2020 Taiwan Studies Summer School
THIS EVENT IS ARCHIVED
Date: 6 July 2020Time: 9:00 AM
Finishes: 10 July 2020Time: 9:00 PM
Venue: Virtual Event
Type of Event: Summer School
13th SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School
SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies
倫敦大學亞非學院臺灣研究中心
6th-10th July 2020
The SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies Summer School is free to attend and open to all. To register for this year's Summer School please complete our short registration form.
This year's Summer School will be held virtually through Blackboard Collaborate. Links to access each Summer School session will be sent to those who have registered closer to the time.
*Please be aware that all Summer School times follow British Summer Time (BST). This programme is in development and subject to change. More events will be added as soon as they are confirmed.

Key Themes
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Taiwanese Identity
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Gender Studies
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Digital Activism
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Cross-Strait Relations
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Environmentalism and Development
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Taiwanese Film
Speakers
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Dr. Phyllis Huang
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Mr. J. Michael Cole
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Professor Evan Dawley
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Dr. Chen Mumin
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Yuan Hsiao
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Dr. Chi Ta-Wei
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Dr. Wang Hong-Zen
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Dr. Andy Birtwistle
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Dr. Désirée Remmert
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Professor Julia Strauss
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Director Valerie Soe
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Director Show-tsai Lin & Wang Chung-ming
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Dr. Hsiaowei Kuan
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Director Isaac Wang & Sylvia Feng
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Director Kim-Hong Nguyen & Director Tsung-lung Tsai
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Melissa Fu
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Professor Adam Lifshey
Summer School Online Screening Schedule
7 Day Online Screening links will be sent to those who selected the films they would like to watch when completing the 2020 CTS Summer School registration form.
Film | Format | Date/Time |
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Love Boat: Taiwan | 7 Day Online Screening | 10:00 AM 1 July-10:00 AM 7 July (BST) |
Live Streaming | 19:00 PM-20:00 PM 6 July (BST) | |
Q&A with Director | 20:00 PM-21:00 PM 6 July (BST) | |
Unfinished Progress 建設未完成 | 7 Day Online Screening | 10:00 AM 1 July-10:00 AM 8 July (BST) |
Live Streaming | 11:30 AM-13:30 PM 7 July (BST) | |
Q&A with Director | 14:00 PM-16:00 PM 7 July (BST) | |
"Island Nation" Episode 1: 長夜將盡 (Light at the End of the Tunnel) | 7 Day Online Screening | 10:00 AM 5 July-10:00 AM 11 July (BST) |
Live Streaming | 10:00 AM-11:00 AM 10 July (BST) | |
Q&A with Director | 11:00 AM-12:00 PM 10 July (BST) | |
Out/Marriage (失婚記) | 7 Day Online Screening | 10:00 AM 5 July-10:00 AM 11 July (BST) |
Q&A with Director | 17:30 PM-19:00 PM 10 July (BST) | |
See You, Loveable Strangers 再見, 可愛陌生人 | 7 Day Online Screening | 10:00 AM 5 July-10:00 AM 11 July (BST) |
Q&A with Director | 17:30 PM-19:00 PM 10 July (BST) |
Programme
Day 1: Monday, 6th July 2020
Venue:Virtual Event 09:00-21:00 BST
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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09.00-10.30 | From Social Advocacy to the Constitutional Court: The Transformation of the Feminist Movement to Decriminalise Adultery in Taiwan | Dr. Hsiaowei Kuan |
