【本報訊】關元瑜（Yuan-Yu Kuan）被台灣首屈一指的研究機構中央研究院任命為博士後研究學者。這個享有盛譽且競爭激烈的獎項支持新興年輕學者的研究和出版。
這項任命（2021年7月至2023年6月）提供了訪問中央研究院和全國其他檔案館的龐大而全面的檔案的機會。他的顧問是H.C.中央研究院民族學研究所的Tasaw Lu。
關元瑜於2019年在夏威夷大學完成博士學位，其民族音樂學論文題為“音樂導航：琉球群島和台灣群島之間的文化融通和本土性”。他由劉長江（Frederick Lau）教授指導，他曾在夏威夷大學的民族音樂學項目和亞洲研究項目任教。
該獎項支持出版一本關於台灣與琉球土著人民當代互動的重要出版物，並為他持續探索台灣本土性別建構及其南島關係提供資源。
恭喜關元瑜博士！
Yuan-Yu Kuan has been appointed POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLAR at ACADEMIA SINICA, the premier research institution of Taiwan. This prestigious and highly competitive award supports research and publication for emerging young scholars.
The appointment (July 2021-June 2023) provides access to the vast and comprehensive archives of the Academia Sinica and other archives throughout the nation. His advisor is Dr. H.C. Tasaw Lu from the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica.
Kuan completed the PhD at the University of Hawaiʻi in 2019, with a dissertation in ethnomusicology titled “Musical Navigation: Cultural Hybridity and Indigeneity among Islands of the Ryukyus and Taiwan”. He was mentored by Prof. Frederick Lau. He has been on the faculties of the Ethnomusicology Program and the Asian Studies Program at the University of Hawaiʻi.
The award supports development of a major publication on contemporary interactions between indigenous peoples of Taiwan and the Ryukyus and provides resources for his ongoing explorations of indigenous constructions of gender in Taiwan and their Austronesian connections.
Congratulations to Dr. Yuan-Yu Kuan!