The Australian Centre on China in the World invites submissions for an international conference on all aspects of the study of Taiwan to take place on 6-8 January 2015. The conference aims to bring together scholars from Taiwan and around the world to discuss research on Taiwan, pre-historically, historically and in the contemporary world, as well as from all disciplinary backgrounds.
Proposed keynote speakers include Taiwan’s Minister of Culture Dr Lung Ying-tai, Film Director Mr Tsai Ming-liang, Professor Huang Fu-san (Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica), Professor Michael Hsiao Hsin-huang (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica), Emeritus Professor Bruce Jacobs (School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University), and Dr Mark Harrison (School of Humanities, University of Tasmania).
The conference has put out a call for papers, with abstracts due by 1 September. Please follow the link for more information.
For Taiwanese participants, there are funding opportunities offered by the Ministry of Science and Technology for international conference attendance.