Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies Recipient of the 2016 Prize of the Fondation Culturelle Franco-Taiwanaise

VIENNA CENTER FOR TAIWAN STUDIES RECIPIENT OF THE 2016 PRIZE OF THE FONDATION CULTURELLE FRANCO-TAIWANAISE

tsc.univie.ac.at congratulation letter on receiving the French-Taiwanese Cultural Foundation Award 2016

2 Contents

1. Founding of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies ...... 4 2. Taiwan Studies curriculum at the University of Vienna...... 5 3. Outreach: Taiwan-related Expertise and Conference Contributions...... 6 4. Taiwan Teaching...... 7 5. Film screenings and “Song of the Reed”...... 7 6. Vienna Taiwan Lectures...... 13 7. Workshops organized by the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies...... 24 8. Bilateral Austrian-Taiwanese Conferences...... 25 9. Vienna Taiwan Studies Series...... 27 10. Certificate Awarded...... 29 11. Funding for the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies and supporting institutions ...... 30

Cover photo: Workshop with Grace Liao, Shih-Jung Hsu and students, p.24

3 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.

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)

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 importance that both the University of Vienna and FWF have accorded to this program.

4 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 contemporary 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. 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 2008 as an Example of Colonial Regimes (in 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

5 Year Theme of Course 2014 Internationale Konventionen in der Volksrepublik China und in Taiwan Taiwan’s Civil Movement(s) Reflected in Documentaries - 2015 Rice, Gender 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 2016 The so-called ‚comfort women‘ of the Japanese Imperial Army Gender Equality Policies in Taiwan (including visits of gender activists Kuan Hsiao-Wei and 2017 Cheng Lingfang) 2017 Taiwans Gesellschaft im Spiegel von Literatur und Film

3. Outreach: Taiwan-related Expertise and Conference Contributions

Through her contributions at international Taiwan-related conferences, Dr. Lipinsky, managing director of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies and Taiwan research at the University of Vienna, highlights the work of the Vienna Center. She has given regular presentations at annual meetings of the European Association of Taiwan Studies since 2008. Dr. Lipinsky also lectures regularly at various universities in Taiwan. At first, Vienna- Taiwan cooperation was concentrated mainly with the National Chengchi Univer- sity (NCCU) and its Taiwan Studies Center. From 2013, there were contacts with the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) in Northern Taiwan. More recently, the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies has established contacts with Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU), Kaohsiung Medical University and National Kaohsiung University in Southern Taiwan. Joint activities include teaching, as well as the co-editing of papers and books in the Vienna Taiwan Studies Series. Expert guests and speakers hosted by the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are recruited from Academia Sinica, National Taiwan University, National Taipei University and National Taiwan University of the Arts. Instruction on Taiwan is regularly in Chinese, and often includes the introduction of the Austrian and European situation. Dr. Lipinsky was elected to the Board of the European Association of Taiwan Studies in 2015, and participates often in Taiwan-related teaching at other European universities, especially in Eastern Europe (Prague, Brno, Krakow and Ljubljana), but also at the Taiwan centers at SOAS in London and in Tuebingen (ERCCT).

6 4. Taiwan Teaching Taiwan guest teachers’ intensive Chinese language seminars In early 2009, the Taiwanese Ministry of Education began to sponsor professors from partner universities of the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies to offer intensive seminars (16 hrs) in the Chinese language to master students of Sinology at the University of Vienna. Thus far, all guest professors have come from different departments of National Chengchi University. The project is hopefully going to continue in the future.

Date Guest professor Course title Taiwan’s Transformation and Development: 2009 Li-Chung Peng A Historical Perspective 2011 Chia-Ning Chu Language and Dialects in Taiwan 2011 Yuang-Kuang Kao Taiwan’s Democratization and Democratic Politics Small and Medium Sized Enterprises and 2012 Carol Yeh-Yun Lin Economic Development in Taiwan Taiwanese Government and Public Policy 2013 Liang-Kung Yen in a Global Context

5. Film screenings and “Song of the Reed”

The Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies cooperates with the theatre and film studies departments of the University of Vienna, reflecting the growing importance of media, film and TV analysis at the Department of East Asian Studies. Furthermore, film is now a means of introducing intra-East Asian comparisons, through cooperation between colleagues in Japanese and Taiwanese studies. Dr. Lipinsky learned about the recent film “Song of the Reed,” on the Japanese Imperial Army’s so-called “comfort women” from Taiwan during WWII (1931 – 45), in March 2016. After seeing the documentary, she was able to meet its director, Wu Hsiu-Ching, and invite her to Vienna. Dr. Lipinsky then applied to the Taiwan Founda- tion for Democracy in Taipei for the first time, successfully, for additional funding needed for guest accommodation and cinema rental. The Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies could thus host Wu Hsiu-Ching from November 17 - 25, 2016, and broaden its outreach to other faculties and beyond the university community. The well-known Asian film expert Professor Chris Berry from King’s College, London, was invited for several events. His visit prompted February 2017 invitations for Dr. Lipinsky to introduce and screen “Song of the Reed” at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Centre of Taiwan Studies in London, and the

