International Conference “Social movements, rights discourses and citizenship:
Social and political developments in Taiwan in a regional perspective”
November 6-7, 2012
National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
The Taiwan Studies Center (TSC) at National Chengchi University is going to hold a conference under the title “Social movements, rights discourses and citizenship: Social and political developments in Taiwan in a regional perspective” from November 6 to November 7, 2012. The conference will focus on 1) Social movements and the construction of a human-rights’ country and 2) Social movements in a transnational context including five panels listed below.
TaiwanStudies Center has been cooperated with University of Vienna for years and focused on the aspects of transformation, transition and transnationalism, and has more recently grown to include an outlook towards the ‘Greater China’ region as compared to Austria embedded within Europe. We sincerely welcome scholars from all over the world to submit abstracts of your papers for the conference before May 30, 2012. The selected paper proposals will be announced on June 30, 2012. The deadline for submission of the conference papers will be October 15, 2012. All selected papers will be reviewed and published after the conference.
PANEL
- Civil Society and Social Movements: Issues and Strategies
- Citizenship: Local Discourses and Political Relevance
- Gender, Rights and Possibilities
- The Social and Political Impact of Social Movements: Southeast Asia and Taiwan
- New Modes of Governance for the Cross-Straits in a Post-ECFA Era: Issues and Strategies
SUBMISSION
Paper proposals fitting into the panel of the conference should be sent as an email to taiwan@nccu.edu.tw before May 30, 2012 and have to include:
- Name and Contact information
- Title of the paper
- Panel to be joined
- Abstract of 500 words.
- The conference will be held in English. Papers must be prepared in English. To simplify file conversions, PDF or Microsoft Word 2003/2007/2010 (for Windows) format is preferred. Please submit your abstracts and papers via email: taiwan@nccu.edu.tw. The email title should be “2012 Conference (applicant’s full name)”
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
- Paper Abstract Submissions Deadline: May 30, 2012
- Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2012
- Full paper Submission Deadline: October 15, 2012
Conference Dates:
- November 6-7, 2012
Organizer:
- TaiwanStudies Center (TSC), National ChengChi University (NCCU), Taiwan.
Co-organizer:
- Graduate Institute of Development Studies, NCCU
- Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, and Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna, Austria
- ViennaCenter of Taiwan Studies
CONTACT
TaiwanStudies Center, National Chengchi University
64, Sec.2, Zhinan Rd., Wenshan Disctrict,
Taipei11605, Taiwan(R.O.C)
Email: taiwan@nccu.edu.tw
Tel: +886-2-2938-7876
Fax: +886-2-2938-7412
Reference link：http://www.tsc.nccu.edu.tw/