Second World Congress of Taiwan Studies, London SOAS, 18 to 21 June 2015

After the First Wold CoFirst World Congress of Taiwan Studies in Taipei the Second Congress takes place in London, SOAS.
The first keynote speech by Murray Rubinstein 'Past, Present Future in Taiwan Studies: An Historiographical and Autobiographical Journey".

Lecture by Jens Damm at the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies, 17 June 2015

Jens Damm gave a lecture on The Symbiosis of Homophobia and AIDS-phobia during Taiwan’s Societal Transformation in the Early 1980s at Vienna

Lynn Miles, well-known human rights activist in Taiwan, passed away.

For more information, please see the report in the Taipei Times .
Our deep felt condolences to his friends and family.

Lecture by Prof. Stéphane Corcuff 3 June 2015

Prof Stéphane Corcuff  高格孚; Director of the CEFC Taipei and Associate Prof. University of Lyon, will give a lecture on  從「多元化國家認同」到「地緣政治上的閾境性」：以臺灣為個案研究  /  From 'Pluralistic national identification' to 'geopolitical liminality': Taking Taiwan as a case-Study.

Date and venue:
3 June  2015, 18:00 to 20:00
CJCU, Graduate Institute of Taiwan Studies, First Academic Building, Conference Room, Second Floor

An outline of the lecture can be downloaded.

Lecture by Jens Damm at National Chenggong University

Jens Damm will give a lecture 

on 

"China's Cultural Diplomacy: Role of Non-State Actors and Regional Variations"

at National Chenggong University, Tainan,

Date and time：April 30  Thursday  13:00~15:00

Excursion with exchange students

On Saturday, 18 April 2015, the course on Taiwanese culture (taught by Jens Damm) spent one day in Kaohsiung: first, we visited the  Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, where we were given a brief introduction to the museum, especially on various representations of 'Buddha' ranging from Song China, the Japanese period in Taiwan until the works of more recent Taiwanese artists. Afterwards, we walked through the permanent exhibition and finally enjoyed the works of the Japanese artist Kusama Yayoi, A Dream I Dreamed. Afterwards, lunch at the Kaohsiung Hakka Cultural Museum.

Paper Presentation

Yoshihisa Amae

will present a paper at the 2015 Annual Meeting, Association for Asian Studies, AAS

Resurrecting the Empire? Reappropriation of Japanese Colonial Sties and Structures in Present-day Taiwanese Heritage-Making

In: An Ulcerous Crime? The 21st-Century Powers of Imperial Debris in Japan’s Former Colonies

Thu, March 26, 7:30 to 9:30pm, Chicago Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Level 4, Chicago Ballroom IX