7 University of Nottingham’s China Policy Institute. Chris Berry and Dr. Lipinsky also plan a publication on the presentation of “comfort women” in film. Dr. Lipinsky has found a way to present Taiwanese guest experts to a broader public, beyond academia. The Viennese cinema ‘Filmmu- seum’ offers its facil- ities to the public for an affordable rental fee. And Taiwanese business associa- tions in Vienna have shown interest in future cooperation with the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies through hosting Taiwanese directors and supporting public showings of their films. The Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies also organized a screening of “Song of the Reed” with its director at the C3 Center for Interna- tional Development in cooperation with Amnesty International, the Vienna Women’s Film Network, and the leading Austrian feminist NGO Frauensolidaritaet. The C3 Center includes an NGO-focused library and complemented the film showing by presenting its own books and papers on “comfort women.” Dr. Lipinsky collected viewers’ reactions to the “Song of the Reed” at different locations for eventual publication.

8 Year Topic Films shown Famous Taiwan Film City of Sadness, 1989 2008 directors The Wayward Cloud, 2005 March of Happiness , 1999 The Dull-ice Flower, 1989 Meilidao. 2009 Hill of No Return, 1992 The Beautiful Island Cape No. 7, 2008 Island Etude, 2006 In the Name of History – “1895”, 2008 Taiwanese History Prince of Tears, 2009 2010 and Histories Voices of Orchid Island, 1993 Amis Hip Hop, 1995 Three Times, 2005 Kung Fu Dunk / Shaolin Basketball Hero, 2008 Zoom Hunting, 2010 2011 Taiwan Film Nights Cannot Live without You, 2009 The Shoe Fairy, 2006 Chocolate Rap, 2006 Taiwan’s Films Oyster Girl, 1964 of the 1960s and 1980s Beautiful Duckling, 1965 2012 Dust in the Wind, 1987 Recent Taiwanese Films Night Market Hero, 2011 Food from the Heavens, 2009 Let It Be – The Last Rice Growers, 2005 Taiwan 2014 The Rice Bomber, 2014 Documentaries Bird without Borders, 2009 Tomb Raptor, 2009 Formosa Betrayed, 2009 The Japanese in Kano, 2014 2015 Taiwanese Film Sayon’s Bell, 1943 Duosang – A Borrowed Life, 1994 2016 Comfort Women 蘆葦之歌 – Song of the Reed, 2015 回首来时路 – Echoing with women’s voices, 1993 2017 The Wedding Banquet, 1997

9 In 2015, the Center began an ongoing cooperation with film expert Chris Berry, Professor of Film Studies at King’s College London. In March 2016, Dr. Lipinsky was able to see the recent Taiwanese film on former “comfort women” in Taipei, and met with the film director, Hsiu-Ching Wu, a professor at National Taiwan University of the

Arts. Prof. Wu agreed to come to Vienna for screenings of her film, which had not previ- Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series The Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology and the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are pleased to announce a lecture by

Hsiu-CHing Wu National Taiwan University of Arts Meeting Taiwanese former “comfort women” 70 years after WW II Conflict Resolution by Law?

AbstrAct The presentation assumes that the audience has seen the documentary film „The Song of the Reed.“ Excerpts from that work will be shown during the talk.

Based on her experience of filming „The Song of the Reed“ and complementing it with further documentary footage, Ms Wu’s presentation focuses mainly on three aspects:

• the final image of the Ama/ Grandmothers (former „comfort women) • the awakening of the young Japanese • and the symbolic meaning of the „Reed“

吳秀菁 Hsiu-CHing Wu Documentary film director MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Associate Professor of Department of Motion Picture National Taiwan University of Arts

Date: Wednesday 23th Nov., 2016 Time: 18:15 Location: SIN1, at the Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology, Altes AKH, Campus, Spitalgasse 2, yard 2, entrance 2.3 http://campus.univie.ac.at/plan-universitaere-einrichtungen Introduction and discussion lead by Dr Astrid Lipinsky – University of Vienna The lecture is open to the public without charge or prior registration ously been shown in Austria (or in Germany or Western Europe generally). To make Prof. Wu’s long-distance travel as worthwhile as possible, Dr. Lipinsky organized a series of screenings and discussions at different locations and with varied audiences, in cooperation with several departments of the University of Vienna, as well as with the local Taiwanese population. This is the first of future activities planned to

