International Speakers on Taiwan Studies:
The International Taiwan Studies Center (ITSC) launches The International Speakers on Taiwan Studies Series scheduled from October to December 2013. The event features lectures by international experts on Taiwan-related topics. The invited talks cover the disciplines of sociology, archeology, cultural studies, literature, and international relations with speakers from Austria, France, Germany, Spain and Czech Republic. The Lectures are integrated into Taiwan-related teaching at the University, and have also been made part of the cross-continental teaching projects.
Details of each lecture will be provided later on the website of ITSC. Admission is free and open to all.
Astrid Lipinsky / Friday October 4
University of Vienna, Austria
Civil Movements in Taiwan: The Example of the Women’s Movement
Hardina Ohlendorf / Thursday October 17
University of London (SOAS)/ Academica Sinica
The Taiwan Dilemma in Chinese Nationalism – Taiwan Studies in the People’s Republic of China (PRC)
Corrado Neri / Wednesday November 13
University Jean Moulin, Lyon 3, France
Tsai Ming-Liang: From Cinema of Ghosts to the Ghost of Cinema
Maria Cruz Berrocal / Friday November 15
University of Konstanz, Germany
An Archeological Perspective on Spanish Early Colonialism in the Pacific
Táňa Dluhošová / Thursday December 5
Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences & Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Early Postwar Debates in Taiwanese Literature