Deferred Decolonization: Rethinking Taiwan’s Imagined Geography through Indigenous Studies
Key information
- Date
- Time
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3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Venue
- Main Building, SOAS University of London, 10 Thornhaugh St, London WC1H 0XG
- Room
- RG01
- Event type
- Lecture
About this event
The movement to establish Indigenous Studies has gained increasing momentum globally over the past decade. In this lecture, I examine how this development has prompted epistemic shifts in Taiwan Studies. Using my own work on Qing colonial representations of Taiwan as a case study, I explore the implications of reframing Chinese frontier studies in terms of Indigenous Studies or Pacific Studies. In what ways does this alternate lens on Taiwan’s deferred decolonization challenge the current framing of China-Taiwan relations?
Speaker's Biography: Professor Emma Teng
Emma J. Teng is the T.T. and Wei Fong Chao Professor of Asian Civilizations at MIT and a member of the history faculty. Teng’s first monograph, Taiwan’s Imagined Geography: Chinese Colonial Travel Writing and Pictures, 1683-1895 (2004) a study of Chinese colonial discourses on Taiwan, places the China-Taiwan relationship in the historical context of Chinese imperial expansionism. Her second book, Eurasian: Mixed Identities in the United States, China and Hong Kong, 1842-1943 (2013), examines ideas concerning racial intermixing and the lived experiences of mixed families in China and the US between 1842 and 1943. Her current research focuses on Chinese educational migration to the US under Chinese Exclusion.Teng serves on the Advisory Board of The International Journal of Taiwan Studies.
