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East Asian Studies at the Research Institute for Languages andCultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

The Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa（ILCAA/国立亚非语言文化研究所 in Chinese, Institute for the Study ofLanguages and Cultures of Asia and Africa until 2002）, affiliated with Tokyo

University of Foreign Studies, was established in 1964 as an inter-university
research institution on the recommendation of the Science Council of Japan,
an organ of the Japanese government. The first director of ILCAA was OKA
Masao 岡正雄, the forerunner of cultural anthropology in Japan. Since then,the ILCAA has played a leading position in Asian and African studies inJapan.
The research staff of ILCAA consists of researchers from three disciplines:
history, linguistics, and cultural anthropology. Our staff all do fieldwork on
topics concerning the languages and cultures of Asia and Africa. Although
ILCAA’s research activities cover the area of East Asia, Central Eurasia,
Southwest Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and Africa, andare conducted not only by our permanent research staff but also by many

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joint researchers from Japan but outside of ILCAA, as well as by visiting
foreign scholars, in this introductory essay I will restrict myself to some briefcomments on our activities specifically in East Asian studies.
Among the former members of our research staff are some distinguishedscholars in the field of East Asian studies who are well known internationally,
including HASHIMOTO Mantaro 橋本萬太郎（Chinese linguistics）, IIJIMA
Shigeru 飯島茂（anthropology of Tibet and Nepal）, KITAMURA Hajime 北村, OKADA Hidehiro 岡田英弘（East Asian history）, and甫（Tibetan linguistics）
UMEDA Hiroyuki 梅田博之 （Korean linguistics）. In particular, Hashimoto
Mantaro （who died in 1987 when he was a professor of ILCAA） is still
mentioned internationally among East Asian linguists, as are his works, ofwhich The Newari Languages, A Classified Lexicon of Its Bhadgaon Dialect（1977）, Phonology of Ancient Chinese （1978-79）, The Be [Ong-Be]
Language, A Classified Lexicon of Its Limkow Dialect（1980）, and his posthumous work, The Naxi Language Materials, Field Data Collected by theLate Prof. M.J. Hashimoto（1988）, were published by ILCAA.
The researchers in East Asian studies among today’s staff（totally 18
professors, 17 associate professors and 3 assistant professors）, and theirresearch topics, are as follows:
ARAKAWA Shintaro 荒川慎太郎, associate professor, Tangut
language and philology.
Christian DANIELS, professor, history of Southwest China and the
Tay cultural area.
Amd H. HAFNER （SUEYASU Ando 陶安あんど）, associate
professor, Chinese legal history.
HOSHI Izumi 星泉, associate professor, Tibetan linguistics.
ITO Chiyuki 伊藤智ゆき, assistant professor, Korean linguistics.
MIO Yuko 三尾裕子, professor, anthropology of Taiwan.
NAKAMI Tatsuo 中見立夫, professor, international relations inmodern East and Inner Asia.
TOYOSHIMA Masayuki 豊島正之, professor, medieval Japanesephilology.
One of the most important research activities at the ILCAA is the organization of joint research projects by our staff together with outside
researchers. In the 2010 school year, among a total of 20 joint research projects, the projects related to East Asian studies are as follows:“Missionary Linguistics” （coordinator: TOYOSHIMA Masayuki,
ILCAA）.
“Construction of Shared Research Resources for Korean Historical
Linguistics”（coordinator: ITO Chiyuki, ILCAA）.
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University）.
“New Trends in the Studies on Qidan（Khitan）Scripts”（coordinator:
MATSUKAWA Takashi 松川節, Otani University）.

“Social Change and International Relations in Modern East Asia”（coordinator: NAKAMI Tatsuo, ILCAA）.