10 take the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies’ work beyond the university community, engaging a broader public. The events were joined by Professor Berry, who contrib- uted a broader Asian perspective on “comfort women” films. The “comfort women” events will be the focus of a future book volume of the Vienna Taiwan Studies Series, currently under discussion by Professor Berry and Dr. Lipinsky. 敬邀觀賞

電影放映會 Sunday 20 Nov. 2016, 11:00 2016年11月20日 (星期日) 放映後特邀學者參與 Filmmuseum 評論及討論 (中／德／英) Augustinerstraße 1, 1010 Wien 吳秀菁, 臺灣藝術大學 Chris Berry, 英國倫敦國王學院 Astrid Lipinsky, 維也納臺灣研究中心

免費入場，請踴躍報名！報名截止：2016年11月17日 [email protected]

11 Round Tabl e ‘Comfort Women’ in China and Taiwan: Human Rights Violation without End?

Round Table participant experts address the sexual slavery conducted by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II from socio- historical, legal and cinematic perspectives in the victims’ various native states of Asia. A focus is the 2014 Taiwan documentary „The Song of the Reed“, which will be screened afterwards. The round table includes introductory 15-minute presentations from each participant. Afterwards, the floor will be open to discussion with the audience. ERIKA-WEINZIERL-SAAL Moderation: Margarete Grandner, Institute for International Development, Main building University of Vienna Universitätsring 1

Chris Berry 18th November 2016, 14:00 Documentary Ethics and “Comfort Women” Films registration via email: [email protected] This talk investigates the ethical and gender political problems surrounding the "comfort women" issue in cinema. Why did filmmakers ignore the sufferings of the "comfort women" for Agnes Schick-Chen so long and fail to make films about them? How can they make “No comfort for former “Comfort Women”? films about them without exploiting their sufferings all over The transitional justice perspective.” again? Using examples from China and Korea, this talk examines The International Center for Transitional Justice (TJ) defines the different ethical and political problems presented by filming TJ as “a response to systematic or widespread violations of the "comfort women" issue and how some filmmakers have human rights,” seeking “recognition for victims and promotion attempted to avoid them. of possibilities for peace, reconciliation and democracy.” A set of measures including criminal prosecution, truth commissions, reparations programs, gender justice, security system reforms, and memorialization efforts has been conceptualized in reaction to situations arising in the aftermath of inner-society conflict, civil war and suppressive regimes. I therefore would like to discuss TJ Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik as a possible approach in dealing with the injustice inflicted on Post Cold War History and Identity in Europe and East comfort women from Taiwan in times of Japanese colonization. Asia: From Hero to Victim In a situation where we are maybe approaching the end of the non-Cold War period, it is worthwhile to assess how identity issues have been treated in the context of academic and non- Astrid Lipinsky academic writing of history. One aspect of this assessment Their Passing Does Not Mean Closure: Approaches to relates to the tendency to change narratives on WW II heroism the „Comfort Women“ Issue 70 Years Later into narratives of victimization. The questions to be discussed U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Hussein in this presentation are: Why is it easier in post-Cold War times indicated that the Japan-South Korea agreement of December to identify as victim rather than as hero? Why do post-Socialist 2016 to “finally and irreversibly” resolve the issue is insufficient. societies tend towards identifying as victims although their Several UN agencies complain that the recent Japanese approach master narrative on WW II was until 1989 one of heroic anti- is not victim-centered and differentiates unjustly between South fascist struggle? What role does growing nationalism in Europe Korea and other victim states. and East Asia play in the context of this change of narrative and The presentation traces the United Nation’s discourse on how its implied change of identity? to approach the „comfort women“ issue after the last victim has passed away.

Hsiu-Ching Wu Beyond Criminal Prosecution: Re-writing the Tragedy There is something more important than taking revenge: If the perpetrator maintains his refusal to acknowledge the crime, how can the victim confront her own tragedy? In my 2014 documentary „The Song of the Reed“ I developed and applied an approach different from the common accusation. Instead, I documented the ongoing healing process over 16 years of workshops for the physical and psychological care of former „comfort women.“ The former so-called „Comfort women,“ now QR: map affectionately called Ama, „Grandmothers,“ no longer confront ERIKA- their past injuries. Instead they slowly organize their extremely WEINZIERL- hurtful memories, dialogue with their past selves and learn how to put aside the hate and harmoníze with themselves in a SAAL situation where the Japanese government neither apologizes nor pays meaningful compensation to every victim.

supported by the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, Taipei

12 6. Vienna Taiwan Lectures

Through our experiences over the past four years, we have found that the easiest and most economical way to achieve excellence in teaching, research and international exchange concerning Taiwan is through guest lectures. Such guest lecture programs on Taiwan are featured worldwide, but the lectures are often stand-alone and rarely related to other events around Taiwan. The Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies decided from the start to involve the Vienna Taiwan Lectures into University of Vienna Taiwan teaching as a required part of coursework. As Taiwan teaching is usually master degree level, the evening lectures are well suited to master students who often work at least part time. Several students have in fact reported that they selected the Taiwan course because of its evening and weekend schedule.

