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| Institute of Modern History (Taiwan) | |
|---|---|
| Name | Institute of Modern History |
| Native name | 近代史研究所 |
| Established | 1956 |
| Type | Research institute |
| Parent | Academia Sinica |
| Location | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Director | (see Organization and Leadership) |
| Website | (Academic entry) |
Institute of Modern History (Taiwan) is a research institute within Academia Sinica focused on the study of modern and contemporary developments in China, Taiwan, and East Asia. The institute produces scholarly monographs, journals, and archival compilations that engage topics such as the Qing dynasty, the Xinhai Revolution, the May Fourth Movement, the Republic of China (1912–1949), and cross-strait relations. It serves as a hub connecting scholars from National Taiwan University, National Chengchi University, Harvard University, and other institutions in comparative projects on modernity, colonialism, and nationalism.
The institute was founded under the auspices of Academia Sinica during the post-World War II era, shaped by intellectual currents from Kuomintang-era relocations and émigré scholars who had trained at Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Yenching University. Early projects concentrated on documentary editions relating to the Qing dynasty court, the Taiping Rebellion, and the Self-Strengthening Movement, while later expansions addressed the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese Civil War, and the wartime experiences of Taiwan under Japanese rule. Throughout the Cold War years the institute engaged with comparative studies involving United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union archival materials and participated in international conferences alongside institutions such as the Library of Congress, the British Library, and the French National Library.
The institute operates as an institute-level unit within Academia Sinica, governed by a director, an advisory board, and research fellows drawn from domestic and international institutions including National Tsing Hua University, National Taiwan Normal University, Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, and Australian National University. Leadership has included scholars with backgrounds connected to archival missions at the National Palace Museum, field studies on the Taiwanese indigenous peoples, and curriculum collaborations with the Ministry of Education (Taiwan). Administrative structures coordinate fellowship programs, visiting professorships with SOAS University of London, and joint appointments with departments such as the Institute of Modern Languages and the Institute of Taiwan History.
Research priorities encompass modern Chinese political history, Taiwanese social history, migration studies involving the Chinese diaspora, studies of Japanese colonialism in Taiwan, and transnational flows linking Hong Kong, Shanghai International Settlement, and Southeast Asia. Major publications include peer-reviewed monographs, edited volumes, and serials that analyze sources like gubernatorial records from the Governor-General of Taiwan (Japanese) era, diplomatic correspondences involving the Treaty of Shimonoseki, and memoirs from figures associated with the May Fourth Movement. The institute publishes journals and series comparable to outputs from The China Quarterly, Journal of Asian Studies, and edited collections featuring contributions from scholars connected to Princeton University, Oxford University, University of Tokyo, and Seoul National University.
The institute administers postdoctoral fellowships, doctoral training seminars, and workshops in archival methods and historical linguistics for students from National Central University, Fu Jen Catholic University, Tunghai University, and other regional universities. Training emphasizes paleography for sources in Classical Chinese, materials from the Dutch Formosa period, and documentary analysis of records tied to the Treaty of Tientsin and the Xinhai Revolution. Programs include summer schools co-organized with the East-West Center and dissertation exchanges with graduate programs at Yale University, University of Chicago, and University of Oxford.
The institute maintains partnerships with archival and scholarly organizations such as the National Archives Administration (Taiwan), the Institute of Taiwan History (Academia Sinica), the National Museum of History (Taiwan), and international partners including the Hoover Institution, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (for historical science studies), and the Asia Research Institute (NUS). Collaborative projects have involved digitization with the Digital Public Library of America, joint conferences with the Association for Asian Studies, and grant-funded research from foundations like the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Japan Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.
Affiliated scholars and alumni have included historians who studied topics on the Republic of China (1912–1949), the Long March, the Chinese Communist Party, and Taiwanese identity formation; notable names have held positions at National Taiwan University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Cornell University, University of California, Los Angeles, and SOAS University of London. Alumni have contributed to public history projects at the 228 Memorial Museum, the National Human Rights Museum (Taiwan), and policy research centers like the Institute for National Defense and Security Research (Taiwan).
The institute houses specialized reading rooms, microfilm collections, and manuscript holdings including personal papers related to figures from the Beiyang Government, materials from the Warlord Era, and compilations of newspapers from Taiwan under Japanese rule and the Republican period. Its archives cooperate with the National Central Library (Taiwan), the Taiwan Historica, and international repositories such as the Harvard-Yenching Library and the British Museum for conservation, digitization, and scholarly access. The physical facilities include seminar halls used for lectures by visiting scholars from Princeton University, Columbia University, and University of Tokyo.
Category:Research institutes in Taiwan Category:Academia Sinica