EATS2009
Madrid, April 16-18, 2009
Co-organized by: Autonomous University of Madrid & SOAS Taiwan Studies
April 16, 2009 (Thursday)
Faculty of Education (Facultad de Profesorado), Main Conference Room (Salón de Actos) C/ Franciso Tomás y Valiente, 3
15:00 - 15:15
Welcoming Remarks
- Robert Ash (Director of the SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies)
- Mario Esteban (Assistant Professor, Autonomous University of Madrid)
- Taciana Fisac (Director of the Centre for East Asian Studies)
- Francisco L. Y. Huang (Head of the Taipei Representative Office)
- Huberto Marraud (Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts)
15:15 - 16:00
Keynote speech 1:
Is Taiwan Studies Dead? The Death and Transfiguration of a Sub-field
Murray Rubistein (Baruch College – The City University of New York)
16:00 - 16:45
Keynote speech 2:
Searching for the Democratic Citizenry
Wu Naiteh (Institute of Sociology – Academia Sinica)
16:45
Registration
April 17, 2009 (Friday)
Faculty of Philosophy (Facultad de Filosofía) C/ Franciso Tomás y Valiente, 1
9:00 – 10:30
| Video Room I (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. II Taiwanese Democracy: A Model for Mainland China and Hong Kong? | Video Room II (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. IV Social Realism |
| Designing an All-inclusive Legal System. The Gender Equity Education Act and its Impact on Women's Democratic Participation in Taiwan Astrid Lipinksy (Vienna University) | Taiwanese New Realism (1948) in a Comparative Perspective Táňa Dluhošová (Charles University) |
| Democracy in East Asia: its Discontents and its Audience Cheng Tun-jen (College of William and Mary) | From Enlightenment to Resistance: The Function and Limits of Social Realism in Taiwanese Literature Lin Pei-Yin (Cambridge University) |
| Where Minds meet. The ‘Professionalization’ of Cross-Strait Academic Günter Schucher (GIGA) | How To Be Social and Realistic – The Debate on Social Realism and Xiangtu Wenxue in Taiwan Carsten Storm (Ruhr-University) |
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00- 13:00
| Video Room I (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. II A New Start? 'in Cross Strait Relations | Video Room II (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. IV Cultural Studies |
| Can the coming cross-strait negotiations be successfully managed? Tom Hart (Stockholm School of Asian Studies) | Divination and Modernity: Fortune-telling in Contemporary Taiwan Stephanie Homola (EHESS) |
| What Peace? Whose Security? A Critical Assessment of Taiwan-China Direct Transportation Agreements and Proposed Cross-Strait Common Market Wu Chien-hui (European University Institute) | White Noise: the Representation of Modernity in the Films of Bai Jing-rui Andy Birtwistle (Canterbury Christ Church University) |
| Taiwan’s Democratization, Statehood Building and Cross-strait Relations Lin Wen-cheng (National Sun Yat-sen University) | (Re)Encountering the Other: Cross-cultural Negotiation in Edward Yang’s Yi yi David Martinez-Robles and Carles Prado-Fonts (Catalonia Open University) |
| Non-state Negotiations between China and Taiwan – on the Road to European-style Integration? Stefan Fleischauer (University of Tuebingen) | Taiwan’s Representation in the International Film Circuit: Western Spectatorship and Taiwan’s National Identity Viviana González (Autonomous University of Madrid) |
| Cross-Strait Relations under Ma Ying-jou’s government: Prospects and Challenges Andrew Yang (National Sun Yat-sen University) |
13:00- 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00- 16:00Video Room I (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. II | 14:00- 15:00Video Room II (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. IV |
| Continuity and Change in Politicians’ Satisfaction with Nomination Systems in Taiwanese Political Parties: 2001 vs. 2008 Dafydd Fell (School of Oriental and Asian Studies) | Taiwan and Cyber East Asia. Web 2.0, Globalization, and (Re)Construction of Identities Katarzyna Pawlak (Polish Academy of Science) |
