase.)
Book Talk on Taiwanese American Stories
(Book talk of "Two Countries: My Taiwanese American Immigrant Story" by Li-pei Wu 吳澧培, featuring his son, Gene, a UCSD alumnus.)
Fulbright NTUST EMI Program
(Collaboration between the Fulbright Taiwan and UCSD's Center for Taiwan Studies in the Fulbright Program Global Initiative.)
Taiwan Biotech Industry Exchange
(A business exchange between various Biotech CEOs set in UCSD's Shu Chien-Gene Lay Department of Bioengineering; presented by UCSD's Center for Taiwan Studies.)
Global Taiwan
Building Bridges between Taiwanese and Taiwanese Americans
Movement of UN Membership for Taiwan
(Original posts on TAH website: UN for Taiwan and Care for Taiwan by Taiwanese Americans.)
Kaohsiung Incident 高雄事件 (美麗島事件) in 1980
(Links to posts on TAH website)
Bluebird Movement 青鳥行動 in 2024
Stand with Taiwan: Global Bluebird Movement Hits New York's Time Square
(Original post on Morningstar website)
Location and Contact
Address, Email, and Phone Number
UC San Diego Center for Taiwan Studies
9625 Scholars Dr N, La Jolla, CA 92093
North Ridge Walk Academic Complex Building 1 (Arts & Humanities Building)
Floor 2 Room 231
taiwan@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-0310 for inquiry
Parking Direction for Scholars Parking Structure (B1 Visitor Parking)
Use 9625 Scholars Dr N for the key in the address for parking. Please park any spots with the indicated "V" spot for visitor parking in B1. Reservation of parking would be advised otherwise. UC San Diego's parking rates and guidelines can be found here.