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A5 Brochure Nobleeds.Pdf VIENNA CENTER FOR TAIWAN STUDIES EST. 2009 tsc.univie.ac.at Contents 1. Founding of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies ..................................... 3 2. Taiwan Studies curriculum at the University of Vienna ............................... 3 3. Taiwan-related Expertise ........................................................................................ 5 4. Taiwan Teaching ........................................................................................................ 8 5. Taiwan Film Screenings .......................................................................................... 9 6. Vienna Taiwan Lectures ........................................................................................10 7. Workshops .................................................................................................................19 8. Bi-Lateral Austrian-Taiwanese Conferences ..................................................19 9. Vienna Taiwan Studies Series ..............................................................................21 10. Funding ......................................................................................................................23 Founding ceremony of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies participants (right to left): Prof. Trappl (Director of Confucius Institute University of Vienna) Robin Lu (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office Vienna) Prof. Linhart (Head of Department of East Asian Studies) Prof. Peng (National Chengchi University) Prof. Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (Department of East Asian Studies / Sinology) Dr. Lipinsky (Department of East Asian Studies / Sinology) Title photo: Workshop with Grace Liao, Shih-Jung Hsu and students, p.19 2 1. Founding of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies The Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies was established with a ceremonial celebration at the Department of East Asian Studies/ Sinology in January 2009 on the invita- tion of Prof. Dr. Susanne Schwiedrzik. The ceremonial address was given by Professor Li-Chung Peng from National Chengchi University in Taiwan. Dr. Peng also repre- sented the Taiwan Studies Center at NCCU, a partner institution of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies, in congratulating its founding by donating a nameplate with the Center’s name and logo. The talk by Professor Peng, given in Chinese, dealt with the meaning and importance of Taiwan in current East Asian studies. It was translated into German by Dr. Astrid Lipinsky, and a revised German version was published in the journal of Leipzig students of Chinese Studies, Dianmo. The ceremony and following dinner were attended by Dr. Christoph Baerenreuter, who is responsible for the Taiwan cooperation projects sponsored by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, and by Eva-Gabriela Toifl, who was in charge of cooperation with Asia at the University of Vienna in 2009. Their participation underlined the impor- tance that both the University of Vienna and FWF have accorded to this program. The goal of the cooperation is to establish the on-going presence of Taiwan studies and research at the Department of East Asian Studies. The founding of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies was accompanied by the signing of a first, department level, contract of cooperation with National Chengchi University. 2. Taiwan Studies curriculum at the University of Vienna Sinology at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna, defines its contemporary Chinese studies from a Greater China perspective that includes courses on Hong Kong, Taiwan and the overseas Chinese diaspora. Previously, instruction concerning Taiwan relied on visiting scholars (Dr. Michael Rudolph, University of Southern Denmark) and was therefore offered in the concentrated format of weekend seminars. From 2008 on, the Sinology curriculum has included a focus on Taiwan in its regular curriculum. From 2013, classes have been offered in English. Participants therefore include English-only participants of the Vienna University Erasmus program, and students of the English language master programs offered by the University of Vienna, for example the „Global History“ program. From 2013, the Vienna University’s regular courses on Taiwan have been included in the East Asian Economy and Society Master Program: The two-year master’s program East Asian Economy and Society (EcoS) is multidisciplinary, dealing with contempo- rary social, political and economic aspects of the East Asian region as a whole. It is offered at the Department of East Asian Studies of the University of Vienna, in English. 