University of Helsinki
Welcome to Spotlight Taiwan Helsinki’s website. We will organize 3 academic events in 2023.
Time below is Helsinki time, which is 1 hour ahead of Central European Time (CET)
Online Seminar “Japanese Activists’ Perspectives on the Comfort Women Issue” (Friday 3 March, 10:15-11:30 Helsinki Time)
Associate Teaching Professor Hsin-I Sydney Yueh 岳心怡, Department of Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA (Tuesday 26 September, 13:15-14:30 Helsinki Time)
The Uses of Cuteness: Gender, Identity Politics, and Elections in Taiwan
The same lecture will be given at University of Turku on Thursday 28 September. Details to be announced.
Professor Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang 楊孟軒, Associate Professor of East Asian History, Department of History, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA (Tuesday 26 September, 13:15-14:30 Helsinki Time)
Taiwan, China, and the Cold War Refugees: Hong Kong, Dachen Islands, and Southeast Asia
The same lecture will be given at University of Turku on Thursday 28 September. Details to be announced.
Spotlight Taiwan Helsinki 2023 is organized by Department of Cultures at University of Helsinki, with the support of Taiwan’s Ministry of Cultures, and Taipei Representative Office in Finland.
Photo of website is from Yeo Khee on Unsplash.
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A new edited book “Transnational East Asian Studies” is just published by Liverpool University Press. Prof. Julie Yu-Wen Chen at University of Helsinki contributed a chapter on Japanese colonial impacts on Taiwanese cinema and music in this book. You can actually read the whole book online.
Prof. Julie Yu-Wen Chen’s review of a new book “32 New Takes On Taiwan Cinema” has been published by Asian Studies Review.