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The Trajectory of Taiwan in a Global Context
June 17-18 (Fri-Sat), 2011 Frick Fine Art Building, University of Pittsburgh
Thank you for your participation in this year's NATSA annual conference. We hope you all enjoy this event and we would like to express our most sincere appreciation for your contribution. Please use the following linkage to access some pictures of NATSA 2011, and look forward to seeing you next year!!
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Congratulation to Ms. Sydney Hsin-I Yueh (Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa) for winning this year's Best Student Paper Award competition. The title of the paper is The Politics of Playing Cute: A Critical Analysis of Femininity in Taiwanese Popular Culture. Ms. Yueh has received a grant of 100 USD and a certificate of the award from the NATSA during the dinner reception on June 17th. Ms. Yueh is also offered a registration fee waiver for the 2012 NATSA Annual Conference.
Download: 2011 NATSA Conference Handbook [pdf] Panel Themes: - Responding to Crises and Challenges: Rethinking the Concept of State and Government
- The Global Footprint of the Taiwanese People and the Boundaries of Taiwanese Society: Description and Critique
- National Political Agenda for the 21st Century: Assuring Social Fairness,Environmental Integrity, Food Safety, and Healthcare Quality
- Culture and Political Economy: Symbol, Capital, and Power
- Cross-strait Relations in the Making: Adding New Dimensions to an Old Debate
Keynote Speech Taiwanese Identity for the Next Generation: Where we are, how we got here, and where we are heading
Roundtable Forum From National Identity to Global Citizenship: Discovering Taiwan's Niche and Responsibility
Special Workshop The Vision of Taiwan Studies: Meeting the Next Generation of Taiwanese Historians, Geographers, Anthropologists, and Scholars from Film Studies
Taiwanese Documentary Film Screening Formosa Plastics Group: Factories of Mass Destruction (2010) The "Missing" Village& "Give Back My Lands" (2010) We Fight for Water (2010) Ebb and Flow (2011) Farm-O-matic (2010) Life's Big Questions (2011)
Organizer: North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) Sponsor: Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Taiwan Research Fund 台灣研究基金會
Co-sponsor:
Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Free Admission for University of Pittsburgh UNTIL JUNE 15TH ONLY, University of Pittsburgh Students, Faculty, and Staff with Valid ID are offered complimentary registration for the North American Taiwan Studies Association conference (lunch boxes and dinner reception are not included). Please email your name, email address, department,faculty/staff/student at secretary@na-tsa.org for registration. |