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The 15th Annual North American Taiwan Studies Conference Conference Venue: Mezes Hall, Liberal Arts College, University of Texas at Austin Latest updated: June 21, 2009 June 26, Friday | 12:30-13:20 | Check-in | 13:20-13:30 | Break | 13:30-15:00 | Panel I: Migrating Identities, Negotiating Space (C1) Chair: Prof. Madeline Y. Hsu (UT Austin) Discussant: Prof. Madeline Y. Hsu (UT Austin) Room: 1.202 | Panel II: History in the Remaking: Perspectives from Film and Literature (C4) Chair: Prof. Tommy McClellan(University of Edinburgh) Discussants: Yi-tze Lee (University of Pittsburgh), Kevin Hsu (UT Austin), Prof. Tommy McClellan Room: 1.216 | 15:00-15:30 | Break | 15:30-17:00 | Panel III: Â Virtual Community? The Potential and Limitation of New Media (M4) Chair: Prof. Mark Fenster (University of Florida) Discussants: Almond Meng (UT Austin), Prof. Mark Fenster, Isao Takei(UT Austin), Ling Han(UCSD) Room: 1.202 | Panel IV: National and Local Politics in Taiwan: Electing Democracy and Independence (A2) Chair: Prof. Donald Rodgers (Austin College) Discussants: Prof. Donald Rodgers, Prof. Jau-Yuan Hwang(National Taiwan University) Room: 1.216 | 18:00- | Dinner Reception (Opening Remarks and Welcome from the 2009 Committee) Location: Union Building | **Directions to the Union Building: - Walk out of the front entrance of Mezes Hall and turn right.
- The Main Building (the Tower) will be directly in front of you. Walk to the Tower.
- When you get to the Tower, turn left and keep walking.
- Walk past the Peter T. Flawn Academic Center (on your right).
- The Union Building is next to the Academic Center, a 2-minute walk from Mezes.
June 27, Saturday | 08:30-10:00 | Panel V:
Governance and Politics of Environmental Consciousness (B1) Chair: Prof. Frederick Steiner (UT Austin) Discussants: Isao Takei, Cheng-Yi Huang (University of Chicago), Prof. Frederick Steiner, Professor Mark Fenster, Isao Takei
 Room: 1.202 | Panel VI: Engendering Policy and Knowledge (M3) Chair: Prof. Trysh Travis (University of Florida)Â
Discussants: Prof. Trysh Travis, Prof. Doris Chang (Wichita State University), Taofang Huang (UT Austin) Room: 1.216 | 10:00-10:30 | Break | 10:30-12:00 | Keynote Speech:
Re-envisioning the Taiwanese City through the Paradigms of Sustainability and Social Activism
Speaker: Professor Sergio A. Palleroni (Portland State University)
Interlocutor: Prof. Frederick Steiner (UT Austin) Room: 1.306 | 12:00-13:30 | Lunch
2009 Committee Report and the Election for the 2010 Committee (12:10-13:20)
Room: 1.120 | 13:30-15:00 | Panel VII: Development and Reforms in Taiwan’s Legal System (A1) Chair: Prof. Jau-yuan Hwang
Discussants: Prof. Jau-yuan Hwang, Cheng-yi Huang, Chia-shin Hsu (University of Chicago) Room: 1.202 | Panel VIII: In Search of Taiwan through Literary Narrative (M5) Chair: Yu-I Yvette Hsieh (Rutgers University)
Discussants: Prof. Yi-Hsuan Tso (National Taiwan Normal University), Yin Wang (UCSD), Prof. Tommy McClellan Room: 1.216 | 15:00-15:30 | Break | 15:30-17:00 | Panel IX: Archeology of Taiwanese Identity (C3) Chair: Prof. Doris Chang (Wichita State University) Discussants: Prof. Loretta Kim (University at Albany, SUNY), Prof. Doris Chang, Nga-i TeN (National Taiwan Normal University) Room: 1.202 | Panel X: Hello Kitty, Curry and the Yankees! : Popular Culture in the Nexus of Taiwan, Japan, and America (C2) Chair: Hsun-hui Tseng (UW Seattle)Â
Discussants: Yu-I Yvette Hsieh, Hsin-yen Yang (University of Iowa), Hsin-Yang Wu (UW Seattle) Room: 1.216 | 17:00- | Committee Business Meeting | June 28, Sunday | 08:30-10:00 | Panel XI: Taiwan in the Cross-Strait Context (A3) Chair: Prof. Dafydd Fell (SOAS, University of London)
Discussants: Dongtao Qi (Stanford University), Prof. Dafydd Fell, Almond Meng Room: 1.202 | Panel XII: Taiwanese Local Culture Revisited (M6) Chair: Stevan Harrell (UW Seattle) Discussants: Baoyu Fu (National Central University), Wei-hung Yen (National Taiwan University) , Cheng-pang Lee (University of Chicago), Chialan Sharon Wang (USC) Room: 1.216 | 10:00-10:30 | Break | 10:30-12:00 | Panel XIII: Re/Making Minorities: Spatialization of Law and Ethnicity in Taiwan’s Context (M1) Chair: Prof. Stevan Harrell (UW Seattle)
Discussants: Prof. Stevan Harrell, Prof. Chih-Wei Tsai (Awi Mona) (National Taitung University), Yi-tze Lee Room: 1.202 | Panel XIV: Cinematic Space in Taiwanese Films (M2) Chair: Prof. Yi Hsuan Tso (National Taiwan Normal University) Discussants: Yu-I Yvette Hsieh, Chien-ting Lin(UCSD) Room: 1.216 | 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | 13:00-14:30 | Forum: Locating Taiwan Studies in Different Geographical Contexts Discussants: Prof. Dafydd Fell (SOAS, University of London), Prof. Stevan Harrell (UW Seattle), Prof. Chih-wei Tsai (Awi Mona) (National Taitung University), and etc. Moderator: Hsun-hui Tseng (President 2009, NATSA) Room: 1.306 | 14:30-15:00 | Break | 15:00-16:00 | Check out (Main Lobby) and farewell - travel grant checks available |
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