Started from an informal meeting at Mozart's Cafe by Town Lake, Taiwan Texas Forum, a.k.a. TT Forum, was established by a group of Taiwanese graduate students from various academic backgrounds (initially including Comparative Literature, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Educational Psychology, Foreign Language Education, Instrumental Technology, Linguistics, Mechanical Engineering, Neuroscience, Physics, Philosophy, Sociology and Theater Criticism) at the University of Texas at Austin in spring 2004.
Out of their enthusiasm and passions towards knowledge and their beloved motherland, Taiwan, members of TT Forum share the ambition to meet the following objectives:
- The Forum is to broaden the horizons of knowledge of all its members.
- It is a way to cultivate a serious attitude towards academic research.
- By discussing what is happening in Taiwan, the Forum is a means to keep a concerned and watchful eye on our motherland while we are away from it.
- It is an opportunity to practice the skills for making an academic presentation as well as leading and participating such a discussion.
- By thinking beyond and across the traditional boundaries among academic disciplines, it is a chance for the members to be inspired and creative.
- The Forum is also a place to share life and experience; a place to go for emotional supports.
Since its first meeting on January 24th 2005,TT Forum meets regularly every two or three Saturday afternoon, where members take turns chairing the meeting, presenting their research, and receiving feedbacks from others. At each meeting, we discuss some aspects of the latest happenings in Taiwan or the U.S. in hope to make Taiwan a better place.
