History
The Graduate Institute for Social Research and Cultural Studies, founded in 2002, is an interdisciplinary graduate institute offering both Master and PhD programs. SRCS is scholarly active and has been recognized as the leading institution in the field of cultural studies in Taiwan. In order to foster active intellectual exchanges, SRCS colleagues have founded the Center for Emergent Culture Studies, the Center for Asia -Pacific / Cultural Studies, and the Center for Humanities and Social Theory. These centers regularly invite international scholars as visiting professors and organize critical theory seminars, lecture series, international workshops and conferences. Two academic journals of cultural studies, Routers: Journal of Cultural Studies, and Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, edited by SRCS colleagues, have gained international recognition.
Goal
The educational goal of SRCS is to encourage trans-disciplinary and cross-cultural research, and therefore accept students from different disciplinary backgrounds. As a research team, SRCS highlights the problematic assets of political-aesthetic-ethic in relation to East-Asian modernity, nationalism, social movement, and the contemporary global political-economic conditions.
Programs
The SRCS offers a Master program and a PhD program, that feature four curriculum four areas of studies:
• Social, cultural and political thoughts
• Taiwan cultural studies
• Issues in East-Asian modernity
• Comparative cultural histories
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