“History of Hill Peoples in the Tay Cultural Area” （coordinator:
Christian DANIELS, ILCAA）.
ILCAA publishes its academic journal, Journal of Asian and African
Studies（Ajia Afurika Gengo Bunka Kenkyu/アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究 inJapanese）twice a year, as well as research monographs, lexicons and dictionaries, and bulletins of the joint research projects. Articles written in theJapanese, English, and French languages by contributors from outside ILCAA
are considered for acceptance in the Journal of Asian and African Studies
after careful consideration by our editorial board.
Our publications in the 21st century include some important and basic
research resources such as the Catalogue of the Mongolian Manuscripts and
Xylographs in the St. Petersburg State University, compiled by Vladimir L.
Uspensky with assistance from Inoue Osamu, edited and with a foreword byNakami Tatsuo （2001）; Old Forestry Contracts of the Miao in Guizhou,
1736-1950: Document Collection 貴州苗族林業契約文書匯編, edited by
Christian Daniels, Yang Yougeng, and Takeuchi Fusaji（2001–2003）; Daicing
gurun -i yooni bithe with Manchu and Chinese Indices, (Text, Manchu andChinese Index), edited by Hayata Teruhiro and Teramura Masao（2004）; A
Verb Dictionary of the Modern Spoken Tibetan of Lhasa: Tibetan–Japanese.
edited by Hoshi Izumi（2003）; Tibetan Documents from Dunhuang: Kept at
the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the British Library, edited by
Imaeda Yoshiro, Takeuchi Tsuguhito, Hoshi Izumi, Ohara Yoshimichi,
Ishikawa Iwao, Iwao Kazushi, Nishida Ai, and Brandon Dotson（2007）.
Since 1967, ILCAA has offered intensive summer courses in Asian and
African languages for the training of young scholars. In addition, from 1967
to 2008 ILCAA had a special program of “Extensive-period Field Research”
for our assistant professors—in my case I investigated historical sources atarchives or research institutions mainly in Mongolia, China and the USSR for
two years between 1985 and 1987. The ILCAA Library holds a total of
120,000 volumes, including 1,300 journal titles, as well as special collections
like documents of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty collected by Prof. Miura Hiroyuki
三浦周行 of Kyoto Imperial University, Qing archival documents, the recordsof the Manzhouguo Legation in Thailand, and others. ILCAA recently established oversea satellite offices in Lebanon and Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
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accepted by ILCAA from foreign countries. ILCAA offers visiting professors（or associate professors）fellowships to conduct joint research projects with

our staff, and since 1967 has also received many visiting fellows via theJapan Foundation, the Japan Association for the Promotion of Science, theJapan-U.S. Educational Commission, the Chinese Ministry of Education, andother granting organizations. The position of visiting professorship of ILCAA
started in 1977, and the early list of those who came to ILCAA in thatcapacity includes distinguished scholars in the field of East Asian studies suchas Søren C.Egerod（Denmark, 1977）, Fu Maoji 傅懋勣（China, 1980）, Alexis
Rygaloff（France, 1983）and many others .
Until the 2009-2010 academic year, our staff searched for visiting
professor candidates, made contact with them, and proposed them to theInstitute. Our board then made the final decision and selected the visiting
professor. But beginning with the 2010-2011 academic year, ILCAA has put
the information about the visiting professorships on our website. Anyone
who is interested in the visiting professorship can contact with our joint projects, and then send their materials directly to our Institute. Our board willthen make the final decision and award the visiting professorship. If you areinterested in the ILCAA visiting professorship, you may find information
about it on our website at http://www.aa.tufs.ac.jp/en. （NAKAMI Tatsuo）

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Center for Kaitokudō Studies, Osaka University

