Education

Ph. D., Political Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 2008.

Current Position

Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Si-Wan College, National Sun Yat-Sen University (2020/08/01~)

Deputy Director, Taiwan Education Center, Philippines (2018/05/01~)

Program Director, Human Rights Studies Integrated English Program, NSYSU.

Research Grants

2024-2025, Research Grant awarded by National Science and Technology Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan): Tocqueville in the Mandarin-speaking world, 2024/08/01-2025/07/31 (NSTC 113-2410-H-110-074)

2023-2024, Research Grant awarded by National Science and Technology Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan): Mapping Tocqueville’s Idea of Civilization in “Democracy in America” with Text-Mining Method, 2023/08/01-2024/07/31 (NSTC 112-2410-H-110-048)

2022-2023, Research Grant awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. (Taiwan): Tocqueville on War, International Law and Civilizations, 2022/08/01-2023/07/31 (MOST 111-2410-H-110-022)

2021-2022, Research Grant awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C.(Taiwan): Civilization, Democracy, and Empire: A New Interpretation of Tocqueville’s Political Thought, 2021/08/01-2022/07/31. (MOST 110-2410-H-110-012-)

2016-2017, Research grant awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C.(Taiwan): The ‘Other’ Civilizations in Tocqueville’s Political Thought., NTD 682,000, 2016/08/01-2017/07/31. (MOST 105-2410-H-110-008-MY2)

2015-2016, Research grant awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C.(Taiwan): “On Fred Dallmayr’s Cross-Cultural Political Theory,” 2015/08/01-2016/07/31. (MOST 104-2410-H-110-016)

2014-2015, Research grant awarded by Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C.(Taiwan): “On Charles Taylor’s Philosophy of Translation and Theory of Cross-Cultural Dialogues.” Ministry of Science and Technology, R.O.C. (Taiwan), 2014/08/01-2015/07/31. (MOST 103-2410-H-110-029)

2012-2013, Research grant awarded by National Science Council, R.O.C.(Taiwan): “The Politics of Recognition in Practice: Charles Taylor’s Interculturalism and Politics of Reconciliation.” 2012/03/01-2013/02/28. (101-2410-H-110-004)

2010-2012, “Special Library Collection for Humanity and Social Science Research Project: The Foundations of Modern Political Discourse: Pluralism, Liberalism and Republicanism.” National Science Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan), NTD 5,500,000 (US$ 186,000) to procure and assemble a special library collection on pluralism, liberalism and republicanism in National Sun Yat-Sen University library (Co-PI with Professor Roy Tseng), 2010/06/01- 2013/05/31. (99-2420-H-110-002-2E2)

2006-07, Graduate Student Study Abroad Program, National Science Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan), Department of Philosophy, Queen’s University, Canada, 01/15/06-01/14/07. (095JFA08008)

Event Organizer

2023/12/11Human Rights and Cross-Strait Relations Workshop. Bard College Berlin.

2023/10 2023 Taiwan Education Fair (in Manila and Cebu)

2022/11/14-16 Hannah Arendt Humanity Network (HAHN) Ideas Forum: Nationalism around the World. Open Society University Network (OSUN) and NSYSU: Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

2022/09 2022 Taiwan Education Virtual Fair (online)

2021/08 3^rd Taiwan-Philippines University Presidents’ Online Forum (online)

2021/09 2021 Taiwan Education Virtual Fair (online)

2020/09 2020 Taiwan Education Virtual Fair (online)

2019/07 2^nd Taiwan-Philippines University Presidents’ Forum (in Kaohsiung)

2019/08 2019 Taiwan Education Fair (in Manila and Cebu)

2018/08 2018 Taiwan Education Fair (in Manila)

2018/08 1^st Taiwan-Philippines University Presidents’ Forum (in Manila)

2016, “Human Rights under Xi Jinping’s Rule” International Symposium, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2016/12/02-03.

2011, “Unfinished Revolution: Revisiting the Legacy of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen and His Time” International Symposium, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2011/11/12-14.

2010, “International Conference on Comparative Liberalism and British Idealism”, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2010/01/14.

Public Speeches

HAHN Ideas Forum 2023: The Future of American Leadership on the World Stage, “American Leadership in Asia,” Washington D.C. 2023/05/06-07.

Intercontinentality IV Speech Series, “Tocqueville on China,” Ruhr Universität, Bochum, Germany. 2023.08.11. (Webinar)

Georgetown University China and Global Governance Speech Series, “China and the UN Human Rights Regime,” Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues, Georgetown University, Washington D.C., 2024/02/28. (Webinar)

Publications

Journal Articles

Hsu, Chia-hao, Ren, Xuan-li, 2022. “ ‘Developing Country’ or ‘Great Power’?-Understanding China’s Two-Faced Self-Identification,” Mainland China Studies. Vol. 64, Issue 4, 109-140. (TSSCI) (in Mandarin)

Hsu, Chiahao, 2021. “The South China Sea Sovereignty Disputes under the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Future of Asia-Pacific Regional Politics.” Eurasian Studies Quarterly. No. 14: 85-92. (in Mandarin)

Chen, Titus C. & Hsu, Chiahao, 2021, “China’s Human Rights Foreign Policy in the Xi Jinping Era: Normative Revisionism Shrouded in Discursive Moderation.” British Journal of Politics and International Relations. Vol. 23, No. 2,: 228-247. (SSCI, IF: 2.539, 14/95 in IR). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/metrics/10.1177/1369148120957611?fbclid=IwAR3QEJMezKZSAoAbo1RKEtdCLSGpvkxxfr9OUgNEUkPXtP1AMUllwNTOreg

Hsu, Chia-Hao, 2019. “From ‘The Politics of Recognition’ to Political Recognition,” Cogitatio: Fu Jen Philosophical Studies. Vol.50: 21-56 (in Mandarin).

