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Taiwan Studies became a booming research field, drawing international attention during 1990s, an era when Taiwan was experiencing rapid political, economic, social, and cultural transformations. The expanded academic interest in Taiwan demanded a regular and interdisciplinary academic forum. To establish such a forum, the constitution of the North American Taiwan Studies Association was drafted and ratified at the first annual conference at Yale University in June 1994, which marks the inauguration of the North American Taiwan Studies Association. This constitution specified the goals, organizational structures, and functions of the NATSA. According to the constitution, the president and other members of the planning committee are to be elected at every annual meeting. All committee members participate as volunteers, and almost all of them are Ph.D. students who share the goal to expand the scope and audience of Taiwan Studies. The primary responsibility of the planning committee is to organize annual conference of the coming year. Till 2011, seventeen NATSA annual conferences have successfully been held. Locations of these conferences since 1999 are listed as follows:
1990年代台灣在政治、經濟、社會及文化上的迅速變遷,使得台灣本身成為海內外學者高度重視的研究對象。台灣作為一個研究領域的擴張與成長,使得催生一個能整合各類研究興趣的學術溝通平台成為當務之急。為增進台灣及海外學者對台灣研究成果的分享對話,進而充實與提昇台灣研究的學術內涵,一群台灣留美的研究生和學者於1994 年草創了「北美洲台灣研究年會籌備委員會」,制定北美台灣研究學會章程。根據章程,籌委會成員於每屆年會上選出,其主要任務是為來年的大會作準備。所有委員均為無給職,他們是為了推動台灣研究而自願投入時間和精力的年輕學者和博士班學生。籌備委員會的主要目標是舉辦年度的北美洲台灣研究年會,提供台灣研究生和學者之間的對話管道,擴展海內外學界對台灣的認識、進而提昇台灣、北美、和其他地區學界的互動。北美洲台灣研究年會至今已邁向第十八年,最近幾年的年會包括:
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