11.00-12.30 | Becoming Sinophone: Literary Representations of “Mainlanders” in Taiwan | Dr. Phyllis Huang |
13.30-15.00 | "Cross-Strait Relations Since 2016: The End of The Illusion" Book Event | Mr. J Michael Cole |
16.00-18.00 | "Taiwan Studies Revisited" Book Event | Dr. Dafydd Fell |
19.00-21.00 | Screening of "Love Boat: Taiwan" with Director's Q&A | Director Valerie Soe |
Day 2: Tuesday, 7th July 2020
Venue: Virtual Event 09.00-20.30 BST
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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09.00-10.30 | "Young Adults in Urban China and Taiwan: Aspirations, Expectations, and Life Choices" Book Talk | Dr. Désirée Remmert |
11.30-16.00 | Film Screening of Unfinished Progress 建設未完成 & Q&A with Director Show-tsai Lin 林謙勇 and Lead Figure Wang Chung-ming 王鐘銘 | Director Showtsai Lin and Wang Chung-ming |
16.30-18.00 | Becoming Taiwanese: Ethnogenesis in a Colonial City, 1880s-1950s | Professor Evan Dawley |
19.00-20.30 | "State Formation in China and Taiwan: Bureaucracy, Campaign, and Performance" Book Talk | Professor Julia Strauss |
Day 3: Wednesday, 8th July 2020
Venue: Virtual Event 09.00-21.00 BST
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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11.00-12.30 | Taiwan’s Relations with South and Southeast Asian Countries: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities | Dr. Chen Mumin |
13.30-15.00 | Love in Taiwan: Discourses on Non-conforming Marriages | Dr. Wang Hong-Zen |
15.30-17.00 | How Useful is Big Data in Understanding Digital Activism?: Diverse Approaches Using Cross-National Cases | Yuan Hsiao |
18.00-19.30 | Imagining San Mao Across Time, Space and Language | Professor Adam Lifshey |
Day 4: Thursday, 9th July 2020
Venue: Virtual Event 09.00-21.00 BST (Student Presentations Main Page)
Time | AM Social Science Panel | AM Humanities Panel |
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10.00-10.30 | Christine Shao-Fang Kao | Zrinka Tomasic |
10.30-11.00 | Tabea Muehlbach | Christine Hristova |
11.00-11.30 | Ratih Kabinawa | Kuan-Wei Wu |
11.30-12.00 | So Hyun Kim | |
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PM Social Science Panel | PM Humanities Panel | |
13.00-13.30 | Chuyao Zeng | Chen Yu-Chen |
13.30-14.00 | Chung Man Leung | Jessica Siu-yin Yeung |
14.00-14.30 | Eva Mazzeo | Jane Lau |
Break | ||
15.00-15.30 | Dominika Remzova | Linshan Jiang |
15.30-16.00 | Lars Johansen | Henoch Gabriel Mandelbaum |
16.00-16.30 | Huan-Cheng (Thomas) Liu | Yahia Zhengtang Ma |
Break | ||
17.00-18.00 | Writing and Researching for Fiction about Taiwan in the 1950s | Melissa Fu |
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19.00-21.00 | Doing PhDs in Taiwan Studies in the UK | Chang Bi-yu (SOAS), Isabelle Cheng (Portsmouth),Dafydd Fell (SOAS), Huang Chia-yuan (Academia Sinica),Lara Momesso (UCLAN) Jonathan Sullivan (Nottingham) |
Day 5: Friday, 10th July 2020
Venue: Virtual Event 09.00-21.00 BST
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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10.00-12.30 | Screening of "Island Nation" Episode 1: 長夜將盡 (Light at the End of the Tunnel) & Q&A with Director Isaac Wang and Producer Sylvia Feng | Director Isaac Wang & Sylvia Feng |
13.30-15.00 | Bodies in Tayupian (Taiwanese-Language Cinema) | Dr. Chi Ta-Wei |
15.30-17.00 | The Sound of New Taiwan Cinema | Dr. Andy Birtwistle |
17.30-19.00 | "Out/Marriage (失婚記)" Q&A Session with Director Kim-Hong Nguyen 阮金紅& Producer Tsung-lung Tsai 蔡崇隆 (Combined Q&A Session) | Kim-Hong Nguyen 阮金紅& Tsung-lung Tsai 蔡崇隆 |
17.30-19.00 | "See You, Loveable Strangers再見, 可愛陌生人" Q&A Session with Director Kim-Hong Nguyen 阮金紅& Producer Tsung-lung Tsai 蔡崇隆 (Combined Q&A Session) | Kim-Hong Nguyen 阮金紅& Tsung-lung Tsai 蔡崇隆 |
The SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies would like to express our thanks for the liaison of Professor Chiu Kuei-fen (National Chung Hsing University) and collaboration with the International Consortium of Global Taiwan Studies on a number of this year's events.
Organiser: SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies
Contact email: ml156@soas.ac.uk