Osaka University had its origins in Kaitokudō, an Edo period school for
Chinese learning. Since its establishment in 1949, the Faculty of Literature of
Osaka University has carried on the legacy of Kaitokudō. The school organized 36,000 important materials donated by the Kaitokudō Memorial
Foundation（Kaitokudō Kinenkai）and published the Kaitokudō bunko tosho
mokuroku （Catalog of Books from the Kaitokudō Library） in 1976.
Subsequently, the school has held a range of lectures and other events inconjunction with the memorial foundation and is serving as a center forknowledge in Osaka.
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the Faculty of Literature of Osaka University. Its main aim was to consolidate
important materials extant in various locations within the school and put themon display. However, as a suitable place for display could not be obtained, forpractical reasons it was decided that the digital content of the Kaitokudō
collection would be put on line and explained, thus making the center a basefor Kaitokudō research. In addition, digital images and a database of important materials created for the seventieth anniversary of the founding of Osaka
University in 2001 gained a lot of attention, creating several opportunities toobtain materials from both inside and outside the university. Osaka University
Library also made frequent requests to the center for cooperation in
researching, locating, and retrieving documents. This center thus became
engaged in gathering materials and assisting in research. Given the reality of
the center’s activities, the Kaitokudō Center was reorganized in May 2009,
and the new Center for Kaitokudō Studies came into being.
The center’s purpose is specified in its charter thus: “In line with theeducational and research principles of the Graduate School of Letters, theCenter for Kaitokudō Studies serves as a center for investigation, research,and publication of matters pertaining to Kaitokudō and through these activities aims to contribute to the development of this graduate school.”
To achieve these aims, the center provides the following services.
1. The investigation, research, collection, and production of materials（including digital content）relating to Kaitokudō
2. The editing and publication of media to generate publicity, such as
Kaitokudō Research（Kaitokudō kenkyū, published annually）, pamphlets,and occasional newsletters
3. The administration of Web Kaitokudō （http://kaitokudo.jp/）, a website
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4. The organization of exhibitions of Kaitokudō materials and lectures bothwithin and outside the university
5. Cooperation in researching materials for Kaitokudō commemorative events
6. Cooperation in researching materials relating to Kaitokudō for Osaka
University Library and the Museum of Osaka University
Kaitokudō Research is a revamped publication that succeeds KaitokudōCenter News, published by the old center. Kaitokudō Center News consistedof reports of the center’s activities and studies. Although all the studies wereof great academic value, the name “Center News” gave the impression that it
was a public-relations or in-house publication. The title Kaitokudō Researchthus rightly emphasizes the research being published in this journal, the only
academic journal in Japan specialized in research related to Kaitokudō.
In addition, Web Kaitokudō （http://Kaitokudō.jp/）, the website for
Kaitokudō research, continues to expand every year. This website, highly
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which users can browse important Kaitokudō materials in the comfort of theirown homes. Through this website and the website of the Center for
Kaitokudō Studies （http://www.let.osaka-u.ac.jp/kaitoku-c/）, the Graduate
School of Letters of Osaka University seeks to contribute to society.
This center serves not only Osaka University but also the Kansai region,
Japan, and the larger East Asian cultural sphere. It has already been 280 years
since the establishment of Kaitokudō in the Edo period. Against this historicalbackground, the Center for Kaitokudō Studies strives to further develop the（YUASA Kunihiro）
Kaitokudō legacy.

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Research Institute for Oriental Cultures, Gakushuin University

The Research Institute for Oriental Cultures（東洋文化研究所）was established in 1952 in accordance with the spirit of Yoshishige Abe, a former
president of Gakushuin University, who believed that studying the Orient withnew ideals and wider visions is one of the most important tasks for not only
Japanese but also all of humankind. Since then the institute has been acting asa center of East Asian studies for 58 years. The institute is currently
conducting research on East Asia, mainly Korea and China.
Research Projects
In addition to general research projects that study history, ideology, politics, law, and education in East Asia, we also engage in Gakushuin
University’s Oriental Cultures Archive Project, in which we study the Chineseclassics and Korean materials kept at Gakushuin University. Internal researchstaff, as well as external specialists, participate in the project as regular andguest researchers while engaged in their own research projects. Many postgraduate students participate in these research activities.
Research Projects in 2010
• Asian studies and archives in Japan during World War II（archive study）• Research on the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang （r. 221–210 BCE） andancient natural environment using remote sensing（history）

