Jonas C.Y. Chen, from 1955 to 2001, worked in the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, throughout his life. After retirement, Jonas C.Y. Chen served as Adjunct Research Fellow for15 years (2001-2016) in the same institute; Visiting Professor, School of Humanities, Xiamen University (January 2010-December 2012); Honorary Research Fellow, the Archaeology and Fine Art Centre, Chinese University of Hong Kong (1997-2020); Fulbright Scholar, visited Department of Anthropology, UCLA, and Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona (October 1987-July 1998). In 2017, Jonas C.Y. Chen won the National Cultural Heritage Preservation Award from Ministry of Culture, Taiwan. ROC.