Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Friday, 20/June/2025
12:00pm - 1:00pmRegistration
1:00pm - 1:20pmWelcome
Location: Room 2.03
1:20pm - 2:15pmKeynote: Julie Yu-Wen Chen: To Speak the Unspeakable: Can Taiwan Really Decolonise Its International Relations and Knowledge Production About China?
Location: Room 2.03
2:15pm - 2:30pmCoffee Break 1
2:30pm - 4:00pmPanel 01: TFD panel: Political, Economic and Security Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific
Location: Room 2.03
Session Chair: Yeh-chung Lu
2:30pm - 4:00pmPanel 02: Taiwan’s Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific: Strategies, Alliances, and Soft Power
Location: Room 2.18
Session Chair: David Broul
4:00pm - 4:15pmCoffee Break 2
4:15pm - 5:45pmPanel 03: Between Pragmatism and Principles: The Evolving Ties Between Taiwan and CEE Countries
Location: Room 2.03
Session Chair: David Broul
4:15pm - 5:45pmPanel 04: From Travelogues to Children’s Books: Taiwan’s Literary Landscape
Location: Room 2.18
Session Chair: Ti-Han Chang
6:00pm - 6:50pmTour: Olomouc Walking Tour
7:00pm - 10:00pmConference Reception
Parkány gardens
Date: Saturday, 21/June/2025
9:00am - 10:30amPanel 05: Bridging Continents: Taiwan’s Evolving Role in European Diplomacy and Policy
Location: Room 2.03
Session Chair: Kristina Kironska
9:00am - 10:30amPanel 06: Archipelagic Connections: Environment, Identity, and Indigenous Narratives in Taiwan
Location: Room 2.18
Session Chair: Isabelle Cockel
10:30am - 10:45amCoffee Break 3
10:45am - 12:15pmPanel 07: The Evolution of Language and Translation in Taiwan
Location: Room 2.03
Session Chair: Corrado Neri
10:45am - 12:15pmPanel 08: Navigating Uncertainty: Taiwan’s Resilience Amidst China’s Expanding Influence
Location: Room 2.18
Session Chair: Josie-Marie Perkuhn
12:15pm - 1:00pmLunch 1: Book Launch
1:00pm - 2:30pmPanel 09: To Defend and Protect: Taiwan’s Strategic Role in the Indo-Pacific
Location: Room 2.03
Session Chair: Alfred Gerstl
1:00pm - 2:30pmPanel 10: Museums, Music, Memory: Political and Cultural Expressions in Taiwan
Location: Room 2.18
Session Chair: Nancy Guy
2:30pm - 2:45pmCoffee Break 4
2:45pm - 4:35pmPanel 11: From Poetry to Politics: Taiwanese Cinema in Historical and Transnational Contexts
Location: Room 2.03
Session Chair: Wafa Ghermani
2:45pm - 4:35pmPanel 12: Mobility, Integration, and Exclusion: The Realities of Migrant Communities in Taiwan
Location: Room 2.18
Session Chair: Beatrice Zani
4:35pm - 4:45pmCoffee Break 5
4:45pm - 6:00pmEATS Annual General Meeting (EATS Members only
Location: Room 2.31
6:30pm - 9:30pmConference Dinner
Konvikt - Univerzitní 3, 779 00 Olomouc
Date: Sunday, 22/June/2025
9:00am - 10:30amPanel 13: From Colonial Encounters to Cold War Alliances: Taiwan’s Historical Trajectories
Location: Room 2.03
Session Chair: Stefano Pelaggi
9:00am - 10:30amPanel 14: Lim Pen Yuan panel: Maritime Trading and Commodity Frontier: Taiwan’s Business Network in Late 19th and Early 20th Century East Asia
Location: Room 2.18
Session Chair: Huang Fu-San
10:30am - 10:45amCoffee Break 6
10:45am - 12:15pmPanel 15: Chip Diplomacy and Beyond: Taiwan’s Geopolitical and Economic Maneuvering
Location: Room 2.03
Session Chair: Rosalie Chen
10:45am - 12:15pmPanel 16: Young Scholar Award Panel
Location: Room 2.18
Session Chair: Wafa Ghermani
12:15pm - 1:00pmLunch 2
1:00pm - 3:15pmPanel 17 (double panel): MA PANEL: Taiwan’s Cultural and Political Landscape
Location: Room 2.03
Session Chair: Bi-yu Chang
1:00pm - 3:15pmPanel 18: Social Change and Policy in Taiwan: Gender, Housing, and Reproductive Rights
Location: Room 2.18
Session Chair: Isabelle Cockel
3:15pm - 3:45pmCoffee Break 7
3:45pm - 4:15pm2025 YSA Presentation + Closing
Location: Room 2.03