The Humanities Center at National Central University aims to promote the crossing and re-drawing of disciplinary boundaries in the academic humanities, both in Taiwan and internationally. This not only involves encouraging individual humanities disciplines to reexamine their own values, but also to adopt transformed vantage points from which to observe and dialogue with other disciplines. Though thoroughly grounded in both classical cultures and modern canons, the leadership and affiliates of the Center do not necessarily endorse (or reject) traditional conceptions of humanism, but are encouraged to employ a diverse array of contemporary theoretical and post-theoretical approaches. Through this diversity in methodology as well as in objects of study, the Center hopes to attract the broadest possible participation of local and regional scholars, enabling the performative practice of new modes of research and pedagogy, as well as artistic and literary creation.

History
The NCU Humanities Center was initially conceived to promote the exchange of academic resources and information among the faculty of the College of Liberal Arts. The College Council had approved the proposal in principle by the end of 2001, yet the execution of the plan was postponed due to unforeseeable difficulties. It was not until 2004 when Professor Hsiung Ping-chen came into office as Dean of the College of Liberal Arts that the university began actively providing funds to help establish the Humanities Center. Under her direction, the Center has maintained an ambitious program of international exchange, humanities lectures, and innovative research support.

Future Plans
In the near future, the Humanities Center will endeavor to integrate the academic resources of the College of Liberal Arts with those of other humanities-oriented institutions throughout the University System of Taiwan (UST).

The Center's long term development will focus on the following three areas:

1. Reflective Scholarship：Theorization of the Comparative Humanities
• Providing various lectures and speeches; providing scholarships for scholars, Ph. D. candidates and students; sponsoring community activities.
• Cooperation with other affiliated centers in the Asia New Humanities Net: Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore
2. Interpretive Scholarship：Contemporary Interpretations of Chinese Classics
• Textual Studies
• Project on Applied Ethics, in cooperation with the Philosophy department
• Cooperative projects with affiliated research institutes, such as the Confucianism Research Center and Chinese Opera Research Center
3. Performative Practice：Artistic and Literary Creation
• Cooperation with art museums, and galleries; promoting the humanities through mass media.