17th Annual Conference "The Trajectory of Taiwan in a Global Context" of the North American Taiwan Studies Association, University of Pittsburgh (June 17-18, 2011)

Jens Damm and Gongway Lee will attend the 17th Annual Conference "The Trajectory of Taiwan in a Global Context" of the North American Taiwan Studies Association, University of Pittsburgh (June 17-18, 2011)

Panel: Taiwan's Cultural Impact on China and Southeast Asia: Case Studies of the Dissemination of Religious and Political Modernity through New Creative Media (Panel Organizer: Jens Damm)

Fabian Graham (SOAS, London)
The Invention and Dissemination of Taiwanese Religious Modernity: “Techno” San Tai Zi and Their Effect on the Collective Religious Consciousness in Singapore

Jens Damm (Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan)
The Impact of Taiwanese LGBT Culture: A Case Study of the Cross-Strait Cyberspace

Gongway Lee (Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan)
Status Changes of the Hakka in Taiwan’s Political and Social Transformation

8th Annual Conference of the European Association of Taiwan Studies (University of Ljublana), 12-14 May 2011

Yoshi Amae and Jens Damm will attend the 8th Annual Conference of the European Association of Taiwan Studies (University of Ljublana), http://www.eats-taiwan.eu/

Panel 8 Governance and Civil Society in Taiwan (Chair: N.N.)

A Walk through History: Local Identities, Memories, and Cultural Representation in Taiwan’s Public Park
Yoshihisa Amae (Chang Jung Christian University)

Localizing Gender Equality Policies in Taiwan: The Taiwan Gender Equality Education Association TGEEA and the Gendering of Schools
Astrid Lipinsky (University of Vienna)
Labour Identity in Taiwan: A Critical View of Trade Unions
Hsiao-Hui Tai (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Panel 13 History (Chair: N.N.)

Rising World Socialism and the Taiwanese Peasant Movement, 1925-1934
Shih-shan H. Tsai (Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences)

Taiwanese in Xiamen during the Early 19th Century: Merchant Governance and Criminal Activities
Jens Damm (Chang Jung Christian University)

The Colonial Town Zeelandia in 17th Century Dutch Formosa.C ontextualizing Brievenboek, Kerkboek van Formosa (1642-1660)
Ann Heylen (National Taiwan Normal University)

ICAS AAS Honolulu 31 March - 3 April

Yoshi Amae and Jens Damm will attend the Joint Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and the International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS).

SESSION 686. 12:30PM-2:30PM
Room 307B (INDIVIDUAL PAPERS)

Cultural Heritage and Identity
Chaired by Michael Dylan Foster, Indiana University

A Pile of Stones? The Place of Preah Vihear in Thai National Consciousness
Shane R. Strate, Wayne State College

Shelter and Sacred Space: Revitalizing the Wooden House in Cambodia
Mary L. Grow, Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture

Observing Ritual on a Japanese Island: Toshidon, Tourism, and Intangible Cultural Heritage
Michael Dylan Foster, Indiana University

Rediscovering Japan: Historical Assets and the Preservation of Japanese Heritage in Postcolonial Taiwan
Yoshihisa Amae, Chang Jung Christian University

Reconsidering the Obscure(d) “Native Town”: Kampung Wards in Urban History and as Heritage in Nusantara Emporia
Imran bin Tajudeen, National University of Singapore

Reconstructing National Identity: The Case of the Khmer Royal Theatre
Helene Nut, INALCO
 
SESSION 761. 2:45PM-4:45PM

Room 327

Cyber Communities and Their Challenges for China and Beyond
Panel Organizer: Jens Damm

New Means of Interaction between the Public and the Government: A Study of Chinese Politician Blogging
Jin-qiu Zhao, Communication University of China

“Global Guanxi”: Profitable Networking within Online Business Communities in the PRC
Simona Thomas, Free University, Berlin

The Scripting of Taiwan’s Ethnicities
Jens Damm, Chang Jung Christian University

SkyKiwi, Cyber Chinatown, or Diasporic Patriotic Outpost?
Manying Ip, University of Auckland

Lecture on Life Stories and Subcultures by Jens Damm

Lecture on "Life Stories and Subcultures – Queer and Other Non-mainstream Groups"

The Dialogue between EU Law and Life

by Jens Damm

Date: 19 April 2011
Venue: National Taiwan University European Law Research Center
Time 10:20 am - 12:10 pm