2024

In this lecture,  Dr. Ming-yeh Rawnsley will present and discuss Taiwanese-language films (taiyupian) and port city cinema.

In this lecture, Professor Bi-yu Chang discusses state policies and interventions in constructing ideas of identity and nationhood in Taiwan's educational system.

In this lecture, Dr. Chin-yi Lee will discuss the economic relations between mainland China and Taiwan.

In this lecture, Dr. Hung-yi Chien will discuss China-Taiwan relations in a colonial perspective.

In this lecture, Henning Klöter will discuss whether Taiwanese is linguistically distinct from Mandarin as well as its history of ideological linguistic emancipation.

In this lecture, Dr. Stefania Travagnin will trace the role of women in Taiwan in crafting local history, discussing how listening to their voices and experiences will help us rethink agency in the discourse of Buddhism on the island.

In this lecture, Professor Yih-Ren Lin will address the issue related to the conflict between indigenous peoples’ natural resources rights and nature conservation in Taiwan.

With a proportion of 43 percent of women in its national legislature since 2020, Taiwan has arguably become Asia's leader in women's political representation. Dr. Chang-Ling Huang offers some perspectives on how and why that is.

In this lecture, Dr. Saša Istenič Kotar will provide an overview of Taiwan’s foreign relations and the key factors influencing the formulation of Taiwan’s foreign policy.