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• Race and society during the transition from nomadism to agriculture（history）• Comparative research on laws concerning nonregular employment（law）• Chinese policy toward the Korean peninsula（politics）• G. W. Leibniz’s ideas on Jesuit proselytizing in China（philosophy）
Center for Knowledge of East Asian Studies, Gakushuin University
Gakushuin University holds approximately 40,000 books and materials
on East Asia. To investigate, research, and retrieve material related to East
Asian studies, we established the Center for Knowledge of East AsianStudies. In particular, the Yūhō Collection（友邦文庫）is an important collection on the administration of the governor-general of Korea. In addition, theuniversity also possesses the following various original materials useful instudying the history and culture of East Asia.
• Isono Collection（磯野文庫）: materials related to Inner Mongolia• Korean history materials: a rubbing of the Gwanggaetowang stele, local
documents of the Silla kingdom, registers from the Chosŏn dynasty（1392–1897）, etc.
• Chinese history materials: Chinese books published during the Ming
（1368–1644）and Qing（1644–1911）dynasties, materials related to modern
Chinese Islam, etc.
It is possible to retrieve these materials by using the Gakushuin University
knowledge base for East Asian studies.
In 2010 we also held the special exhibition “Knowledge from across theEast Asian Seas: The Collection of Gakushuin University” at the gallery of
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International Exchange
In recent years, we have made efforts toward international exchanges in
East Asian studies. By 2010 we had exchanged memoranda of understanding
for research cooperation with the following six organizations:• Academy of East Asian Studies, Sungkyunkwan University（Korea）• Research Institute for Asian Studies, Kyungpook National University（Korea）• Department of History, Fu Jen Catholic University（Taiwan）• Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaii（United States）• Center for Historical Environment and Socio-economic Development inNorthwest China, Shaanxi Normal University（China）• Department of Japanese Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong（China）
Publications
The institute annually publishes the
Journal of Asian
Cultures （東洋文化研究）, which covers not
only the research of its
staff members but also
the latest work of
external eminent
scholars. The institutealso published 55 occasional papers （調査研究報告） c o v e r i n g t h efinished research projects, such as Thao Vocabulary with English andJapanese Indices: Thao Language Studies II（2008）and Effects of Total Factor
Productivity: The Contribution of Information and Communication
Technology and Resource Redistributions in Japan and South Korea（2009）.
In addtion, the institute has been publishing the Gakushuin University
East Asian Studies Series（学習院大学東洋文化研究叢書）through collaboration
with its associated publishers. The recent titles in the series are as follows:
Educational Reform in China（沸騰する中国の教育改革, Tōhō Shoten, 2008）
Foreign Relations of a Rising China （台頭中国の対外関係, Ochanomizu
Shobō, 2008）
Some Aspects of Private Law in East Asia （東アジア私法の諸相, Keisō
Shobō, 2008）
The Arise of Modern Knowledge in China （中国における「近代知」の生成,
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Wang Yangming Studies in East Asia（東アジアにおける陽明学, Tōhō Shoten,（MURAMATSU Koichi）
2010）

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The Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social
Sciences, National Taiwan University

