Fwd: 2024 UCLan Taiwan Spotlight: Home x Environment Strand, Oct 28-29

Northern Institute of Taiwan Studies (NorITS) from UCLan are excited to share the information about their last strand of 2024 UCLan Taiwan Spotlight Festival.

The strand HOME x Environment will cover 2 days of exciting events!!!

RSVP here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=gpn262sDxEyyAnrrGUxQZWK2SWGm8o5ErNcmi1gmpkhURUQzQkdJODJDRjRTRTM0WTgySjFFQjNHRC4u&origin=QRCode

Oct 28, 18:30-21:30

The Dukes Cinema Lancaster

• Documentary Screening of Lin Jing-jie’s 林俊傑  “He is Still Young 他還年輕” (2022)

• Q&A chaired by Dr Christopher Brown, University of Sussex

  • The film features a renown Taiwanese eco-poet and environment activist, Wu Sheng.

  • Caterings and refreshment during screening are provided ONLY for registered guests.

Oct 29 09:00-14:50

UCLan Campus Victoria Building 001 & Adelphi Building Lecture Theatre 2

• Authors’ Masterclass: Kao Yi-feng 高翊峰 X Chiou Charng-ting 邱常婷

• Roundtable: “Writing Home/ Imagining Home: Sense of Belonging through Eco-Literature”

• Public Lecture: Prof Ian Rowen’s “Translation of Taiwan Eco-Literature and its Global Popularisation”, National Taiwan Normal University

All events are free, and we hope to see as many Lancashire public as possible! However, spaces are limited, so please do register via our QR code as soon as you can!

If you have any queries, please email organiser Ti-han Chang: tchang2@uclan.ac.uk

*The events are generously supported by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture - Spotlight Taiwan Grants.