In April 1964, the First Sino-American Conference on Science Cooperation was held in Taipei. Li Chi, Director of the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica, was unable to convince the committees on Sino-American Science Cooperation to incorporate the Humanities and Social Sciences among their project. In February 1965, the Second SinoAmerican Conference on Science Cooperation was convened in Washington, D.C.; Chien Shi-liang, President of National Taiwan University, led the delegation from Taiwan, with Dr. Li serving as a consultant. During the conference, committees on Sino-American Science Cooperation agreed to incorporate the Humanities and Social Sciences into its projects, following an endorsement from Professor John King Fairbank of Harvard University. On June 15, 1966, a four-day “Conference on Sino-American Cooperation in Humanities and Social Sciences” was held in Taipei, chaired by Dr. Wang Shi-chieh. Conference attendees reached ten agreements and undertook to establish separate committees to implement these agreements. After the conference, Dr. Wang convened the Committee on Sino-American Cooperation in Humanities and Social Sciences. It was resolved that a special sub-committee should be set up to that end, and that its chairperson and deputy chairperson would be the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Committee on Sino-American Science Cooperation. The Committee recruited several committee members and set up an executive committee to take charge of related affairs, with Li Chi serving as the chairperson of the first executive committee and Herbert H. P. Ma as the executive secretary. The venue was located at No. 87, Ningbo West Street, Taipei. Dr. Wang committed his full energies to developing the fields of humanities and social sciences in Taiwan, and was devoted to establishing the Center for American Studies. In December 1969, the “Preparatory Task Force for the Center for American Studies” was established. As the chairperson of the Committee on Sino-American Cooperation, Dr. Wang appointed Liu Chung-hung, Chu Limin, Chu Chien-min, Li Chi-tai, Wang Chi-wu (Dr. Wang’s eldest son), Hsu Cho-yun, and Herbert H. P. Ma as members of the task force, with Liu serving as Convener. The first meeting of the preparatory task force was held on December 15, 1969 and dealt with two draft regulations: (1) Organizational Regulations for the Preparatory Task Force of the Center for American Studies and (2) Organization and Businesses of the Center for American Studies, from which the preparatory task force drew up its objectives. One of the main tasks was to compile unified catalogs of works in the field of American Studies. The preparatory team compiled a preliminary list of books based on approximately 20,000 books on American issues from National Taiwan University, National Chengchi University, United States Information Agency (USIA), and Cardinal Tien Cultural Foundation. This list was distributed to libraries and 50 Years and Beyond: The History and Prospects of the Institute of European and American Studies 3
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