The Awards Ceremony for the 9th Scholarly Monograph Award in the Humanities and Social Sciences was held on December 17 on the first floor of the Tsai Yuan-Pei Memorial Hall (Faculty Club), Academia Sinica. This year, five books were selected for the award: three in Mandarin and two in English, covering topics such as sociology, history, philosophy, Chinese literature, and linguistics. It was our great pleasure to recognize this year’s award winners, whose thought-provoking books explored a vast range of ideas and challenged preexisting theoretical frameworks.

　　The Scholarly Monograph Award was established to encourage monograph publication in the humanities and social sciences that allows scholars to share their findings with the public and enrich society. Honoring the finest examples of scholarship, the Award recognizes books that demonstrate outstanding research and ground-breaking insights. Through the years, award-winning books have received high recognition from scholars in Taiwan and abroad.

　　During the ceremony, each awardee was given a medal and a prize of NT$600,000, with all five awardees making brief presentations about their prize-winning books. The ceremony was hosted by Academia Sinica President James Liao.

　　The five awardees and their award-winning books are as follows:

Wu, Jieh-Min Research Fellow (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica) 《尋租中國：台商、廣東模式與全球資本主義》 [ About the author / About the book ]

Li, Chien-Hui Associate Professor (Department of History, National Cheng Kung University) Mobilizing Traditions in the First Wave of the British Animal Defense Movement [ About the author / About the book ]

Lin, Yuan-Tse Distinguished Professor (Department of Philosophy, National Chengchi University) 《從赫德到米德—邁向溝通共同體的德國古典語言哲學思路》 [ About the author / About the book ]

Tsao, Shu-Chuan Professor (Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University) 《在勞績中安居—晚明園林文學與文化》 [ About the author / About the book ]

Myers, James Distinguished Professor (Graduate Institute of Linguistics, National Chung Cheng University) The Grammar of Chinese Characters: Productive Knowledge of Formal Patterns in an Orthographic System [ About the author / About the book ]