Speakers: Dafydd Fell (SOAS), André Beckershoff (University of Tübingen), Kharis Templeman (Stanford University), Sasa Istenic (University of Ljubljana), Lee Chun-yi (Nottingham), Astrid Lipinsky (Vienna), Stephane Corcuff (Lyon)

Date: 22 September 2017Time: 2:00 PM

Finishes: 22 September 2017Time: 7:00 PM

Venue: Russell Square: College Buildings Room: L67

Type of Event: Special Lecture

In this series of short talks a group of Taiwan Studies scholars from Europe and North America will discuss a current research topic that they are especially excited about.

Schedule

14.00: Kharis Templeman: (Taiwan Democracy Project, Stanford University) Indigenous Representation in the Taiwanese Legislature.

14.40: Sasa Istenic (Taiwan Study Center, University of Ljubljana): Taiwan and China in Central and Eastern Europe

Break: 15.20-15.40

15.40: Dafydd Fell (SOAS): Film portrayals of democratic politics in Taiwan

16.20: André Beckershoff (European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen): Social Forces in the Re-Making of Cross Strait Relations - Capitalist Development and Hegemonic Contestation in Taiwan.

17.00: Lee Chun-yi (Nottingham): How Taiwan’s Go South Policy encounters China’s Belt and Road Initiative?

17.40 Stephane Corcuff (Lyon): Use of Social Media During the Sunflower Movement

18.20: Astrid Lipinsky (Vienna): Taiwan’s Cultural Diplomacy

Organiser: Centre of Taiwan Studies

Contact email: bc18@soas.ac.uk