The Introverted Vice Dean

 Ts'ui-Jung Liu put all of her passion in her academic research. She does not like to waste time on discussing thing that does not relate to her study and taking photo. Although she seems strict and serious, she helped every time when she found out someone needs help, such as when there is not enough fund to support the research, she will use her own money to support the team work. This is how the first female vice dean in the area of humanity and social emerged in 2003, her kind heart has made her become the best person selected of this place.

This is how the dean Yuan-Tseh Lee described his vice dean: “hard working, ‘Standard workaholic’ who worked twenty-five hours a day.” She encouraged the three institute of modern history, historical language and Taiwanese history in Academia Sinica work together to study the research in different place and era. She also recommended the researcher to first consider the topic of their research, then decided which language, Chinese or English could best express their idea.

   In 2009, November, Ts'ui-Jung Liu represented Academia Sinica to discuss the issue of Mad cow disease also called Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. However, during the discussion, the Legislator purposely created difficulties to Ts’ui-Jung Liu who’s specialty is the history of economy. Therefore, after the discussion, with also the reason of health problems, Ts'ui-Jung Liu has resigned the place of the vice dean, and move back to her academic research

Fifty-two Letters from Distinguished Female Scholar to Young Scholars

 “Foundation For The Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship has sent me a book called ‘Sixty-seven Letters from Distinguished Scholar to Young scholars’(2003), and invited me to write one for ‘Fifty-two Letters from Distinguished Female Scholar to Young Scholars’. Although at first, I cannot really understand the purpose of using specifically the view of female scholars to write another book, after I conjecture the intention of the inviter, I think maybe is because the people who work and participate the academic study are mostly male, therefore, the inviter hope to use the experience of the female researcher, to encourage other female young scholars who are also interested in academic research, do not be afraid at choosing their own road.”

Learning experience

 At first, Ts'ui-Jung Liu’s interest was the history of economy. Later, she also studied the history of population.

In 1975, she attempted the Demography class for one month. The next year, she went to University of Pennsylvania to learn Historical Demography research and how to organize the change of population by using the Chinese genealogy for ten months. In 1977, she transferred to the institute of Economy, to study both history of economy and population. In recent ten years, she also studied environment.

“ About ten years ago, Professor Mark Elvin raised a plan to work on an academic experience exchange, and I was recommend to work with Professor Elvin.“ “Together with other six colleagues, we received the researching allowance from the National Scientific Committee in 1992. The also support us to hold an International Seminar in Hong Kong. After the seminar, the thesis has been published in 1995 by the Academia Sinica and in 1998 by the publisher in Cambridge University called “Sediments of Time”. This book has covered the study about the history of Chinese Environment, which has contributed her transfer to the institute of Taiwan history.

The history of business, population and environment are the academic research that shares the similar theory and the skill of research.