National Taiwan University（NTU）, the premier and oldest university in
Taiwan, has been leading higher education and academic research here eversince its establishment in 1928. In pursuit of continued academic excellencein the era of globalization, NTU has long considered it imperative to establish
high-level research institutes for integrated interdisciplinary research amongits eleven colleges.
NTU founded the Institute forAdvanced Studies in Humanities
and Social Sciences （IHS） in
October 2005 to promote basic
research and interdisciplinary integration among related fields ofinquiry. In its brief five years ofexistence, the institute, offering
open channels for intercollegiate
and international communication
aimed at breaking down traditional departmental compartmentalization, has come to serve as avital interface for interaction
among the humanities and social
sciences. Our motto is, “Tobroaden our outlook in thehumanities and social sciences
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Chun-chieh Huang, IHS pursues three main strategies: Think from East Asia;
make East Asian Classical teachings and values the research core; andembrace diverse cultures as the research context. Consequently, IHS objectives and goals include the following:（1）to bring together the best NTU
scholars in the humanities and social sciences to undertake basic research,（2）to bridge the boundary between the humanities and social sciences byfostering scholarly dialogue among the disciplines,（3）to organize teams ofinnovative researchers and promote cooperation between leading domestic andinternational research institutes,（4）to coordinate projects under grand-scale,integrated programs, and（5）to open up new horizons of research unique to
NTU by approaching issues from East Asian perspectives and conceptualizing
development in East Asia with globalization in mind.
During the past five years, IHS has engaged in the following important
activities:
1. Designing and hosting innovative seminars to lead key research topics anddirections. For example, the IHS Humanities and Social Science Forum isheld bimonthly to host leading scholars in relevant fields to speak on theirbreakthroughs. IHS Symposia in the Humanities and Social Sciences aredesigned to scout future directions of humanities and social science
research while urging disciplines to challenge and inspire each other. NTU
Colloquia on Confucianism are designed to develop regional, as opposed
to national, Confucian studies. In addition, IHS also hosts Academic
Seminars for faculty, graduate, and doctoral students to engage in theseareas and issues.
2. Arranging academic chairs to strengthen the coherence of its programs, andexpanding the domestic and overseas visiting-scholar program（83 positions to date）.
3. Promoting international academic exchanges. In its relatively short existence, IHS has engaged in extensive academic exchanges with advancedresearch institutes at such institutions as Essen University, Berlin
University, Princeton University, Harvard University, Yenching Institute,London School of Economics and Political Science, Nanjing University,
Fudan University, Sungkyunkwan University, Kansai University, Shandong
University, and Xiamen University.
4. Publishing periodic journals, such as the Taiwan Journal of East AsianStudies and the IHS Newsletter, and book series, such as Studies on East
Asian Confucian Classics and Cultures, Series on the Rule of Law and
Human Rights in East Asia, and Series on Humanities in the Era of
Globalization.
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research topics in the humanities and social sciences that would bring
together experts of diverse disciplines and different cultures and make
NTU stand out in those areas. Led by renowned faculty members, theseresearch topics cover a wide range of subjects focused on East Asian
cultures and contemporary Taiwan.
Six Core Research Programs of IHS• Program of East Asian Classics and Cultures（started August 2006）, directedby Dr. Chun-chieh Huang, Dean of IHS• Program for East Asian Democratic Studies（started August 2006）, codirected by Dr. Fu Hu and Dr. Yun-han Chu• Program for the Formation of the Rule of Law in East Asia（started August2006）, directed by Dr. Ming-cheng Tsai
• Program for Globalization Studies（started August 2006）, codirected by Dr.
Jin-tan Liu and Dr. Bor-shiuan Cheng• Program for Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Studies on Chinese
Conceptions of the Person and the Self（started August 2008）, codirectedby Dr. Kuo-shu Yang and Dr. Shu-min Huang• Program for Productivity and Efficiency Studies: From East Asia to
Globalization（started August 2008）, codirected by Dr. Hong Hwang, Dr.
Tsu-tan Fu, and Dr. Hung-jen Wang
Major Achievements
To convey a sense of IHS’s vitality, here are some of the major researchbreakthroughs led by IHS since 2006. IHS encouraged project scholars tocultivate the following innovative fields in regional East Asian research: East
Asian Confucianism, East Asian democracy, East Asian law, globalization,etc. Dean Chun-chieh Huang reaffirmed that IHS seeks to break through thestate-centric research orientation of twentieth-century humanities and social
science studies in order to broaden scholars’ grasp of issues in Confucianism,
democracy, law, globalization, etc., from narrow state-centric perspectives toa wider regional, East Asian perspective. To this end, IHS continues topublish studies in the Taiwan Journal of East Asian Studies（13 volumes）andthe following series: Series on East Asian Civilizations（89 volumes）, Series
on Bibliography of East Asian Studies（2 volumes）, Series on Sources of East
Asian Civilizations （8 volumes）, Series on Sources of East Asian
Confucianisms （7 volumes）, and Series on East Asian Confucianisms （8volumes）. Having published 127 volumes in total, IHS leads in domestic andinternational academic research in these fields. By focusing on core East
Asian classics and core value concepts（e.g., Confucianism, democracy, law,
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end, in addition to publishing more than 100 volumes of studies in Chinese,
English, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and German, IHS has been hosting
international conferences, thus leading the rising trend toward East Asianstudies.
Significantly, IHS recently has cooperated with the Institute for Advanced
Study in the Humanities, Essen, Germany, in producing the Series on
Humanism in the Era of Globalization, published in Germany. The first four
volumes were published in 2009, and subsequently 5 volumes were publishedin 2010. The first page of each volume bears the words, “In cooperation with
the Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences,
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The Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Learning

The Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Learning—formally founded on
November 1, 2009, directly subordinate to the Tsinghua University—was
established as a key institution for spanning disciplinary boundaries.
Inheriting the mantel of the former Department of Sinology in the Tsinghua
Academy and continuing the Tsinghua tradition of research in the humanitiesof the 1930s and 1940s, the Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Learning seeks
gradually to develop itself into a world-class center for China studies. By
relying on the many humanities disciplines at Tsinghua University; following
advances in sinology throughout the world; interacting with other scholars;
and carrying out multidimensional research focused on Chinese philosophy,
Chinese history, Chinese aesthetics, Chinese literature, and foreign sinology;
we seek to produce high-level research results, lectures, journals, and bookseries.
The Tsinghua School of Sinology seeks top-rated scholars for special andregular appointments. It has a visiting scholars program and supports scholarly research. Scholars from China and abroad can also bring outside grantmoney and apply for visiting positions. According to circumstances, theschool also sets up topic groups and research programs, and, with approval of
the appropriate academic committee, allocates personnel for carrying out aproject. It has also instituted a postdoc workstation and invites graduates ofdoctoral programs in the humanities at Tsinghua or other well-known universities to participate in the research of this institution.
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Qichao Memorial Lectures, Wang Guowei Memorial Lectures, and Chen
Yinke Memorial Lectures to pay homage to and inherit the legacy of threegreat academics who laid the foundation of the humanities at Tsinghua. Eachof these lectures will be held once a year, and they will delivered, respectively, by an invited world-class philosopher, scholar of literature, or historian
about a set topic. This scholar will lecture at the Tsinghua campus and will
engage in specialized discussions with Chinese scholars. These lectures, alongwith ensuing discussions and defenses, will then be edited, translated, andrevised for publication in the series Tsinghua Lectures in Chinese Learning（Qinghua guoxue jiangzuo）. In addition, the Academy of Chinese Learning
will also hold various types of regular and irregular lectures, seminars, andscholarly exchanges.
the Academy of Chinese Learning will also edit the series Early Tsinghua
Works in Chinese Learning （Qinghua guoxue wencun）, with each volume
devoted to most of the works of an early Tsinghua academics. In this way wehope to show the former Tsinghua School of Sinology’s contribution to thehumanities in a short four years in the 1920s. In addition, to showcase its
research results, the School of Sinology will publish Tsinghua Studies inSinology（Qinghua guoxue yanjiu）, a series that will include discussions onorganizing the field of sinology; histories of Tsinghua sinological research;and biographies of notable Tsinghua literati, especially full-time faculty, parttime faculty, visiting professors, visiting scholars, postdoctoral fellows, andother research supported by the School of Sinology.
To promote academic exchange in China and abroad and to further theuse of Chinese as a language for international academic work, the School ofSinology sponsors the publication of Zhongguo xueshu（China Scholarship）,
a school publication, and has founded the journals Qinghua Yuan shi（Tsinghua Studies in Yuan History）and Guoxue wenzhai（Sinology Digest）.
Sinological research is research by Chinese scholars of their own history
and culture. As such, it must reveal the subjectivity of Chinese culture, makefull use of the strengths of Chinese scholars researching their own culture,and reveal Chinese scholars’ understanding of history, perception of issues,and cultural spirit. And in the intimately interconnected world of research on
world culture and Chinese culture, it is this cultural subjectivity that establishes the place of Chinese culture. Precisely in this area we hope to further
exchange within and development of Chinese and world scholarship.

