SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies launched its 17th Summer School programme
The SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies is excited to present a 3-day Summer School programme filled with engaging talks, seminars, and roundtables from the afternoon of 28–30 June 2023.
The key themes of the summer school will include, Taiwanese Literature and Poetry, Indigenous Studies, LGBTQ+ Movement and Queer Rights, Global Cultural Flow, International Relations, and Colonial Taiwan.
The Centre of Taiwan Studies also scheduled a student-focused research seminar open to all current undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students. The “Student Research Seminar in Taiwan Studies” offers presenters the opportunity to share your research, get feedback and gain valuable experience in presenting in an academic environment.
The CTS Summer School is free and open to the public, please register your attendance by 27 June (11:59 PM).
Programme at a glance:
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Registration | SOAS Main Building Reception | |
| 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Summer School Opening Remark | Dafydd Fell, Bi-Yu Chang | Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), SOAS Main Building |
| 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Ecodocumentary Making and Taiwanese Environmental Movements in the Early 21st Century | Chiu, Kuei-Fen | Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), SOAS Main Building |
| 6:00 PM - 7:10 PM | Transitional Justice in Taiwan: In theory, in practice, and in literature | Ian Rowen | Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), SOAS Main Building |
| 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Taiwan Literature in the Globalised World: Connectivity, Transition, and Prospect | Wen-Chi Li, Kuei-Fen Chiu, Ann Heylen, Adam Lifshey |
Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT), SOAS Main Building |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Exploring the Historical Narrative of Taiwan in the 17th Century |
Ann Heylen |
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT) |
| 10:50 AM -12:10 PM | Poetics of Rebellion: Hybridity, Minor Narrative, Yang Mu |
Wen-Chi Li |
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT) |
| 1:10 PM - 2:40 PM |
Truly Human: Indigeneity and Resurgence on Formosa |
Scott Simon |
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT) |
| 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Soft Focus, Hard Powers:The Circulations and Sublimations of Taiwanese Audiovisual Arts in Latin America |
Adam Lifshey |
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT) |
| 4:50 PM - 6:10 PM |
Remembering and Repurposing the Japanese Colonial Legacy in Taiwan |
Ann Heylen |
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT) |
| 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Between Far Formosa and the True North: What Canada-Taiwan Relations Reveal about the Emergent Inter-state System |
Scott Simon |
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre (BGLT) |
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 AM | Student Research Seminar in Taiwan Studies | B103 & B104, SOAS Brunei Gallery | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | The Gay Rights Movement and Its Challenges in Taiwan |
Wen-Chi Li |
B103, SOAS Brunei Gallery |
| 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
San Mao, I Presume? Encounters with Incarnations of the Most Popular Spanish Writer in History |
Adam Lifshey |
B103, SOAS Brunei Gallery |
| 4:40 PM - 6:10 PM | The Sunflower Movement: How a student-led occupation transformed the nation |
Ian Rowen |
B103, SOAS Brunei Gallery |
| Closing Remarks and photo | |||
