The latest version of the programme can be downloaded as PDF file (Version 10 May 2011).

MAY 12, 2011 (THURSDAY)

University of Ljubljana

14:30-

15:15

 

Welcoming Remarks:

Assist. Prof. Saša ISTENIC (President of the Taiwan Research Centre)

Prof. Dr. Radovan Stanislav PEJOVNIK (Rector of the University of Ljubljana)

Dr. CHEN Lien-Gene (Representative of the R.O.C.)

Dr. Miha BREJC (President of the Slovenia-Taiwan Friendship Association)

15:15-
15:30
  Coffee Break
15:30-
15:50
Keynote speech

HUANG Teh-fu (President of the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, TFD)

15:50-
16:10
Keynote speech
Temple of Boom: Electro-spiritual Communities across the Pacific

LIAO Ping-hui (Chuan Lyu Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies, Head of Cultural Studies at the Dept. of Literature, University of California, San Diego)

16:10-
16:30
Keynote speech

New Bridges in Intercultural Understanding: Transcending Boundaries in Time, Space & Mind

Jana S. ROŠKER (Head of the Department of Asian and African Studies at the University of Ljubljana)

16:30-
17:15
Keynote speech

Building Bridges for Scholarly Exchange: The CCK Foundation and its Programs

Paul KATZ (CCK)

17:15- Concert performed by Taiwanese student musicians

Registration

19:00
 

Conference Dinner hosted by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office,Vienna

May 13, 2011 (Friday)

University of Ljubljana

8:00-
10:00
Plenary Hall

TFD Panel

Taiwan’s Democratization and Cross-Strait Relations

Chair: HUANG Teh-fu

Rector’s Hall

Panel 1 — The Subjectivity of Taiwan

Chair: LIAO Ping-hui

Democratic Reform as the Last Formula for Legitimacy

WU Nai-teh & T.J. CHENG (Academia Sinica & College of William and Mary)

Discussant: Gunter SCHUBERT

Abstract

The Fall of the Last Zheng & the Conclusion of the First Taiwan Strait Crisis:Diplomacy of Faith and Face in Zheng Keshuang’s 1683 Submission to the Qings.

Stéphane CORCUFF (Lyon Institute of East Asia & CEFC-Taipei, Academia Sinica)

Discussant: Shih-shan H. TSAI

Abstract

Taiwan’s Democratisation and Cross-Strait Relations:

 Testing the Myths of a Political Narrative

Chris HUGHES (LSE)

Discussant: Gunter SCHUBERT

Abstract

Taiwan’s Appearance in the Eighteenth-Century Travel Writing: Taking the text of Histoire générale des voyages written by Prévost as example

Chao-ying LEE (National Dong Hwa University)

Discussant: Shih-shan H. TSAI

Abstract

Democratic Politics, Institutional Complexities and Cross-Strait Relations

Alex TAN (University of Canterbury)

Discussant: Günter SCHUCHER

Abstract

Street Names and The Subjectivity of Taiwan

Wen-chuan HUANG (National Dong Hwa University)

Discussant: Thomas GOLD

Abstract

Confucian Culture and Democracy: The Case of Taiwan and Its Implications for China

John Fuh-sheng HSIEH (University of South Carolina)

Discussant: Jens DAMM

Abstract

Mapping Ideology: The Cartography of National Identity and the Emergence of Taiwan’s Geobody in Junior High School Geography Textbooks

Tsung-hua YANG (National Taiwan Normal University)

Discussant: Thomas GOLD

Abstract

10:00-
10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-
11:15
Plenary Hall

Panel 2 — Taiwanese Religious Beliefs and Practices

in a Global Era

Chair: Jana S. ROŠKER

Rector’s Hall

Panel 3 — Youth Culture and Media

Chair: Sigrid WINKLER

Reciprocity and the Cosmic Creation of Worldly Debt: the New Money God Cults of Taiwan

Fabian GRAHAM (SOAS)

Discussant: Paul KATZ

Abstract

Self-Making and the Gaze of the Other in Taiwanese Cyberspace: A Case Study of Facebook

Yi-cheng TSAI and Min-xu ZHAN (National Cheng Kung University)

Discussant: Jens DAMM

Abstract

The Vegetarian Movement in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan

Mark GESSAT (ERCCT, University of Tübingen)

Discussant: Paul KATZ

Abstract

The Art of Kuso: The Parody of Chun-Ming Hou’s The Illustrated Instructions of Astrology

Kai SHENG (National United University)