3 Courses on Taiwan are especially welcome to EcoS students because with their focus on society and on social issues, they can research Taiwan as an example within the Asian region. In Sinology, the Taiwanese courses cover all three mandatory parts of the curriculum, namely „Politics and Law“, „History and Society“ and „Literature and Culture“. The Vienna Taiwan Lectures are part of the instruction on Taiwan. Year Theme of Course Japanese Colonial Rule in Taiwan as an example of Colonial Regimes (in 2008 German) 2009 Taiwan 1895. Geschichtsschreibung im Film 2010 Geschichte und Gesellschaft Taiwans 2012 Taiwans gesellschaftliche Entwicklung im Film 2013 Taiwan in den 1960ern: Bildung und Industrialisierung 2013 Taiwan in den 1960ern: Verlust des internationalen Status und die Folgen 2013 Transforming Taiwan: Social, political and cultural aspects 2014 Internationale Konventionen in der Volksrepublik China und in Taiwan Taiwan’s Civil Movement(s) Reflected in Documentaries - Rice, Gender 2015 and Science Cultures 2015/16 Japanese Rule, colonial and post-colonial developments in Asia 2015/16 Intersectionality Research in Taiwan. A Comparison with the West Taiwan Studies Events at the University of Vienna Date Event responsible 19.-20.04. Blockseminar: Taiwans Ureinwohner Dr. Michael Rudolph, 2008 im Spannungsfeld von Nativismus, University of Christianisierung und Elitenwettbewerb Southern Denmark 17.05. Workshop: Post-Porno und Gender im Barbara Eder; Felix 2008 taiwanesischen Kino Wemheuer 28.09. Bi-Lateral Austrian-Taiwanese Joint Seminar, Agnes Schick-Chen 2009 presentation: What’s legal culture got to do with it – from “pingfan” to “transitional justice“ in Taiwan? 28.-30.05. Workshop „Geschichte und Gesellschaft Univ.-Prof. Dr. 2010 Taiwans unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Susanne Weigelin- der Ureinwohner“ (Ostasienwissenschaften Schwiedrzik und / Sinologie und Museum für Völkerkunde). MMag. Sonja Peschek 4 3. Outreach: Taiwan-related Expertise and Conference Contributions As its managing director, Dr. Lipinsky endeavors to promote the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies and the Taiwan research at the University of Vienna through her contributions to Taiwan-related conferences internationally. She has given regular presentations at annual meetings of the European Association of Taiwan Studies since 2008, highlighting the research work of the Vienna Center. Dr. Lipinsky also regularly lectures at various universities in Taiwan. While the Vienna cooperation concentrated first mainly with National Chengchi University (NCCU) and its Taiwan Studies Center, the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies has established contacts with Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU), Kaohsiung Medical University and National Kaohsiung University in Southern and from 2013 with National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Northern Taiwan. Dr. Lipinsky was elected to the Board of the European Association of Taiwan Studies in 2015, and often participates in Taiwan-related teaching at other European univer- sities, especially in Eastern Europe (Prague, Brno, Krakow and Ljubljana). Date Topic Event / Conference Location 5th Conference of the 18.-20.04. Taiwan Democratization and the Prague, Czech European Association of 2008 Disappearance of Women Republic Taiwan Studies (EATS) Symposium on Post-colonial 16.-17.07. Post-colonial Legal Education: A Legal Studies and Legal NCCU, Taipei 2008 non-Asian Foreigner’s Perspective Education Modernizing the Chinese Family and Gendering Society. The 10th Annual Conference of 03.-08.12. Gender Equality Education Act the Hong Kong Sociological Hong Kong 2008 and its Impact on Women’s Status Association in Taiwan Designing an all-inclusive legal system. The Gender Equity 6th Conference of the 15.-18.04. Education Act and its impact on European Association of Madrid 2009 women’s democratic participation Taiwan Studies in Taiwan The Taiwanese women’s 28.-30.09. Bi-Lateral Austrian-Taiwanese movement and democratization: Vienna 2009 Joint Seminar Gendering Taiwan by law The Taiwanese women’s 10.–13.11. Conference Innovation and Lund movement and the 2009 Transformation in Taiwan University transformation of civil society 5 Date Topic Event / Conference Location The women’s movement and 7th Annual Conference of ERCCT, 08.–10.04. indigenous self-identity in Taiwan: the European Association of Tübingen, 2010 Can global feminism localize? Taiwan Studies Germany Interdisziplinäres Symposium Bunt sein, laut sein, viele sein: „Frauenbilder – Frauenkörper. Eberhard Karls 24.–26.06. Taiwans Frauenbewegung und Inszenierungen des Universität 2010 die Aneignung des öffentlichen Weiblichen in den Tübingen, Raumes Gesellschaften Süd- und Germany Ostasiens“ „Women and women’s Masaryk 06.–11.09. organisations in Taiwan“ European Graduate Summer University 2010 „Taiwanese law in the East-Asian School on Taiwan studies Brno, Czech context“ Republic Bi-Lateral Conference „Justice Gender justice by inclusion. 27.–28.09. and Injustice Problems in How
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