Lecture by Liang-Kung Yen 2013

The Vienna Taiwan Lectures began in winter 2012. During the first term, lectures were partly in German, but this was soon changed to English only, to attract non-Austrian students and include international scholars’ presentations. Although the lecture topics were mixed, they nevertheless addressed themes that the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies is based on and familiar with, including:

• ethnicity and multi-ethnicities • Taiwan history and economics • politics and the Taiwanese elections • gender, women and social movements

From 2012, the Lectures – usually five per term – were combined into a specific term topic. However, as the single term proved to be too short to cover one topic 13 and include a number of known expert speakers, the term topic was enlarged to an annual one in 2014, covering

both winter and summer terms. Each new annual topic starts in Vienna Taiwane the winter term (October) and Lecture Series continues through the end of Winter term 2012 Dennis Hickey the summer term (June) the Taipei, Beijing and the Path to Peace Across the Taiwan Strait following year. 21st November 2012 Jana s. RoškeR Currently, the necessary Mou Zongsan und die moderne konfuzianische Bewegung in Taiwan external funding needed to 12th December 2012 sigRiD WinkleR invite and host external expert Taiwan in internationalen Organisationen: lecturers has been guaranteed Zukunftsweg oder Sackgasse? 14th January 2013 through 2017/18. caRol yeH-yun lin National Intellectual Capital of Austria and Its Re- Lectures are videotaped. lationship with the Greater China Economies 30th January 2013 Detailed information can Summer term 2013 be found on the website of Jens Damm Vienna Center for Taiwan The Multiculturalization of Taiwan Studies. Homepage: 8th March 2013 astRiD lipinsky tsc.univie.ac.at Taiwan‘s women‘s movement The annual programs of the 24th April 2013 ann Heylen Vienna Taiwan Lectures, Imagery of 17 th Century Formosa in Present Day Taiwan including those planned for 8th May 2013 summer 2017, are featured in micHael RuDolpH Ethnical growth and ethnical re-classification the following series of posters, 15th May 2013 which have been widely liang-kung yen The Evolution of High-tech Industrial Park in distributed. Taiwan 22nd May 2013

Topics of the Vienna Lecture Series 2013 Transforming Taiwan: Social, Political and Cultural Aspects 2013/14 Teaching Taiwan: Social, Political and Cultural Aspects Teaching Taiwan: Gender and Ethnicity 2014 Transforming Taiwan: The Impact of Migration and Globalization 2015 Taiwan’s Civil Movement(s): History, Culture and Legacy 2016 Perceiving Taiwan: Literature, Media and Film 2017 Mainstreaming Gender in Taiwan: Issues, Challenges and Achievements 2018 Documenting Taiwan: Identity Issues in Literature and Film 2019 Taiwan and the United Nations: Historical Experience and Current Situation

14 Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series The Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology and the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are pleased to announce

Winter term October 2013 – January 2014

Sang-Yeon Sung Taiwan: Center of East Asian Pop Circle 9th October 2013

Helmut opletal Taiwan’s political developments and the status of its indigenous people 16th October 2013

agneS ScHick-cHen Politics of memory and the question of ethnicity in Taiwan 20th November 2013

JenS Damm Taiwan’s Ethnicities: The Perspective from Mainland China 18th December 2013

cHriStian göbel Local actions, corruption and anti-corruption in Taiwan 15th January 2014

Time: Wednesday 18:15

Location: SIN 1, at the Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology, Altes AKH, Campus, Spitalgasse 2, yard 2, entrance 2.3 http://campus.univie.ac.at/plan-universitaere-einrichtungen Lectures are open to the public without charge or prior registration

15 Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series The Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology and the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are pleased to announce Summer term 2014 Transforming Taiwan:

Isabelle Cheng Female Migration to Taiwan 26th March 2014

astrId lIpInsky “Saigon Kid“ - Youth Books by Taiwanese Authors on New Taiwanese Children 9th April 2014

MarIe seong-hak kIM Confucianism that Confounds: Constitutional Jurisprudence on Filial Piety in Korea 7th May 2014

lara MoMesso A Lesson from Taiwan: Revisiting Migration for Marriage by Looking at the Lived Experiences of Cross-Strait Marriage Migrants 21st May 2014

