Conference Agenda

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