The five winning monographs cover research into Jesuit translated literature, Chinese poems during the Ming-Qing period, the modern Sino-Japanese relationship, political ideas of western republicanism, and “indefinite legal concept”. The recipients each received a certificate and a cash prize of NT$600,000.

This year, a total of 39 applications were received from a wide range of fields. All submissions underwent a stringent review procedure of the highest standard. During the ceremony, the five winners briefly presented their winning publications. The ceremony was hosted by President Chi-Huey Wong.

Pei-Feng Chen Research Fellow (Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica ) Imagination and Boundary: Creolization of Language Forms in Taiwan. Taipei: Socio Publishing Co. Ltd., 2013 [ About the author / About the book ]

Wen-Chin Chang Research Fellow (Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica ) Beyond Borders: Stories of Yunnanese Chinese Migrants of Burma, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014. [ About the author / About the book ]

Sean Hsiang-lin Lei Associate Research Fellow (Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica ) Neither Donkey nor Horse: Medicine in the Struggle over China’s Modernity, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2014. [ About the author / About the book ]

Yen-Lin Chung Assistant Professor (Graduate Institute of East Asian Studies, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University. ) Deng Xiaoping before the Cultural Revolution: Mao’s “Vice Marshal” (1956–1966), Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2013. [ About the author / About the book ]