Arnhilt Hoefle - Poetics and Politics: Stefan Zweig in Taiwan

When several novellas by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) were published in Taiwan in the 1960s they caused a real sensation. The translations by the acclaimed writer and translator Chen Ying (1907-1988) soon broke...

Jana Benesova - Taiwanese Women's Literature and the Involvement of Women Authors in the Society

In my talk I will give a brief introduction into the Taiwanese women's literature (since the Japanese colonial period onward) and then talk more about the women's fiction in the 1980s, generally known as "the Second Golden...

Chun-Yi Lee - The Role of Female Workers in Chinese Labour Movement

Has China transformed itself from the world factory sweat shop to an industrial upgraded country?

Federica Passi - Taiwan literature: A Question of Definition

Despite being well received and well criticized in the academic milieu around the world, Taiwan literature still poses fundamental questions about itself: the basic one is the question of its definition, mainly due to its...

Hsiao-Wei Kuan - Same Sex Marriage in Taiwan

Please find some preliminary information in these youtube clips (in English)

BBC News:Taiwan’s push to legalise same-sex marriage (2016/12)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWmmrNPO5q0

Euro News: Demonstrations outside parliament...

Hsiao-Wei Kuan - Women's Rights are Human Rights

An Austrian-Taiwanese Legal Dialogue

Saturday Workshop, 27. May 2017 10:00 – 17:00

Diefenbach - Kriegsrecht: Buchvorstellung und Diskussion

Vor 30 Jahren im Jahre 1987 hat Taiwan nach vierzig Jahren das Kriegsrecht aufgehoben. Seitdem hat die regierende Partei mehrfach friedlich gewechselt.  Taiwans Gesellschaft übt sich in Demokratie: Die Demonstrationen und...

Lingfang Cheng - Political and Socio-cultural Movements for Gender Equality in Taiwan

The value and its practice of Gender Equality take a long time to be gradually accepted by younger but not older generation in Taiwan. The talk will lead the audience to understand the long process of social, political and...

Lingfang Cheng - Saturday Workshop

Changes in Gender Relations in Taiwan: The Case of Family & LGBT

Workshop "Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy: Global and Regional Issues of Cultural and Public Diplomacy"

Jointly organized by Astrid Lipinsky, Director Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies and Jens Damm, Associate Prof, Chang Jung Christian University Taiwan (CJCU)

Programme

09:30-10:00 Astrid Lipinsky (University of Vienna) and...