Photographs are available here from the September 12, 2014 event Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien, which featured acclaimed writer and academic Ian Buruma, Columbia University film studies professor Richard Peña, and Bard College professor Richard I. Suchenski. Suchenski organized the international retrospective "Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien," which … [Read more...]
A New Retrospective on Hou Hsiao-hsien: A Discussion with Organizer Richard Suchenski
On Friday, September 12, 2014, the Museum of the Moving Image will launch a retrospective of the films by Taiwan's celebrated director Hou Hsiao-hsien. The internationally-touring series, titled "Also Like Life: The Films of Hou Hsiao-hsien," runs through October 17 in New York and includes all of the director's seventeen feature films. The retrospective will also showcase … [Read more...]
April 23 Event: Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu’s Lecture: Photos and Report
Photographs and a report are available here from the April 23, 2014 event My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman's Journey from Prison to Power, which featured the former Vice President of the Republic of China Annette Lu (Lu Hsiu-lien) and was moderated by Weatherhead East Asian Institute professor Andrew J. Nathan. The event was co-sponsored by the APEC Study Center and Taiwan … [Read more...]
INTERACT fellow Shi-Yan Chao discusses the Marriage Equality Movement in Taiwan
Shi-Yan Chao, 2013 – 2014 INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, discusses the recent debates about marriage equality in Taiwan, which could be the first nation in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage. Chao, who received his PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University, wrote his dissertation “Processing Tongzhi Imaginaries: Chinese Queer … [Read more...]