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The Institute of Japanese Culture Studies at Zhejiang Gongshang
University

The Institute of Japanese Culture Studies was founded in 1989. Its predecessor was the Center of Japanese Culture Studies at Hangzhou University. In
1998 its name was changed to the Japanese Culture Research Institute ofZhejiang University. And in September 2004 it was reorganized as theInstitute of Japanese Culture Studies at Zhejiang Gongshang University. In
2006 the Japan Foundation designated the institute as China’s first “base forresearch on Japan.”
The institute presently has 13 researchers, including 3 professors and 6
associate professors, one of whom is a full-time associate professor ofJapanese nationality. The present director is Prof. Wang Yong, and the vicedirector is Dr. Chen Xiaofa. The institute has two offices, one for premodern
Japanese culture and one for modern Japanese culture. It accepts students forthe master’s degree in Japanese history and Japanese culture and, withZhejiang University and Guangzhou Foreign Language &Trade University,
produces doctorates of Japanese research.
In the twenty-one years since its founding, the institute has overseen morethan sixty research projects for the state, provinces, and international organizations. Among these projects were the following:• “Late Qing Chinese Perceptions of Japan,” a project commissioned by theformer National Education Commission.
• “The Premodern Sino-Japanese Book Road,” a planning project commissioned by the Ministry of Education.
• “Language Studies of Tang Dynasty Classics Saved in Japan,” a large
humanities and social sciences key basic project commissioned by the
Ministry of Education.
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project commissioned by the National Higher Learning Commission forClassics Editing and Research.
• “Emigrants from Wu and Yue and the Formation of the Ancient JapaneseState,” a project commissioned by the Zhejiang Province Social Sciences
Fund.
• “Lin’an’s Contact with the Outside World during the Southern Song Period,”a key social sciences planning topic commissioned by Zhejiang Province.
• “Chinese Republication of Chinese Works Preserved in Japan: A Survey ofand Research on Chinese Republication of Lost Works,” a projectcommissioned by the Japan Foundation.
• “A Study of Sino-Japanese Scientific Exchanges during the Qing Period,”a project commissioned by the Japan Society for the Promotion of
Science.
Researchers at this institute have published about seventy works in
Chinese. Among these works are the following:• Zhong-Ri Hanji jiaoliu shi lun（On the History of the Sino-Japanese Book
Trade）, edited by Wang Yong and published by Hangzhou University
Press in 1992. Awarded the first annual most outstanding humanities andsocial-sciences work second-place award by the National Education
Commission.
• Riben wenhua: Mofang yu chuangxin de guiji（Japanese Culture: Its Historyof Imitation and Creativity）, by Wang Yong, published by Higher
Education Press in 2001. Awarded the high-school scientific-research work
first-place award by Zhejiang Provence• Zhongguo guancang Riren Hanwen shumu（Bibliography of Chinese Works
by Japanese Held in Chinese Libraries）, by Wang Baoping, published byHangzhou University Press in 1997. Awarded the ninth philosophy andsocial-sciences work third-place award in 2001 by Zhejiang Province.
Researchers at the institute have also published twenty-three works inJapanese. Among them are the following works:• Tō kara mita kentōshi （Japanese Envoys as Seen from the Tang
Perspective）, by Wang Yong, published by Kōdansha in 1998.
• Chūgokushi no naka no Nihon zō（The Image of Japan in Chinese Histories）,
by Wang Yong, published by Nōsan Gyoson Bunka Kyōkai in 2000.
• Kindai Chū-Nichi gakujutsu kōryū no kenkyū（A Study of Modern SinoJapanese Scientific Exchange）, by Wang Baoping, published by Kyūko
Shoin in 2005.
The institute also supports the editing and writing of large book series,
such as the following:• The History of Sino-Japanese Cultural Exchange Series, 10 vols., publishedby Zhejiang People’s Publishing House and Taishūkan Shoten.

