How Can Generative AI Improve Scholarly Search and Recommendation? When asking Lumen this question, the most surprising part is often not the answer itself, but how it connects ideas across disciplines, decades, and languages to form an unexpected “knowledge diffusion map.” In a single search, Lumen may move from AI papers to philosophy, communication studies, [...]
AI is no longer reshaping technology alone—it is also transforming research in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) The AIDH Database (AI x Digital Humanities) serves as a research gateway within the Taiwan Academic Classics (TAC) platform, integrating AI-assisted translation, search, and Lumen’s extended discovery functions. Curated from journals across 16 countries in Asia, Europe, [...]
When every AI can generate answers,the real question is──Can you trust them? In an era where AI tools are rapidly proliferating, the key is no longer whether answers can be generated, but: • Are they reliable? • Do they demonstrate scholarly depth? • Can they support further research? Lumen, the academic AI research assistant developed by UDP from Taiwan [...]
From the state-building experiments in the Chinese Communist revolutionary base areas of the 1930s, to the mass mobilization portrayed in political cartoons of the 1950s, and further to media observations during the integration of East and West Germany—these three rare archives on the Chinese Communist movement and socialism take you back to the critical historical [...]
Shaping the Academic Landscape of the Asian Century! UDP launches Taiwan and Asia’s Select HSS Journals—a curated collection of 400 rare and distinctive titles from 15 Asian and 5 Western countries—resources often absent from major international content platforms and otherwise scattered across OA or institutional sites, sometimes available only through local or limited circulation, making [...]
Doing cross-cultural research but struggling with language gaps? The Taiwan Academic Classics (TAC) platform now offers an exclusive Multilingual Translation & Search tool to help you see beyond single-cultural perspectives. Imagine instantly understanding a Ukrainian-language paper comparing how Hong Kong and Taiwan media frame “China”—offering fresh Eastern European insights beyond the scope of most Chinese-language [...]
As China, India, and ASEAN continue to rise, the global balance of power is shifting toward Asia. At the 2025 AAS-in-Asia conference in Nepal, United Digital Publications (UDP) launched the theme "Unearthing Hidden Gems in Asian Studies", calling for high-quality Humanities and Social Sciences journals not yet fully included in major global platforms. Selected titles will [...]
As the 'Russia-Ukraine conflict' rages on and the flames of conflict between 'Israel' and 'Palestine' erupt once again overnight, the world watches with growing concern, fearing the imminent outbreak of World War III. Yet, amidst the power struggles of major nations, the battlegrounds are confined to smaller countries: Ukraine, the Middle East, Taiwan, and South [...]
The Chinese Soviet Republic Archive, revealing the origins of the People's Republic of China and the prototype for the Chinese Communist Party's revolution, is now accessible. This collection unveils the CCP's early nation-building history from 1905 to 1940. Secondly, Neues Deutschland, an official newspaper initiated by the Soviet Union in East Germany, traces the evolution [...]
Independence Evening Post Digital Archive, the only independently operated newspaper during martial law in Taiwan, is now available with " Taiwan Epochal Democracy Magazines." They chronicle Taiwan's democratic journey. Taiwan, leading in Asia's "Democracy Index" and the only fully democratic Chinese-speaking entity, has resisted foreign rules for four centuries. Moving from the Chiangs' authoritarian rule [...]
