Cheng-Hwa Tsang 臧振華 Election Year 2014 Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
130, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Taipei 11529, Taiwan Tel: (02) 26523161, (03) 5743049 / Fax: (02) 2786-8834
Current Positions
Corresponding Research Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Hou Chin-tui Chair Research Professor; Director, Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University
Education
B.A. (1969), Department of Archaeology and Anthropology; M.A. (1973), Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, National Taiwan University
Ph.D., Departments of Anthropology and East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University (1986)
Professional Experience
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, National Taiwan University:
TA (1973-75); Lecturer (1975-76); Adjunct Professor (1996-2002),
Institute of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University:
Adjunct Professor (1996-1998), Joint-appointment Professor (1999-2017)
Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica:
Assistant Research Fellow (1976-83); Associate Research Fellow (1983-90); Acting Division Head (1983-90); Division Head (1990-96), Division of Archaeology; Research Fellow (1990-2014); Deputy Director (2007-09), Acting Director (2016/10-2017/2).
Center for Archaeological Studies, RCHSS, Academia Sinica: Executive Officer, (2010-12)
National Science Council:
Convener for the field of Anthropology (2001-04); Academic Consultant (2005-06), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Director, National Museum of Prehistory (2003-06)
President, The Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (2004-06)
Board Chairman, The Ethnological Society of China (2004-07)
Board Chairman, The Taiwan Underwater Archaeology Association (2008-2014)
Specialties
Archaeology
Awards and Honors
National Science Council, Outstanding Research Awards (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999)
National Science Council, Distinguished Research Awards (1991, 2000)
28th Wu San Lien Award for Humanities and Social Sciences (2005)
Executive Yuan, 1st Grade Civil Service Award (2005)
Leading the National Museum of Prehistory to win the Executive Yuan Service Quality Award among 1515 competitors of governmental agencies (2005)
Ministry of Education Award for Outstanding Educators (2006)
National Science Council (Ministry of Science and Technology), Award for Outstanding Research (2010, 2013)
Shih Chang-ju Memorial Award for Archaeology-Chair in Archaeology (2010)
The Tainan Science Park Archaeological Project led by Cheng-hwa Tsang was selected by National Science Council as one of the fifty NSC-funded research projects during the past 50 years, which "have profound impact and contributions to the well-being of the Taiwanese people and society" (2010)
Ministry of Culture, 3rd National Award for Cultural Heritage Preservation (2014)
Award for the distinguished Research of Taiwan Archaeology, BOCH (2017)
New Taipei City Cultural Contribution Award (2018)