Centre of Taiwan Studies Seminars and Events
The SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies has become one of the most important centres for Taiwan Studies academic events in the world.
During term time it holds regular public seminars, in which scholars working on Taiwan present their research to the wider UK Taiwan studies community.
It also manages the annual European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS) conference, which is held in a different European city each year. The EATS conference has already become the most important date in the European Taiwan studies calendar.
In addition, it hosts at least one international Taiwan Studies conference every two years. These tend to be collaborative projects with other Taiwan or East Asian institutes and are designed with the aim of producing a book or journal special edition publication.
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2013
February
06/02/13
- Documentary Screening: "Our Life Saving Vinegar” and “Memoir Of Miss Kuan” and Q&A with film maker Jeng Hsiao-ta
Jeng Hsiao-ta (SOAS)
In this seminar, we will screen a short film entitled "Our Life Saving Vinegar", which documents the difficulties of learning a new trade and leading a new life for former sex workers in Taiwan. The film also questions the government's policy and asks why prostitution is not an acceptable occupation in Taiwan. The film screening will be followed with Q&A with film maker Hsiao-ta Jeng.
20/02/13
- How the UK learnt to deal with Taiwan: Trade and politics 1960-1980
Mike Hoare (SOAS)
Based on newly available archival data, this lecture describes the fraught process through which the British government came to terms with pressure to open up trade with Taiwan between 1960 and 1980, while the Foreign Office struggled to maintain the fiction that Britain could not recognize or deal with the ROC for fear of Beijing.
22/02/13
- Face to Face with Lung Ying-tai
Dr. Lung Ying-Tai (Minister of Culture, Taiwan)
Since May 2012, Dr. Lung Ying-tai has served as Taiwan's first Minister of Culture. Part of her mission is to promote sustainable peace across the Taiwan Strait through cultural exchanges. In this informal gather, Minister Lung takes questions from the audience and shares her views on cultural issues.
March
06/03/13
- Taiwan Since Martial Law: UK Book Launch
Niki Alsford (SOAS), Dr. Monique Chu (SOAS), Dr. Ming-yeh Rawnsley & Prof. Gary Rawnsley (Leeds)
Taiwan Since Martial Law is a collection of papers that examine the social, cultural, economic, and political changes that have happened on the island since the lifting of martial law in 1987. The authors conclude that this was a truly watershed moment in modern Taiwan history. The Centre of Taiwan Studies at SOAS has assembled the UK-based authors to discuss this rapidly-changing island in all of its diversity through their own personal reflections.
13/03/13
- The US Military and American Commitment to Taiwan’s Security
Prof. Steve Tsang (Nottingham)
14/03/13
- Book launch: Imaging and Imagining Taiwan Identity representation and cultural politics
Dr. Bi-yu Chang (SOAS) & Dr. Andy Birtwistle (Canterbury Christ Church)
20/03/13
- TBC
Dr. Lin Ping (National Chungcheng University & SOAS)