Discussant: Yoann GOUDIN

Abstract

11:15-
11:20
  Break
11:20-
12:50
Plenary Hall

Panel 4 — Documentary Film and Cinema Studies

Chair: Tána DLUHOŠOVÁ

Rector’s Hall

Panel 5 — Society, Environment, Industrial &

Natural Risks

Chair: Stefan BRAIG

Taiwan Modernization in 1960s Mandarin and Taiwanese Language Films

Wafa GHERMANI (University of Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle)

Discussant: Ann HEYLEN

Abstract

The Socio-politics of Industrial Diseases in Today’s Taiwan

Paul JOBIN (University of Paris 7 & CEFC Taipei)

Discussant: Stéphane CORCUFF

Abstract

    The Implication of the Principle of Common but Differential Responsibility on the Making of Climate Change Policy and Law in Taiwan

Fu-Lin CHENG (SOAS)

Discussant: Günter SCHUCHER

Abstract

   The Audience Starts to Think, Yet the Industry Can’t Laugh— Film Marketing and the Dynamic Politics of the Popular

Ya-Feng MON (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

Discussant: Albert Wei-min TANG

Abstract

An Ignored Aspect in the Aftermath of Taiwan Calamities: the Psychological Intervention on the Feeling of Unequal

Suyu LIU (University of Oxford)

Discussant: Stéphane CORCUFF

Abstract

12:50-
13:30
  Lunch Break
13:30-
15:00
Plenary Hall

Panel 6 — A Hundred Years of R.O.C. History

Chair: Mitja SAJE

Rector’s Hall

Panel 7 — Governance and Civil Society in Taiwan

Chair: Jens DAMM

  The Centennial History of Linguistics in R.O.C.

Paul Jen-kuei LI (Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica)

Discussant: Ann HEYLEN

Abstract

A Walk through History: Local Identities, Memories, and Cultural Representation in Taiwan’s Public Park

Yoshihisa AMAE (Chang Jung Christian University)

Discussant: Shu-li WANG

Abstract

  Lei Chen – a Strive for Change in Dire Times

Stefan HAHN (LMU Munich)

Discussant: Stéphane CORCUFF

Abstract

 

Localizing Gender Equality Policies in Taiwan: 

The Taiwan Gender Equality Education Association TGEEA and the Gendering of Schools

Astrid LIPINSKY (University of Vienna)

Discussant: Kai-jung YUAN

Abstract

   Rising World Socialism and the Taiwanese Peasant Movement, 1925-1934

Shih-shan H. TSAI (Research Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences, National Chiao Tung University)

Discussant: Stéphane CORCUFF

Abstract

Labour Identity in Taiwan: A Critical View of Trade Unions

Hsiao-Hui TAI (London School of Economics and Po-litical Science)

Discussant: Günter SCHUCHER

Abstract

15:00-
15:20
  Coffee Break
 15:20-
16:50
 Plenary Hall

Panel 8 — International Relations

Chair: Saša ISTENIC

Rector’s Hall

Panel 9 — History

Chair: Chikako SHIGEMORI BUCAR

  UK/Taiwan: Negotiations with a Country that Never is: a case study

David COATES (Visiting Professor at Tamkang Uni-versity)

Discussant: Chris HUGHES

Abstract

 

A Comparison of the Development of Museums in two Sides of Taiwan Strait during 1911-1949

Shu-Li WANG (University College London)

Discussant: HUANG Wen-chuan

Abstract

  Taiwan’s Presentation of Self in International Life

Thomas B. GOLD (University of Berkeley, California)

Discussant: Dafydd FELL

Abstract

Taiwanese in Xiamen during the Early 20th Century and Today: A Comparative Analysis

Jens DAMM (Chang Jung Christian University)

Discussant: Yoshihisa AMAE

Abstract

  Taiwan’s Sovereignty: How to Overcome Sovereignty Concerns in the EU Policy Toward Taiwan’s Participation in International Organizations

Sigrid WINKLER (Free University Brussels)

Discussant: John SULLIVAN

Abstract

The Colonial Town Zeelandia in 17th Century Dutch Formosa. Contextualizing Brievenboek, Kerkboek van Formosa (1642-1660)

Ann HEYLEN (National Taiwan Normal University)

Discussant: Carsten Storm

Abstract

16:50-
17:10
Presentation on Digital Resources and Databases on Taiwan History

TU Feng-en (National Taiwan University)