Jens daMM Cross-Strait Social Movements: Impacts and Challenges for Both Sides 18th June 2014

Time: Wednesday 18:15

16 Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series The Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology and the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are pleased to announce Winter term 2014 Taiwan's Civil Movement(s):

Isabelle Cheng Common Interests in a Differentiated Environment: Political Socialisation and Participation of Foreign- Born Citizens in Taiwan 12th Nov. 2014

Rosa enn Indigenous Movement and the Environment – The Case of Taiwan 3rd Dec. 2014

shIh-Jung hsu Taiwan Rural Front and the Land Justice Movement in Taiwan 10th Dec. 2014

Wan-YIng Yang Women’s Movement and Gender Value Changes in Taiwan 14th Jan. 2014

MIChael Rudolph Taiwan’s Aboriginal Movement

21st Jan. 2014

Time: Wednesday 18:15

17 Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series The Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology and the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are pleased to announce Summer term 2015 Taiwan's Civil Movement(s):

Ming-Yeh RawnsleY Democratisation of the Media in Taiwan: Anti-Media Monopoly Movement and Policies Thursday, 19th March 2015 Room: OAW siMona gRano Taiwan’s post-2008 Environmental Activism: Green Rethoric or True Committment? 22nd April 2015

Julia RitiRc Taiwan’s Conservative Movement and its Mobiliza- tion Strategies in the Context of Same-sex Marriage Legislation 6th May 2015

henning KlöteR Negotiating Language from Below: Huang Shihui and Nativist Literature 20th May 2015

Jens DaMM The Symbiosis of Homophobia and AIDS-phobia during Taiwan’s Societal Transformation in the Early 1980s 17th June 2015

Time: Wednesday 18:15

18 Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series The Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology and the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are pleased to announce Winter term 2015 Perceiving Taiwan:

SebaStian HSien-Hao Liao Romance of the Three Kins: Negotiating the Japanese Imaginary in Taiwan Cinema 14 Oct. 2015

SebaStian HSien-Hao Liao Poetics of Geography: The Post-Chinese Visions in Taiwan Film 21 Oct. 2015

ann HeyLen Taiwanese identity and the film Formosa Betrayed 11 Nov. 2015

CHriS berry The Japan Complex in Taiwanese Cinema

25 Nov. 2015

ti-Han CHang Nature, Ecology and Oceanic Imagination in Relation to Postcolonial Environment and Taiwanese Literature 13 Jan. 2016

Time: Wednesday 18:15

19 Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series The Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology and the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are pleased to announce Summer term 2016 Perceiving Taiwan:

Bruce JacoBs Taiwan is Not China: Aborigines, Colonial Rulers and Democratisation in the History of the Beautiful Island 13 April 2016

carsten storm Mapping Imaginary Spaces in Li Yongping’s 李永平 Jiling Chronicles 吉陵春秋 11 May 2016

Denisa HilBertova Taiwan in Czechoslovak Communist Propaganda Caricatures (1948-1989) 8 June 2016

sHu-cHun li Taiwan Literature and Taiwan New Cinema

15 June 2016

sHu-cHun li Autobiographies by Dang-Wai movement Women Workshop 11:00-16:00 Saturday,18 June 2016 Time: Wednesday 18:15

20 Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series The Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology and the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are pleased to announce

Winter term 2016/17 Taiwan – a Democratizing Society

Ming-Chiang Lin Land Development and Urban Renewal in Taiwan

Wednesday, 19 Oct. 2016 hsiu-Ching Wu Meeting Taiwanese former "comfort women" 70 years after WW II Wednesday, 23 Nov. 2016 hsiu-Ching Wu C3 – Centrum für Int. Entwicklung "Song of the Reed": Documentary on Alois Wagner Saal so-called "comfort women" in Taiwan Sensengasse 3, 1090 Wien Screening and discussion Thursday, 18:30, 24 Nov. 2016 Jens DaMM Soft Power through Cultural Diplomacy by Non-State Actors: Taiwan’s Strength, China’s Weakness? Wednesday, 30 Nov. 2016 Jens DaMM Room: OAW The "Chinese Overseas" and the VU Regionalism in East Asia New Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia: Transcultural Mediators or "Fifth Column" Thursday, 16:45, 1 Dec. 2016

Time & Loc.: Wed. 18:15, SIN1, at the Dep. of East Asian Studies/Sinology, Altes AKH, Campus, Spitalgasse 2, yard 2, entrance 2.3 unless otherwise specified Lectures are open to the public without charge or prior registration QR: map

21 Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series The Department of East Asian Studies/Sinology and the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are pleased to announce

Summer term 2017 Taiwan: Mirroring SocieTy? affecTing SocieTy?

