2 months ago

A Fellowship in Taiwan Studies at the University of Ottawa (2012-13)

The University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Science, Chair in Taiwan Studies, invites applications for a fellowship in Taiwan Studies tenable at the University of Ottawa during the academic year 2012-13.

We welcome candidates in all fields of social science who specialize in any aspect of Taiwanese politics, economics, society, or culture. The main responsibilities of the Fellow are research, post-thesis writing, and administration of Chair activities. More information here

5 months ago

EATS Young Scholar Award

We would like to congratulate the following 2011 European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS) Young Scholar Award participants:

1) Jerome Soldani

2) Tá?a Dluhošová and Sigrid Winkler.

The Young Scholar Award has been made possible through a generous grant by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Exchange and has been awarded in 2011 for the first time.

Let us provide you with some background information: we received 17 nominations for the award and the five papers with the most votes were sent to four reviewers. As the results were very close, the EATS Board decided to split the award as outlined below:

First Prize: Jerome Soldani, “Contested Representations of Taiwanese Baseball – Political Interpretations and Moral Values of a National
Sport” - 500 Euro

Joint Second Prize: Tá?a Dluhošová, “Taiwan funü in the Early Post-War Period (1945–1949) Literary Field”
and
Sigrid Winkler “A Question of Sovereignty? The EU’s Policy on Taiwan’s Participation in International Organizations” - each 250 Euro.

EATS Board Young Scholar Award Committee - Stefan BRAIG, Stéphane CORCUFF, Jens DAMM, Dafydd FELL, Ann HEYLEN, Saša ISTENIC

8 months ago

ERCCT Fellowship 2012 – Extended Deadline

The deadline for applications for the ERCCT Fellowship 2012 has been extended to July 31st, 2011.

The ERCCT Fellowship 2012 will be granted by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan) beginning in January 2012 to a Ph.D. student of postdoctoral research fellow in one of the fields of Taiwanese politics and law, economics, society and cross-strait relations.

10 months ago

Taiwan and Ireland in Comparative Perspective, Conference in Dublin Sept. 1-4

Small Islands, Big Issues:

Ireland and Taiwan in Comparative Perspective

University College Dublin 1-4 September 2011

This is the first ever conference on Ireland and Taiwan, and it will break new ground in mutual understanding between the two locations. Both are small islands adjacent to powerful neighbours with which they have had complex histories. In both locations we can see histories, politics, and cultures marked by contested subjectivities and identities, as well as struggles over democracy and human rights. A focus on the human situation in both places invites the application of discursive categories such as colonialism and post-colonialism; globalization and localization; and nationalism and hybridity. It also invites explorations of the goals, problems, and limits of sovereignty and independence in the context of sub-ethnic and religious divisions, as well as of the complex relations with a nearby metropolitan "other" and of diaspora experiences in the era of post-national globalization. At the same time both contexts resist the straightforward appropriation of such categories and demand their sophisticated reworking. This is the rationale for the conference.

This conference will:

constitute a site of creative and collaborative exchange between scholars studying Ireland and Taiwan.

promote interdisciplinary dialogue and understanding of issues relevant to both locations.

facilitate cultural exchange with visits to sites related to Ireland's political and democratic development. These sites will include Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin Castle, Trinity College, Government Buildings, sites associated with the 1916 Rising, Newgrange, the site of the Battle of the Boyne, Glendalough, and Belfast.

have an evening schedule of activities, including viewings of films from Taiwan and Ireland (City of Sadness and The Wind that Shakes the Barley) and a visit to a theatre.

For further details or to register, please email either to Dr. Fang-long Shih (F.Shih@lse.ac.uk) or Dr Brian Jackson of University College Dublin: Brian.Jackson@ucd.ie

10 months ago

Monthly Allowance of € 350.- for Fellows at the ERCCT

The European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT) at Eberhard-Karls-University in Tuebingen, one of the leading institutions for Taiwan Research in Europe, is now offering a monthly allowance of € 350.- for permanent and long-term visiting fellows. These allowances shall encourage young scholars to join the ERCCT and participate in its activities. ERCCT Fellows are provided with research facilities, interact with scholars from Europe and Taiwan, and present their Ph.D and postdoc research at the regularly held Taiwan Colloquium.