Research Projects(2007-2012)

Member(2007-2012)

Director:
TAKADA Yukio (Meiji University / The Toyo Bunko)

Main Researcher:
TSUCHIDA Akio (Chuo University / The Toyo Bunko)
UCHIDA Tomoyuki (Daito Bunka University / The Toyo Bunko)
KAWAI Shin’ichi (Aichi University / The Toyo Bunko)
KISHI Toshihiko (Kanagawa University / The Toyo Bunko)
KUBO Toru (Shinshu University / The Toyo Bunko)
KOHAMA Masako (Nihon University / The Toyo Bunko)
UCHIYAMA Masao (Utsunomiya University / The Toyo Bunko)
TAKISHITA Saeko (The Toyo Bunko)
TANAKA Hitoshi (Osaka University )
HATTORI Ryuji (Chuo University)
NAKAMURA Motoya (Nanzan University)
OSAWA Hajime (The Toyo Bunko / National Institutes for Humanities )

Global Partners:
WANG Jianlang (Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
SHEN Zhihua (East China Normal University)
CHEN Yungfa (Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica)
Christian HENRIOT (University Lumiere Lyon 2)

Research projects (2007-2012)

1. Organized and systematic collection, arrangement and release of modern Chinese documents:
(1) Collecting basic books and documentation on modern China.
(2) Reviewing the accumulated documents, so that material collections that are conducive to the understanding of modern China from wider points of historical and international view can be established.
(3) Not limited to general books and magazines, promoting the collection of microdocuments such as archive library collections, diplomatic documents, and electronic data.
(4) Improving the equipment necessary for using the information above.
(5) Collecting as many proceedings and papers as possible to use for China-related symposiums and workshops held inside and outside the nation as possible.
(6) Making a database of part of the collected documents with images or texts for saving and collecting the data. Additionally, releasing the data on the Web and creating a digital library for researchers and the public to use (considering the solutions of copyright issues, access and usage conditions, and technical problems).

2. Through collaboration and cooperation with domestic and international institutes, promoting the use of modern Chinese documents:
(1) Collecting, arranging and releasing on the Web of modern Chinese documents and materials.
(2) Creating a network with National Institute of Informatics and others to promote the release and use of the documents.
(3) Preparing the guide books and others on about Chinese archives and libraries.
(4) Collecting basic data on modern China and making it available on the Web.

3. Fostering empirical research based on primary documents on modern China:
(1) Jointly arranging and analyzing primary documents and announcing the results.
(2) Providing the opportunity to study modern Chinese documents for graduate students and young researchers, giving them the training of reading and analyzing Chinese primary documents, including hand-written documents, to enhance their empirical research ability.