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The Future of Taiwan Studies in a Post COVID world

Ep 1. COVID-19 and Governance Social and Global Solidarity

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當新冠肺炎肆虐全球，台灣卻因其有效之應對和疾病治理能力而常成為討論焦點。然而，這場疫情及各種防疫措施對不同人群其實產生了程度且情況不一的影響。在此脈絡中，國家邊界管制、國際衛生合作、跨國社會運動等發展，都值得我們細細審視和反思。


因此，這場討論會希望提供跨領域的視角，從「連帶/團結」的角度，討論在地及全球層次上對新冠肺炎的治理。其中，楊雅雯博士將檢視領土、公民資格和共同體之定義與實踐，及其對移民/工的影響。吳易叡博士將以「台灣能幫忙」的倡議為例，探討國際衛生之規範、外交和戰略等考量。劉文博士則透過疫情中延燒的「黑命關天」運動，探討跨國界行動與交織性思考的重要性。

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While the COVID pandemic affects almost all parts of the world, Taiwan has been a reference point concerning its effective response and disease governance. The pandemic and the measures to contain it have however influenced different groups of people in various ways and to various degrees. It is in this context that the issues ranging from national border control to international health cooperation and transnational social movement deserve scrutiny and a better understanding.


Thus, this roundtable aims to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on COVID governance in relation to the ‘solidarity’ discourse on both the local and global levels. Dr Yawen Yang will examine the definitions and practices with regard to territory, citizenship, and community and their impact on migrants. Dr Harry Yi-Jui Wu will consider the normative, diplomatic, and strategic concerns of international health particularly drawing on the #TaiwanCanHelp campaign. Dr Wen Liu will explore the importance of transnational and intersectional activism while witnessing the #BlackLivesMatter movement during the pandemic moment.

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講者 speakers:

主持人 moderator: 李柏翰 Po-Han Lee（台灣大學）

Ep 2. How does the Hong Kong Security Law and "Decoupling from China" Impact Taiwan

Speakers:

  • Prof. Eberhard Sandschneider (Professor for Chinese Politics and International Relations, Free University Berlin. Previously Otto Wolff Director of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) from 2003 to 2016). 

  • Dr. Winnie King (Senior Lecturer in East Asian Political Economy, University of Bristol, School of Sociology and International Studies).

  • Dr. Malte Philipp Kaeding (Lecturer in International Politics in the Department of Politics, University of Surrey). 

Moderator: Dr. Jens Damm (Associate Fellow at the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (ERCCT), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) 

Ep 3. The Impact of the COVID 19 Crisis on Taiwan’s External Relations: Views from Japan

The COVID-19 has been described as a “catalyst.” It accelerates previously existing changes in society. In less than three months, the epidemic which started in China quickly became a global pandemic, coming to bear in significant ways on national economies, societies, politics and international relations. Already strained Cross-Strait and Sino-U.S. relations have further deteriorated during the pandemic, while U.S. support for Taiwan has strengthened in important ways, and will likely continue to improve moving forward. Why and how has the pandemic changed Taiwan’s external relations in general, and Taiwan-Japan relations in particular? Three presenters from Japan will share their views on the catalytic effect that COVID-19 has had on Taiwan’s external relations, including old and new challenges therein.​

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Presentation topics and Speakers:

  • Cross-Strait Relations: Yasuhiro Matsuda (The University of Tokyo)

  • US- China-Taiwan Relations: Ryo Sahashi (The University of Tokyo)

  • Japan-Taiwan Relations: Madoka Fukuda (Hosei University)

Moderator: Atsushi Sugano (Meio University)

Ep 4. From Taiwanese-language Films to the Future of Taiwan Cinema

Speakers and Talks:

  • Chris Berry (King’s College London) reflects on his experiences introducing Taiwanese-language cinema in the West with the “Taiwan's Lost Commercial Cinema” project. He asks, how do you launch an unknown cultural brand? And he reflects on the new role of universities as cultural incubators today.

  • Chi Ta-wei (National Chengchi University) talks about (1) disabilities as shown in Taiyupian and (2) disabilities as shown in Taiwanese cinema in the 21st century.

  • Corrado Neri (Jean Moulin University, Lyon proposes a close reading of some interesting and apparently contradictory agendas in Lin Tuanqiu (May 13th , The Husbands Secret, Six Suspects) and Xin Qi movies (The Bride who has returned from Hell, Dangerous Youth) where contemporary audiences can discover, under heavily moralistic overtones, intriguing representations of “devious”, alternative, enticing forms of sin and sex, crime and exploitation in order to help us further understand Taiwanese martial law cinema and culture. He also tries to decipher the legacy of 60s crime movie in contemporary cinema.

  • Robert Chen (National Chengchi University) talks about the evolution from the end of Taiwan New Cinema to the current state of Taiwan cinema in terms of subject matters and generic transformation represented by some key films from the end of 20th century till now.

Moderator: Ming-Yeh T. Rawnsley (Research Associate, Centre of Taiwan Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London)

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