Hsu, Chiahao, 2019. “Conclusion and Predication of China’s Diplomatic Situation in 2018,” Studies on Chinese Communism. Vol.53, No.1: 148-154. (in Mandarin)

Chen, Titus and Hsu, Chiahao, 2018. “Double-Speaking Human Rights: Analyzing Human Rights Conception in Chinese Politics (1989-2015),” Journal of Contemporary China, 27:112, 534-553. (SSCI, IF:1.575(2017), 8/68 in Area Studies).

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10670564.2018.1433487

Hsu, Chia-Hao, 2018. “Tocqueville on “Others” and the Qualifications of Civilization,” Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy (Academia Sinica). Vol.30, No.1(Mar.): 41-73 (TSSCI-T1)(in Mandarin).

Hsu, Chiahao, 2018. “The Impacts of Trump’s Asia Tour to Southeastern Asian International Politics-The Case of Vietnam and Philippines,” Prospect & Exploration. Vol.16, No.2: 114-124. (in Mandarin)

Hsu, Chiahao, 2018. “The Possible Impact of Trump’s Visit to the Philippines on the Western Pacific International Order,” Studies on Chinese Communism, Vol. 52, No.1: 71-78. (in Mandarin)

Hsu, Chia-Hao, 2016. “Tocqueville on the Tyranny of Majority,” REFLEXION, No. 31 (Sep): 21-40. (in Mandarin)

Hsu, Chia-Hao, 2015. “Charles Taylor’s Succession and Adaptation of Tocqueville’s Democratic Thought,” SOCIETAS: A Journal for Philosophical Study of Public Affairs, No. 54, (Sep.): 1-50. (TSSCI-T2) (in Mandarin)

Liao, Da-chi and Hsu, Chia-Hao, 2002, “The President The Great? --A Comparative Study on the Concept of ‘Rule of Law’ in Taiwan,’” National Policy Forum, Vol.2, No.2, pp.29-38. (in Mandarin)

Book Chapters

Hsu, Chiahao. 2022. “Tocqueville on Despotism in the Oriental Empires,” in Roy Tseng, Jia-hau Liu (eds.) Empires and International Political Thought. Taipei: Linking Publishing Company. (pp. 431-460) (in Mandarin) ISBN: 9789570862454

Hsu, Chiahao. 2021. “Tocqueville on ‘Others’ and the Qualifications of Civilization,” in I-chung Chen (ed.), New Horizons in Political Thought (I) (pp. 229-268). Taipei: Center for Political Thought, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academic Sinica. (in Mandarin)

Hsu, Chiahao & Chen, Titus C. 2020. ‘The Evolution of the Chinese Vision on Human Rights,” in David Ismangil, Karen van der Schaaf & Stijn Deklerck (eds.), Shifting Power and Human Rights Diplomacy: China (pp. 29-36). Amsterdam: Amnesty International Netherlands. https://www.amnesty.nl/content/uploads/2020/02/STATEGIC-STUDIES-CHINA_webversie.pdf?x97316

Hsu, Chiahao, 2019. “Introduction,” in Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, trans. by Wei-ren Liu, translation revised by Chiahao Hsu. Taipei: Linking Press. (in Mandarin)

Hsu, Chia-Hao, 2013, “Charles Taylor’s Political Philosophy,” in Wei Chen (ed.), Contemporary Western Political Thought, Ch.17, Bejing: Chinese People’s University Press, pp. 298-315. (in Simplified Mandarin )

Tseng, Roy and Hsu, Chia-Hao, 2003, “Pre-modern Civic Consciousness: the Predicament of Rule of Law in Taiwan,” in Jiang Yi-Huah and Li Qiang (eds.), 2003, Modern State Structures in the Chinese World. Taipei: Business Weekly Publication, pp. 75-129. (in Mandarin)

Liao, Da-chi and Hsu, Chia-Hao, 2002, “The President The Great? --A Comparative Study on the Concept of ‘Rule of Law’ in Taiwan,” in The Constitution and Presidential Power. Taipei: National Policy Foundation, pp. 371-395. (in Mandarin)

Translations

Timothy Snyder, 2019. On Tyranny. Trans. by Wei-ren Liu. Revised by Chiahao Hsu. Taipei: Linking Publishing Company

Boucher, David and Vincent, Andrew. 2013. Liberalism and Human Rights: The Perspectives of British Idealism, ed. and intro. by Roy Tseng, trans. Chia-Hao Hsu. Taipei: Chuliu Publisher.

Giddens, Anthony, 2002, The Third Way and It’s Critics, translated by Chia-Hao Hsu. Taipei: Linking Publishing Co.