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• The Studies in Japanese Culture Series, 9 vols., published by Hangzhou
University Press.
• The Studies in Sino-Japanese Culture Library, 12 vols. to date, publishedby Shanghai Chinese Classics Publishing House.
• The Late Qing Eastern Travel Journals Collection, 5 vols. to date, publishedby Shanghai Chinese Classics Publishing House.
• The Japanese Culture Great Lecture Hall series, 4 vols. to date, publishedby Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House.
In addition, the institute has sponsored nearly thirty international scientificconferences, among them, “Chinese Classics and Sino-Japanese Cultural
Exchange,” “East Asian Cultural Exchange in the Age of Japanese Envoys toTang,” “The History of Sino-Japanese Cultural Exchange during the Qing
Period,” “Confucianism during the Meiji Period,” “The Influence of Taoist
Culture on Japan,” and “The Book Road and Cultural Exchange.” All of these
conferences received widespread attention in domestic and international
scientific circles.
The institute’s library has a rich collection, including 25,000 Japanesevolumes and 5,000 Chinese volumes. It has also established such specialized
scientific collections as the Ozaki Yasushi Collection and the Saitō Akio
Collection, and it subscribes 23 foreign-language journals. Moreover, it hassigned book-exchange agreements with five universities.
The institute has also positively developed international scientificexchanges. It has established long-term scientific-exchange relationships with
the National Institute of Japanese Literature in Tokyo, Kansai University,
Kanagawa University, Shitennoji University, Nishogakusha University, andEhime University. Every year it sends teachers and students to Japan to teachand study, and it also invites a well-known scholar from China or abroad tolecture at the institute. In addition, the institute edits and publishes the semiannual scientific journal Nihon shisō bunka kenkyū（Research on JapaneseThought and Culture）, distributed by International Culture Press in Japan, andwith Kansai University, it edits the semiannual scientific journal Higashi Ajia
bunka kanryū（East Asian Cultural Circulation）, distributed by Tōhō Shoten.

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The Centre of Sino-Western Cultural Studies of Macao
Polytechnic Institute

The Centre of Sino-Western Cultural Studies

The Centre of Sino-Western Cultural Studies is an academic unit of Macao
Polytechnic Institute and was established in October 2001. Macao, a meeting
point for Sino-Western cultural interaction for centuries, has a long history of
blending Western and Chinese culture. The mission of our center is to explore
this unique history of the city.
To further research and enhance communication with other academicorganizations, we publish the biannual Journal of Sino-Western Cultural
Studies. By publishing high-quality articles, the journal has become one of themost widely recognized publications in the area of Sino-Portuguese culturalinteraction, being subscribed to by major universities and libraries. The center
also regularly convenes conferences to enable scholars from China andabroad to meet, exchange ideas, and hold comprehensive discussions in thefields of history and culture. Over the past few years the center has conducted
several research projects to explore the fusion of Chinese and Western culture
in Macao. Current work includes “A history of translation in Macao.”

Publications of the Centre