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Taiwan Studies Workshop: Ecologizing Taiwan: Nature, Society, Culture
A workshop on Taiwanese nature, culture and society, sponsored by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange and Harvard University
When:
October 12, 2018 11:00am to October 13, 2018 11:00am
Where
ELIGIBILITY: Assistant professors, PhD students, and independent scholars in North America and Europe
THEME: “Ecologizing Taiwan: Nature, Society, Culture”
Inspired by Felix Guattari’s Three Ecologies, this workshop extends the definition of ecology to encompass social relations and human subjectivity, as well as environmental concerns. With Taiwan as the focus either in itself or within a comparative framework, papers are invited to examine the human, non-human, and post-human Sinosphere as well as the earth. Other topics that study Taiwan from humanistic or social scientific perspectives are welcome too.
FUNDING: Funding for economy-class airfare and hotel accommodations for two nights will be provided for speakers.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 1, 2018. Please send the title of the paper and an abstract of 100-120 words to: David Der-wei Wang at dwang@fas.harvard.edu and Michelle Yeh at mmyeh@ucdavis.edu.
INVITATIONS will be sent out by May 31, 2018.
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