About Us

The Graduate Institute of Taiwan Literature and Transnational Cultural Studies at National Chung-hsing University was established in August, 2004. It offers an unrivaled graduate program of solid training in the study of Taiwan Literature from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives. The interests and expertise of the teaching staff of the institute are wide and varied, but all members of staff conduct their research and teaching in the context of transnational studies. Working closely with other departments and institutes at Chung-hsing University-- such as the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Department of Chinese Literature, Department of History, and the Graduate Institute of Library and Information Science, ” the institute offers a wide range of courses of intellectual depth and breath. It also benefits from close working relations with experts in related fields from other countries and provides a platform for students to engage in scholarly dialogue with international academic communities.

The institute will set up a doctoral degree program in the near future.