{"id":1592,"date":"2017-05-15T19:23:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T19:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/eacenter\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2017-05-15T19:23:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T19:23:55","slug":"madeleine-dong-first-recipient-vincent-y-c-shih-china-studies-professorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/eacenter\/2017\/05\/15\/madeleine-dong-first-recipient-vincent-y-c-shih-china-studies-professorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Madeleine Dong is first recipient of Vincent Y.C. Shih China Studies Professorship"},"content":{"rendered":"

For China Studies and History Professor\u00a0Madeleine Yue Dong<\/a>, becoming the first recipient of the Vincent Y.C. Shih Endowed Professorship at the University of Washington means more than a title.<\/p>\n

“When I learned that I was to receive this professorship, I thought about the journey that Professor Shih and his family took to arrive at the UW 72 years ago,” she told the crowd of UW Jackson School\u00a0and History Department faculty and staff, and family and friends of the late Vincent\u00a0Shih, gathered on the evening of April 19 at the UW Club for a reception and dinner to inaugurate the new professorship.<\/p>\n

Dong, who holds a joint appointment with the Jackson School and History Department and is Chair of China Studies<\/a>, has taught at UW for 20 years. Last year she was featured in this interview by UW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In her remarks, Dong highlighted the journey\u00a0of Vincent Shih, from his birth in\u00a0a coastal city in China in 1902 to\u00a0his academic achievements in philosophy in China and his arrival in the U.S. and finally at UW in the 1940s to teach in what was then called the Far Eastern Studies program, and today’s Jackson School.<\/p>\n

She noted in particular his commitment to public good and work on Taiping ideology among others as laying foundations for later scholarship.<\/p>\n

Of one of Prof. Shih’s essays in the 1960s about the follies of the Cultural Revolution in China that resulted in mass human suffering, Dong noted:<\/p>\n

“What he [Prof. Shih] is telling us is that, as scholars, we set the record straight, we argue on behalf of those who cannot do so for themselves, and we preserve the wisdoms and valuable lessons from the past even if they are trampled intentionally or blindly by many at the moment.”<\/p>\n

Vincent Shih taught for 30 years at UW before retiring in 1973.<\/p>\n

A gift for next generation China Studies
\n<\/strong>Bill Shih, son of Prof. Shih, told the audience about the opportunity the UW gave his father, and by extension, him.\u00a0He stressed the importance of mutual understanding among different countries and societies, which he said is what an institution like the Jackson School does.<\/p>\n

He and his wife, Bernadette, who also attended the event, gave\u00a0the generous endowment of the Vincent Y.C. Shih\u00a0professorship.<\/p>\n

“Professor Vincent Y.C. Shih is one of those giants whose research inspired generations of China scholars. We are proud to have him as part of our history,”\u00a0said\u00a0<\/strong>Director of the Jackson School Re\u015fat Kasaba, who also opened the ceremony. “The Jackson School is \u00a0grateful to the Bill and Bernadette Shih for making it possible for us to recognize Professor Shih\u2019s contributions to the field of China Studies with an endowed professorship that carries his name.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dong, in thanking the Shih family, underscored Vincent Shih as trailblazing UW into being a home to\u00a0scholars and students from China, including the additions of professors from China in history, linguistics and literature, “who have made the UW into\u00a0a powerhouse in the field of Chinese\u00a0studies.”<\/p>\n

In fall 2017, a China economist\u00a0will join the China Studies program. The\u00a0program has faculty that includes scholars from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Asia and other parts of the world.<\/p>\n

“I believe that Professor Shih would have been pleased if he had learned how this university is touching, challenging and inspiring new generations of scholars and students as it had done for him,” said Dong.<\/p>\n

Other family attendees at the ceremony included Shih’s\u00a0extended family members.<\/p>\n

In addition, Martha Hsiao and David Hsiao, daughter-in-law and grandson\u00a0respectively of Prof. K.C. Hsiao who joined the UW China Studies faculty in 1949 and was a colleague of\u00a0Prof. Shih, participated in the inauguration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For China Studies and History Professor\u00a0Madeleine Yue Dong, becoming the first recipient of the Vincent Y.C. Shih Endowed Professorship at the University of Washington means more than a title. “When I learned that I was to receive this professorship, I thought about the journey that Professor Shih and his family took to arrive at the<\/p>\n

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