MCLC: Taiwan: View from the South--cfp

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Paul Farrelly <paul.farrelly at anu.edu.au>
Subject: Taiwan: View from the South--cfp
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CALL FOR PAPERS - Taiwan: The View from the South, 6-8 January
2015​http://ciw.anu.edu.au/events/2015/taiwanconference/​Australian Centre
on China in the World, The Australian National University

Conference Content
The Australian Centre on China in the World invites submissions for an
international conference on all aspects of the study of Taiwan to take
place in its award–winning new building
<http://ciw.anu.edu.au/building/index.php>. The conference aims to bring
together scholars from Taiwan and around the world to discuss research on
Taiwan, pre-historically, historically and in the contemporary world, as
well as from all disciplinary backgrounds. Suggested fields include, but
are not limited to:

* History, memory and heritage
* Social movements and informal politics
* Taiwan’s literature, cinema, art, pop culture and its museums
* The history and practice of religion in Taiwan
* Indigenous studies
* Archaeology and pre-history
* The Taiwanese overseas
* International relations, in particular with the Pacific, South-east Asia
and Africa
* Political relations in its region, including with the PRC
* Economic relation, including Taiwanese in China and Chinese in Taiwan
* Critical Taiwan studies

A screening of Tsai Ming-liang’s 2013 prize-winning film Stray Dogs 郊遊
will take place on the evening of January 7, preceded by a discussion with
the director. Two of Tsai’s recent short films will also be shown during
the conference.

An exhibition of the photography of Long Chin-san 郎靜山 at the Australian
Centre on China in the World gallery, generously lent by the National
Museum of History, Taipei, will be opened during the conference.

Keynote Speakers
Dr Lung Ying-tai 龍應台 (Minister of Culture, Republic of China (Taiwan))
Mr Tsai Ming-liang 蔡明亮 (Film Director​)
Professor Huang Fu-san 黃富三 (Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica)
​Professor Michael Hsiao Hsin-huang 蕭新煌 (Institute of Sociology, Academia
Sinica)
Emeritus Professor Bruce Jacobs (School of Languages, Literatures,
Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University)
Dr Mark Harrison (School of Humanities, University of Tasmania)

Submission Details
Abstracts (maximum 400 words) are to be submitted to twconf2015 at gmail.com
by Monday 1 September 2014. Please include in your abstract the paper
title, presenter’s name, email address, and institutional affiliation.
Abstracts may also be submitted for panels of three speakers.

Important Dates
Abstract submission deadline: 1 September 2014
Abstract acceptance notification: 1 October 2014

Financial Support
The conference organisers will provide accommodation for participants
whose papers are accepted for the conference for the nights of 5 – 8
January 2015. We are, however, unable to provide funds for travelling to
and from Canberra.

For Taiwanese participants, there are funding opportunities offered by the
Ministry of Science and Technology, Republic of China (Taiwan)
<http://www.most.gov.tw/int/lp.asp?ctNode=1213&CtUnit=875&BaseDSD=7> for
international conference attendance.

Sponsorship Opportunities
Information on sponsorship opportunities for the conference will become
available shortly.

Enquires
Nancy Chiu
twconf2015 at gmail.com

http://ciw.anu.edu.au/events/2015/taiwanconference/

Hosts

Australian Centre on China in the World, Australian National University
Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica