“The true discoverer is not the man who first chances to stumble upon anything, but the man who finds he has sought. Such a one alone stands in a link with the thoughts and interests of his predecessors.” – J. Burckhardt, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy.

Stephen Tseng-Hsin Chang　 張 增 信

 

Ph.D Conferred: Department of History, The University of Reading, United Kingdom (2002).

Doctoral Thesis:	From Malabar To Macau: The Portuguese in China during the Sixteenth Century — A synthesis of early Luso-Chinese sources
	＊ Being awarded the Prize of The British International History of 2003 ＊

Academic Qualifications

Assistant Professor, Certificate (of the Ministry of Education, R. O. C.): Zhùli 11924, March 2004.

University Lecturer, Certificate (of the Ministry of Education, R. O. C.): Jiang 24619, January 1987

 

Career Experiences

Investigador de História in Portugal (1988~1992): Under the auspicious of Portuguese Instituto de Cultura e Língua Portuguesa (88~90) and Fundação Oriente (90~92).

University Lecturer in Taiwan (1986~1988): Tamkang University, Chung-yüan Christian University, and The Open University.

 

Awards & Grants

1.	First prize: Young Person’s Research Publications, issued by the “Ministry of Education” of R. O. C., Taiwan, 1987.
2.	First prize: Publication Aid and Prize Award, in History, issued by the “China Committee for Publication Aid and Prize Awards” , Taipei, 1988.
3.	Research grant: Bolsa de Investigação, issued by the Instituto de Cultura e lingua Portuguesa of Portugal, Lisbon, 1988~1990.
4.	Research grant: Bolsa de Investigação, issued by the Fundação Oriente of Portugal, Lisbon, 1990~1992.
5.	Research grant: Overseas Research Students Award, issued by “Committee of vice-chancellors and principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom” , London, 1992~1995.
6.	Research grant: The Central Research Fund, issued by “Committee of Central Research Fund and Scholarships” of the University of London, 1994.
7.	Research grants: Sino-British Fellowship Trust Fund, London, 1993 and 1995.
8.	Honourable Mention: Ristow Prize Competition, issued by the “Washington Map Society”, Washington D. C., 1997.
9.	Research grant: The Postgraduate Studentship, issued by the “Committee of the Postgraduate Studentship Fund” of The University of Reading, 1999~2000.
10.	Prize of the British International History of 2003, issued by the “British International History Group”, under the auspicious of the British International Studies Association.

 

Publications

—	Maritime Activities on the Southeast Coast of China in the Latter Part of the Ming Dynasty, China Committee for Publication Aid and Prize Awards, Taipei, 1988.            [in Chinese]
—	“The Portuguese Feitorίas along the Coast of South China in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century” in Collected Works on the Chinese Maritime Development, Vol. 2, Institute of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1986, pp. 75~104.                          [in Chinese]
—	“Pirates Activities and their Offshore bases in the Late Ming Period” in Collected Works on the Chinese Maritime Development, Vol. 3, Institute of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1988, pp. 313~344.                                                     [in Chinese]
—	“Commodities Imported to the Chang-chou Region of Fukien during the Late Ming Period” in R. Ptak & D. Rothermund (eds.), Emporia, Commodities and Entrepreneurs in Asian Maritime Trade, c. 1400~1750, Beiträge zur Südasienforschung, Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Franz Steiner Verlag Stuttgart, 1991, pp. 159~194.
—	“The Portuguese Maritime Discoveries along the South-East Coast of China in the First Half of the Sixteenth Century: A Cartographic View, 1513~1550” in The Portolan, Journal of the Washington Map Society, Washington D.C., No 41, 1998, pp. 7~19.
—	“The Changing Patterns of Portuguese Outposts along the Coast of China in the Sixteenth Century: A socio-ecological perspective” in Portugal e a China: conferências no III Curso Livre de História das Relações entre Portugal e a China (Séculos XVI-XIX), Lisbon, Fundação Oriente, 2000.

Research Expertise and Interests

—	Chinese maritime history since pre-modern age.
—	History of Sino-European relationships.
—	Early Jesuit missions and Christian ecclesiastical history in China.
—	The rise of peripheral China; Studies on Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.
—	The Portuguese maritime expansion in Asia during the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries.
—	Monsoon Asia under European colonial powers (the Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, and British).
—	The Portuguese cartography of maritime discoveries.