Arnhilt hoefle Poetics and Politics: Stefan Zweig in Taiwan Wednesday, 22. March 2017

JAnA BenesovA Taiwanese Women's Literature and the Involvement of Women Authors in the Society Wednesday, 29. March 2017

federicA PAssi Taiwan Literature: A Question of Definition Wednesday, 17. May 2017

hsiAo-Wei KuAn Will Taiwan be the First in Asia: The Rise of the Same Sex Marriage Movement in Taiwan Wednesday, 31. May 2017

ling-fAng cheng Political and Socio-cultural Movements for Gender Equality in Taiwan Wednesday, 7. June 2017

22 Vienna Taiwane Lecture Series Call for Lecturers Vienna Taiwan Lectures Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies

The Vienna Taiwan Lectures, featuring talks by external experts, are organized by the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies. The series was established at the Department of East Asian Studies in 2012, and is supported by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vienna. The lectures are given in English, with a length of around 50 minutes plus discussion. Each lecture is generally developed as a paper published in the Vienna Taiwan Studies Series, which is both a book series and an annual journal. The Lectures are videotaped and available to the public with a password at http://tsc.univie.ac:at. The Vienna Center covers costs of transportation, and accomodation is provided. Guest speakers are invited to a post-lecture dinner with local scholars.

Since 2014, the Vienna Taiwan Lectures focus on an annual topic. Thus far, these have included: Transforming Taiwan: The Impact of Migration and Globalization Taiwan’s Civil Movement(s): History, Culture and Legacy Perceiving Taiwan: Literature, Media and Film

Topic for 2017 – 2018: Taiwan: Mirroring Society? Affecting Society? The Impact of Literature, Television and Film

Context: There are dissenting views on the influence that literature, and now other media forms, have or would like to have on society. For the Western observer, Taiwanese literature, television series or films are a means to (better) understand Taiwan and current developments of Taiwanese society. Aboriginal authors might want to present their indigenous origins. Hakka authors may attempt to include the rural landscapes of their childhood in their writings. Looking at Taiwanese children’s books, the reader might get a glimpse of how Taiwanese parents would like their sons and daughters to develop. Furthermore, the market for local literary products is worth our analysis: Is there an appreciative audience for local literature? How many children’s books in Taiwan are actually translations, and if so, from which languages and countries? Guest speakers’ presentations can focus on an individual author and their work(s). They may also deal with literature representing a certain time period, or representative of a specific topic. Or the subject can examine thematic voids: Why is an issue not included in literary works? And how far is that specific for Taiwan, and if so, why?

The University of Vienna’s winter term is from 1 October 2017 through 30 January 2018. Lectures are always on Wednesday evenings, 18 – 20:00 (6-8 pm) (This year’s topic may be extended through 2018-19.)

Your suggestion for a presentation in the series should include: your name and title of presentation your location and specialization the period of time when you are available half a page abstract of your lecture.

Please contact Astrid Lipinsky at [email protected]

23 7. Workshops organized by the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies with guest speakers

In 2014, discussions with potential Vienna Taiwan Lecture presenters resulted in several of them, especially those coming from a distance, offering to give a Wednesday lecture, provide additional input on Thursday or Friday and stay for a Saturday workshop. Because of the scarcity of classrooms, workshops could only be held during the weekend. Unlike weekday programs, the Saturday workshops attract people from outside the university, and have increased interest in Taiwan and the Center’s offerings as a whole.

Taiwanese Popular Music 25.10.14 with Sang-Yeon Sung and Yi-Hsuan Lai Rethinking the Production and Challenges 29.11.14 of International Science documentary with Ming-Yeh Rawnsley Land Grabbing and Forced Evictions in Taiwan 13.12.14 with Shih-Jung Hsu and Grace Liao EU Application for Chinese Cultural Diplomacy Project 14.02.15 with Jens Damm The Japanese in Taiwanese Film: Kano 14.11.15 with Ann Heylen 28.11.15 Taiwan Film Weekend with Chris Berry CEDAW in Taiwan: Human Rights Approach to Infidelity with Kuan Hsiao-Wei

The Rights of Sexual Minorities under CEDAW 27.05.17 with Elisabeth Greif

On Concepts of Adultery in the European Legal Tradition Nikolaus Benke Family and LGBT in Taiwan and the Women’s Movement 10.06.17 with Cheng Lingfang

