SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

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Centre of Taiwan Studies

Visiting Scholar

Name:

Dr Fan Yun

Email address:

fy2@soas.ac.uk

Telephone:

020 7898 4206

Address:

SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Building:

Russell Square: College Buildings

Office No:

201

Office Hours:

by appointments

Biography

Dr. Fan is associate professor at Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University. She's currently a visiting scholar at the Centre of Taiwan Studies. Her current research projects are:

• Disaster and Civil Society: A Study on Taiwanese Indigenous' Self-organizing after the Marokot Typhoon
• Women's NGOs in Yunan and Bejing
• Social Movement and Democratic Transition in Taiwan, 1980s-2000.

Her selected publications are:

• Ming-Cheng Lo, Yun Fan, 2010, “Hybrid Cultural Codes in Non-Western Civil Society: Images of Women in Taiwan and Hong Kong,”  Sociological Theory, Vol.28, Number 2, P.167-192.
• Yun Fan, 2010, 〈Story-telling and Democratic Discussion: Analysis of An Ethnic Dialogue Forum within Civil Society〉,《Taiwan Democracy Quarterly》Vol.7, No.1, P.65-P.105. （in Chinese）
• Yun Fan, Ming-chi Chen, 2007, “The Weakness of a Post-authoritarian Democratic Society: Reflections upon Taiwan’s Societal Crisis during the SARS Outbreak,” in Deborah Davis and Helen Siu(eds.), SARS: Reception and Interpretation in Three Chinese Cities, New York: Routledge: P.147-P.164.
• Yun Fan, 2004, “Taiwan: No Civil Society, No Democracy” Civil Society and Political Change in Asia, edited by Muthiah Alagappa. Stanford University Press.
• Yun Fan, 2003, “Women’s Movement in Taiwan’s Political Transition: An Approach focusing on Activists and its Biographical Backgrounds.” Taiwanese Sociology, No.6, p.133-194.(in Chinese)