SOAS Centre of Taiwan Studies

倫敦亞非學院台灣研究中心

Fourth SOAS Taiwan Studies Postgraduate Summer School

June 8-10, 2010

Taiwan Film, Social Policy in Taiwan, Nationalism and Social

Movements, Research Agendas in Taiwan Political Studies

Ming-Yeh Rawnsley (University of Leeds)

Chang Mau-kuei (Academia Sinica)
Joseph Wong (University of Toronto)
Shelley Rigger (Davidson College)

Lecture Topics:
1. Approaches to Cinema: New Taiwan Cinema
2. Taiwanese Short Films
3. Japanese Connection to Taiwanese Cinema
4. Studies and Findings about Taiwanese Nationalism in Taiwan
5. Nationalistic Politics and Contentious Social Movements in Taiwan: The Politics
of the Licensed Prostitutes Movement
6. A Discursive Approach to the formation of Multiculturalism Politics in Taiwan
7. Healthy Democracies: Social Policy Reform in Taiwan
8. Democracy’s Double Edge: Financing Social Policy in Taiwan’s Democracy
9. Focus Group Research on the Wild Strawberry Movement
10. Changing Research Agendas in the Study of Taiwan Politics
Research Training Seminar in Taiwan Studies:
Taught by Ming-yeh Rawnsley (University of Leeds), Chang Mau-kuei (Academia
Sinica), Robert Ash (SOAS), Dafydd Fell (SOAS), Monique Chu (SOAS)

This programme is part of a UK/German Collaborative Taiwan Studies

Teaching Project funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation

To register and for further details, contact Monique Chu at

mc80@soas.ac.uk

For more information regarding Taiwan Studies at SOAS, see

www.soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies or contact Dafydd Fell at df2@soas.ac.uk
or Monique Chu at mc80@soas.ac.uk
Fourth SOAS Taiwan Studies Postgraduate Summer School

Course schedule:
Course Taught by
Tuesday June 8
9.00-9.15 Registration and coffee
(Room B111)
09.15-10.45 Approaches to Cinema: New Ming-Yeh Rawnsley
Taiwan Cinema
(Room B111)
10.45-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 Taiwanese Short Films Ming-Yeh Rawnsley
(Room B111)
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.00 Japanese Connection to Ming-Yeh Rawnsley
Taiwanese Cinema
(Room B111)
15.00-15.20 Coffee Break
15.20-17.00 Studies and Findings about Chang Mau-kuei
Taiwanese Nationalism in
Taiwan
(Room B111)
Wednesday June 9
09.15-10.45 Nationalistic Politics and Chang Mau-kuei
Contentious Social Movements
in Taiwan
(Room G3)
10.45-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-12.30 A Discursive Approach to the Chang Mau-kuei
formation of Multiculturalism
Politics in Taiwan
(Room G3)
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Postgraduate Training session 1 Postgraduate Training
(Room G3) session 2 (Room TBA)
15.30-15.50 Coffee Break
15.50-17.20 Postgraduate Training session 3 Postgraduate Training
(Room G3) session 4 (Room TBA)
Thursday June 10
09.15-10.45 Healthy Democracies: Social Joseph Wong
Policy Reform in Taiwan
(Room G3)
10.45-11.00 Coffee
11.00-12.30 Democracy’s Double Edge: Joseph Wong
 Financing Social Policy in
Taiwan’s Democracy
(Room G3)
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.30 Changing Research Agendas in Shelley Rigger
the Study of Taiwan Politics
(Room G3)
15.30-15.50 Coffee
15.50-17.20 Focus Group Research on the Shelley Rigger
Wild Strawberry Movement
(Room G3)

Research Training Seminar in Taiwan Studies:

This course is designed for students planning or currently conducting research projects
in the field of Taiwan Studies. Students should prepare a short (10 minute maximum)
presentation of their research project and will receive feedback from the seminar
organizers. Students wishing to give presentations should email Monique Chu at
mc80@soas.ac.uk and include an abstract on their proposed research topic

Registration:
To register for a single course or all courses please write to Monique Chu at
email: mc80@soas.ac.uk
Post: Centre of Taiwan Studies, Centre for Financial and Management Studies, School
of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London, WC1H 0XG, UK