The Weatherhead East Asian Institute and the Department of Anthropology are pleased to present the Fall 2016 Modern Taiwan Lecture Series, hosted by
faculty members Myron L. Cohen and Murray Rubinstein.
This lecture series can be taken by Columbia University students for credit as course GR8499.
All lectures will take place in Schermerhorn Hall, Room 963, from 4:10 PM – 6:00 PM during each Tuesday of the Fall 2016 semester.
9/6 Taiwan in Imperial China (Qing Dynasty)
with Professor Robert B. Gardella, US Merchant Marine Academy
9/13 Historical roots of Modern Taiwan: 17th Century Formations
with Professor Xing Hang, Brandeis University
9/20 Japanese Colonial Rule
with Professor Seiji Shirane, CCNY, History
9/27 Religion in Taiwan Society
with Professor Robert Weller, Boston University
10/4 Parties and Politics in Contemporary Taiwan
with Professor Shelley Rigger, Davidson College
10/11 Economic and Social Transformations in the Making of Present-day Taiwan
with Professor Jonathan Brookfield, Fletcher School, Tufts University
10/18 Taiwan Literature
with Professor Leo Ching, Duke University
10/25 Identity Issues in Taiwan: Past and Present
with Professor André Laliberté, University of Ottawa
11/1 Taiwan’s Feminist Movement and the Changing Role of Women
with Professor Anru Lee, John Jay College/CUNY
11/8 Election Day Break
11/15 The Family and Demographic Revolutions in Taiwan
with Professor Ying-Chang Chuang, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica
11/22 Native Peoples of Taiwan in Present-day Society
with Professor Scott Simon, University of Ottawa
11/29 Taiwan’s Popular Culture and its Impact on China, East Asia, and Beyond
with Professor Marc Moskowitz, University of South Carolina
12/6 Taiwan as a Global Actor: Regional Economic Ties and International Participation
with Professor Vincent Wang, Ithaca College