24 8. Bilateral Austrian-Taiwanese Conferences

Back in September 2009, the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies organized the first Austrian-Taiwanese conference on the topic of “Democratic Transition, Political Culture and Social Change”. The meeting was part of an Austrian-Taiwanese cooperation that is otherwise available only for Austrian-Japanese bilateral events. The conference and others following the same pattern were funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF in cooperation with the Taiwanese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). The initial conference was part of a project calling for two such meetings, one in each of the countries involved. Thus in September 2010, the Taiwanese counterpart at National Chengchi University hosted “Justice and Injustices in Transitional Societies: Taiwan and China”. Afterwards, the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies organized bilateral conferences on an annual basis, involving different faculties at the University of Vienna (Faculty of History, “Equality” conferences 2016 and 2017), and even Johannes Kepler Univer- sity, Linz, another major Austrian university (“Gender and Intersectionality”, 2015 and 2016). For these events, the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies took on the core organizing, initiating academic cooperation beyond the field of Asian studies.

Date Location Conference Title September Democratic Transition, Political Culture and Social Vienna 2009 Change in Taiwan September Justice and Injustices in Transitional Societies: Taiwan Taipei 2010 and China September – Vienna Immigration Societies October 2011 Social Movements, Rights Discourses and Citizenship: November Taipei Social and Political Developments in Taiwan in a 2012 Regional Perspective October Gender & Intersectionality in Taiwan and Austria: Vienna 2015 Differences and Similarities February Taipei Equality: Taiwan in Context 2016 October Intersectional Perspectives on Migration, Displacement Tainan 2016 and Human Rights February Vienna Equality: Austria and Taiwan 2017

25 EQUALITY: AUSTRIA AND TAIWAN BI-LATERAL AUSTRIAN-TAIWANESE JOINT SEMINAR 27 + 28 FEBRUARY 2017 Organization: Prof. Dr. Andrea Komlosy, Department of Social and Economic History, University of Vienna Dr. Astrid Lipinsky, Department of East Asian Studies - Sinology, University of Vienna About the Conference: Based upon the discussion about equality at the 2016 joint seminar at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Taiwan, with participating scholars from both University of Vienna and NCCU, the Seminar ‘Equality: Austria and Taiwan’ aims to extend the scope of discussion about equality with a focus on equality for minorities and generational equality in both Austria and Taiwan. Both face formidable challenges of properly accommodating immigrants and justly treating minority groups. Ethnic/language and generational difference is central to the aforementioned problems facing both Austria and Taiwan, representing the two main topics under the theme of equality. Subjects to be discussed include: 1. Equality and ethnic diversity: migration (history of migration, historic waves of immigration both in Austria and in Taiwan, mainlanders in Taiwan); deportation and escape; aborigines and historical minorities (aspects of ethnicity, minority cultures, how to preserve one’s culture, distribution of minorities in the territory); multi- linguality (linguistic diversity), ‘Chineseness’ of migration, distribution on the territory). 2. Equality and generation: demography (population policy and changes, different generations of elderly and youth, social security and welfare, how far is welfare related to permanent employment, identity; gender; labor relations (informal work, atypical work, retirement ages, non-permanent work). In addition to discussing equality in contexts of Austria and Taiwan, comparison will be attempted for better theorising equality on the basis of solid empirical studies.

Time Panel Monday 27 February 2017 9.30 Opening and Welcome Remarks Chair: Andrea Komlosy - Astrid Lipinsky, University of Vienna - 10.00 Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Augustynowicz, Vize-Dekan, Faculty of Historical-Cultural Sciences

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Melanie Malzahn, Dekanin, Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies

Hsien-Ming Lien, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

N.N. 10.00 Panel 1: Equality in Education Chair: Agnes Schick-Chen, University of Vienna - 12.00 Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik: Access to University Education. Egalitarianism and Equal Opportunities. Visions and Reality in: China, Taiwan and Austria

Prudence Chou: Academic Identity and Gender Equality in the Race for World-Class University: The Case of Taiwan

Chuang Yi-Chyi: Social Equity: Educational and Job Opportunities of Students from disadvantaged Families in Taiwan

Yang Yanfei: A Preliminary Satisfaction Report of Chinese Students in Taiwanese Universities: Learning and Living 12.00 - 14.00 Break: Lunch buffet onsite 14.00 Panel 2: Equalities over Generations Chair: Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, University of Vienna - 15.30 Hsien-Ming Lien: My Money and Your Pension: Pension Reform and Generational Equality

Josef Ehmer: Ageing and Generational Relations in Austria in EurAsian Perspective

Sascha Klotzbücher: Mutual Help and other New Forms of Intra-Generational Care of Elderly: Can they overcome the Existing Cleavages of Wealth and Ethnicity?

