Liu Ts'ui-jung
Liu Ts'ui-jung | |
|---|---|
劉翠溶 | |
| Born | 5 December 1941 |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Alma mater | National Taiwan University (BA, MA) Harvard–Yenching Institute (MA) Harvard University (PhD) |
Liu Ts'ui-jung (Chinese: 劉翠溶; pinyin: Liú Cuìróng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâu Chhùi-iông; born 5 December 1941) is a Taiwanese historian.
Life and career
[edit]Born in 1941, Liu attended National Changhua Girls' Senior High School in her hometown of Changhua. She graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in history in 1963, and commenced graduate study at NTU, earning her first master's degree in 1966. Liu worked as a research fellow at Academia Sinica until receiving a scholarship from the Harvard–Yenching Institute. She earned a second master's degree, followed by a doctorate at Harvard University. Liu returned to Academia Sinica after finishing her doctoral studies. She has taught as an associate professor at Soochow University and NTU, where she was promoted to full professor in 1980. Liu held several visiting fellowships and professorships throughout her career.[1][2] She was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 1996,[3] and remained a research fellow there until 2015.[1][2]
Liu was elected a board member of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation in 2000,[4] and appointed one of three vice presidents of the Academia Sinica under Wong Chi-huey in 2006, alongside Andrew H. J. Wang and Liu Chao-han.[5] In March 2013, Liu lost NT$20 million in a case of telephone fraud.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dr. Ts'ui-Jung Liu". taiwanschool.net. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Ts'ui-jung Liu | Adjunct Faculty | Academia Sinica-Institute of Taiwan History". www.ith.sinica.edu.tw. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
- ^ "Liu Ts'ui-jung". Academia Sinica. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Infighting rocks academic foundation". Taipei Times. 17 December 2000. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Academia Sinica welcomes new institute president". Taipei Times. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Professor becomes the latest to fall for tried, tested telephone fraud technique". Taipei Times. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Taiwanese women historians
- 20th-century Taiwanese historians
- 21st-century Taiwanese historians
- People from Changhua County
- National Taiwan University alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Academic staff of the National Taiwan University
- Academic staff of Soochow University (Taiwan)
- Members of Academia Sinica
- 20th-century Taiwanese women writers
- 21st-century Taiwanese women writers