| To Be or Not to Be Chinese: The Construction of Liminal Identity of the Taiwanese Gordon C. K. Cheung (University of Durham) | Discourse Analysis of Major Taiwanese Newspapers and Magazines for the Year 2008 Ondřej Kučera (Palacký University) |
| Changed vs. Unchanged—DPP Candidates’ China Discourses in 2004 and 2008 Taiwan Presidential Elections Lo Chih-Chiang (Central News Agency) Chen I-Hsin (SOAS) | 15:00- 16:00Video Room II (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. IV |
| Communication, Connectivity, and the Constituency: An Analysis of Taiwanese Legislator’s Blogging Practices Jonathan Sullivan (University of Nottingham ) | Crossed looks between waishengren 外省人and bendiren 本地人 in Taiwanese literature (1947-2000) Sandrine Marchand (University of Artois) |
| Can They Be Us? National Identity and the Formation of Immigration Policy in Taiwan Hung Wei-lien (Duisburg-Essen University) | From the Quest for Love/knowledge towards the Magic of Alternative Worlds - The change of 'dominant' in the works of Su Weizhen? Jana Benesova (National Chengchi University) |
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-18:00
EATS General Assembly, Video Room I (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. II
20:00
Conference Dinner
April 18, 2009 (Saturday)
Faculty of Philosophy (Facultad de Filosofía) C/ Franciso Tomás y Valiente, 1
9:30- 11:00
| Video Room I (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. II Economics and Business | Video Room II (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. IV 1949-2009: 60 Years of the ROC” in the Field of History and Social Sciences |
| Taiwan and the New East Asian Regionalism Christopher Dent (University of Leeds) | The Elaboration of a “Native Historiography” (bentu shixue) in Taiwan (1972-2004) Damien Morier-Genoud (INALCO) |
| Has Taiwanese investment triggered an emergence of civil society in China? Lee Chun-Yi (University of Nottingham) | Taiwan Studies in the People´s Republic of China Hardina Ohlendorf (SOAS) |
| The "Island of Bosses" - Theorizing on Taiwan’s Entrepreneurship Jeannine Ziegler (ESSEC) | From “Public Canteen” to State Banquet: The Changing Social Stratification and Nationhood Embodied in “Taiwanese Cuisine” (1945-2006) Chen Yujen (Leiden University) |
11:00- 11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-13:00Video Room I (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. II | 11:00-12:30Video Room II (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. IV |
| A New Era for Taiwan in International Organizations? Sigrid Winkler (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) | Three Decades of Cartographic Blankness in Post-war Taiwan Chang Bi-yu (School of Oriental and Asian Studies) |
| Kosovo, Ossetia and Abkhazia- A New Strategy of Superpowers? Challenges and Risks for Taiwan Michael Romancov (Metropolitan University Prague) Magda Leichtová (University of West Bohemia) | Observing Language and Ideology through Life Histories in Taiwan Ann Heylen (National Taiwan Normal University) |
| The Weight of Taiwan in China’s Foreign Policy towards Africa and Latin America: the Battle for Diplomatic Recognition in Cross Strait Relations Carmen Mendes (University of Coimbra) Maite Iturre (University of the Basque Country) Daniel Nascimento (University of Coimbra) | Janus-Face of Maps: Geographic Reality versus Imagination in Taiwan’s Historical Maps Chen Yu-Wen (University of Konstanz) |
13:00- 14:00
Lunch
14:00- 16:00
| Video Room I (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. II MA Panel |
| The “Waishengren” Phenomenon and its Evolution Zhou Mingchao and Yin Ming (University of Lyon) |
| Electoral and Media Fields in Taiwan : Language Use of the Candidates during the 2008 Presidential Campaign Yoann Goudin (INALCO) |
| Cross-Strait Business and Identity Daniel S. Mojahedi (SOAS) |
| Forming a Foundation for Distinction: The Construction of a Taiwanese Hakka Identity through Social Policy since 1987 Minna Hsu (SOAS) |
16:00 – 17:30
Video Room I (Sala de vídeo II), Mod. II
Closing Session: state and challenges of Taiwan Studies in Europe