location: SIN 1, Sinology, Department of East Asian Studies, Campus, Spitalgasse 2 Court 2 Entrance 2.3 2 Court 2 Entrance Spitalgasse Campus, Studies, East Asian of Department 1, Sinology, SIN location: 15.30 - 16.00 Coffee break

http://tsc-conference.univie.ac.at/

26 Bilateral conference: Gender & Intersectionality in Taiwan and Austria 2015

9. Vienna Taiwan Studies Series

The Vienna Taiwan Studies Series is both an internationally peer-reviewed English language book series and an annual journal. The Series was registered with ISSN and ISBN numbers in 2013. The first volume was published in 2015 and an annual volume is planned for the coming years. The publications evolved to offer to a wider audience the academic contributions at Austrian-Taiwanese conferences held regularly since 2009. Individual’s publications will also be considered for inclusion in the series. The field of Taiwan studies has only been established since the 1990s as a distinc- tive academic area of research, and is still being developed and diversified. As the Vienna conference topics document, potential topics of interest are multiplying, and a European-Taiwanese comparative perspective has been newly established in Vienna, offering enough scope for another series. In addition, the need was felt for a continental European platform for Taiwan studies with a focus on society and popular culture besides the current Routledge Research on Taiwan Series (since 2011) and the Harrassowitz. Studia Formosiana Series (since 2003). Having a local, Vienna-based publisher has proven advantageous – and attractive: the Vienna Taiwan Studies Series offers colorful covers, designed locally, to distinguish itself from Routledge’s standard blue ones. The Vienna Taiwan Studies Series is also committed to affordable pricing, hoping for distribution beyond libraries and academic institutions.

27 Titles in the Series Immigration Societies. Taiwan and Beyond - with a Foreword by Susanne Weigelin- 1 Schwiedrzik. Editor: Astrid Lipinsky, University of Vienna Social Movements in Taiwan: Historical Roots to Recent Developments (forthcoming 2016) - 2 with a Foreword by Michael Hsiao, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Editor: Astrid Lipinsky, University of Vienna Gender & Intersectionality in Taiwan and Austria (forthcoming 2016/17) 3 Editors: Jens Damm, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, & Astrid Lipinsky, University of Vienna The Japanese in Taiwanese and Chinese Cinema 4 Editors: Astrid Lipinsky, University of Vienna & Yu-Wen Fu, National Kaohsiung University About the Series Editor

Dr. Astrid Lipinsky, M.A. was a co-founder of the Immigration Societies - Taiwan and Beyond V ienna Vienna Taiwan STudieS SerieS Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies at the Depart-

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10. Certificate Awarded

In December 2016 the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies was awarded a honorary certificate by the city of Vienna’s mayor Dr. Häupl, on behalf of the city, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber and the Vienna Conven- tion Bureau. The certificate honored the successful completion of the Austrian-Taiwanese bilateral conference “Gender & Intersectionality in Taiwan and Austria” held at the Univer- sity of Vienna, and highlighted the city of Vienna’s role as a location for international conferences. Since the conference, there have been close contacts between the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies and the city of Vienna. The city will welcome future conference participants with maps, city guides and other free material.

29 11. Funding for the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies and supporting institutions

The Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies was established in 2009 as part of the Department of East Asian Studies, specifically at Sinology, and has been active since then, although not yet legally institutionalized. Nevertheless, there has been continuous support for the Center for Taiwan Studies from the Department of East Asian Studies and the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna. This has facilitated the Center’s ability to obtain additional funding from outside sources. Early on, the Education Division of the Vienna Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) provided small grants to the Department library for books and literature on Taiwan. It also supported Taiwan-related conferences by hosting a dinner bringing together key people and organizations that would be interested in this form of international cooperation. The single-item grants were first combined into a one year funding plan, and most recently into a three year contract. All TECO funding requires matching funds from the University of Vienna. These are covered by office and lecture hall rentals, and the commitment to include regular Taiwan teaching as part of the Sinology curriculum. In 2014, the Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation gave the Vienna Taiwan Lecture Series a support grant for one year. A new application was submitted in 2015, and approved for another two years. The staff and students involved in the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies are very appreciative of the generous support from all supporting institutions. As interest in the developing international relationships and academic scholarship around Taiwanese studies grows, the Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies and its Lecture Series welcome new partners in their multi-level endeavors. Plans for 2016-2018 include: the publication of annual journals; 2 volumes of papers related to the annual themes of the Lectures; a growing library of video resources from the lectures, as well as many rich and varied connections and relationships that have developed and been enriched by the exchange of guest lecturers. Organizations or individuals interested in contributing to the continued expansion and success of the program should contact the Center’s managing Director, Dr. Astrid Lipinsky at [email protected].

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