17:10-
17:30
  Coffee Break
17:30-
19:00
Plenary Hall

EATS General Assembly

Presentation of EATS activities 2010 and 2011 by the Members of the Board

 

May 14, 2011 (Saturday)

University of Ljubljana

 

 

8:00-
9:30
Plenary Hall

Panel 10 — Politics of Identity

Chair: Ann HEYLEN

Rector’s Hall

Panel 11 — ECFA and Economic Issues

Chair: Jens DAMM

  Lost of Identity – Women in Taiwan’s Party Politics:

The Case Study of the 2008 Legislative Yuan Election

Kai-Jung YUAN (University of York)

Discussant: LEE Chun-Yi

Abstract

Cross-Strait Relations after ECFA: Towards Political Integration?

Stefan FLEISCHAUER (ERCCT, University of Tübin-gen)

Discussant: WU Nai-the

Abstract

  The Last Ballot: A Political Anthropology Perspective on Taiwan’s Elections’ Results – Evolution from the Graveyards

Yoann GOUDIN (Co-authors: Oliver STREITER, Chun Jimmy HUANG, Ann Meifang LIN)

Discussant: Stéphane CORCUFF

Abstract

Labour Market Outcomes of Higher Education and Vocational Education. Problems of Employability in Taiwan and Mainland China 

Günter SCHUCHER (GIGA)

Discussant: John HSIEH

Abstract

  Democracy Develops a Common Taiwan Identity

Michael DANIELSEN (Taiwan Corner, Denmark)

Discussant: Dafydd FELL

Abstract

9:30-
10:00
Coffee Break
10:00-
12:00
Plenary Hall

Panel 12 — Electoral and Party Politics

Chair: Stéphane CORCUFF

Ivan Hribar Hall

Panel 13 — Rewriting Taiwanese Literature

Chair: Paul LI

Marketing Internally: How Politicians Campaign in In-ner Party Elections

Dafydd FELL (SOAS)

Discussant: Alex TAN

Abstract

Supplement Taiwan funü – a Different Literary Style of Post-war Taiwan Literature?

Tána DLUHOŠOVÁ (Masaryk University)

Discussant: LIAO Ping-hui

Abstract

Explaining Taiwanese Presidential Candidates’ Propensity to Attack their Opponents

Jon SULLIVAN (University of Nottingham)

Discussant: Sigrid WINKLER

Abstract

Fictionalising Reality. A Taiwanese Case in the Debate on Realism and Fictionality

Carsten STORM (Dresden University of Technology)

Discussant: LIAO Ping-hui

Abstract

  Women Political Representation in Taiwan: problems and trends 

Elena STEPANOVA (Russian Academy of Sciences)

Discussant: Astrid LIPINSKY

Abstract

Hakka as Method for inter-Taiwanese Literature:  Re-hardnecking historiography, Hakka écriture and cultural translation in recent Hakka literary production

Albert Wei-min TANG  (Fu Jen Catholic University)

Discussant: Yoann GOUDIN

Abstract

12:00-
13:15
 Lunch Break
13:15-
14:15
Plenary Hall

Panel 14 — Sport and Leisure in Taiwan Society

Chair: Yoshihisa AMAE

Rector’s Hall

Panel 15 — Marriage Migration and Transculturation Chair: Astrid LIPINSKY

Contested Representations of Taiwanese Baseball: Po-litical Interpretations and Moral Values of a National Sport

Jérôme SOLDANI (University of Provence)

Discussant: Stéphane CORCUFF

Abstract

I’m Chinese: The Diasporic Identity of Indonesian Mar-riage Immigrant Women in Taiwan

Isabelle CHENG (SOAS)

Discussant: Jens DAMM

Abstract

  Go Taiwan/Chinese Taipei!? Baseball and Popular Culture in the National Psyche

Kwan-Fan SU (University of Sussex)

Discussant: Carsten STORM

Abstract

The Dual Domination on the Citizenship of Female Mainland spouses in Taiwan

Wan-Ying YANG (Dept. of Political Science, NCCU)

Discussant: Jens DAMM

Abstract

14:15-
14:30
  Coffee Break
14:30-
15:30
 

Plenary Hall

MA Panel

Chair: Dafydd FELL

  Imperial Eyes Examined: British Encounter with Formosa in the Nineteenth Century

Chialin HUANG (SOAS)

  At the End of Formosa —Indigenous Agency in Lonckjouw-Dutch Encounter (1636-1645)

Yedda Ya-Ping WANG (Leiden University)

15:30-
16:00
 Closing Session