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12:00pm - 1:00pm
Registration
1:00pm - 1:20pm
Welcome Location: Room 2.03
1:20pm - 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
To Speak the Unspeakable: Can Taiwan Really Decolonise Its International Relations and Knowledge Production About China?
Julie Chen
2:15pm - 2:30pm
Coffee Break 1
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Panel 01: TFD panel: Political, Economic and Security Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific Location: Room 2.03 Chair: Yeh-chung Lu
Silicon Shield or Field? Public Opinion Evidence in Taiwan
Pan Hsin-Hsin , Wu Wen-Chin
Democracy Aid in Crisis, Not Collapse: A First Cut at the Trump-Era Cuts and Their Consequences.
Bann Seng Tan
Democracy, Trade and Security Partners in the Indo-Pacific
Li Chien-pin
Panel 02: Taiwan’s Diplomacy in the Indo-Pacific: Strategies, Alliances, and Soft Power Location: Room 2.18 Chair: David Broul
Does the Indo-Pacific Concept Benefit Taiwan? – Taiwan’s Role in Indo-Pacific Strategies and Policies
Frederic Krumbein
A Win-Win Strategy: Leveraging Taiwan's Science Diplomacy with Indonesia under the New Southbound Policy
Inda Mustika Permata , Bima Jon Nanda
Navigating Aspirations: Intra-Asian Student Mobility in Taiwan's Higher Education
Chia-Yuan Huang
4:00pm - 4:15pm
Coffee Break 2
4:15pm - 5:45pm
Panel 03: Between Pragmatism and Principles: The Evolving Ties Between Taiwan and CEE Countries Location: Room 2.03 Chair: David Broul
(Un)like-minded partners – trade between Taiwan and Poland during the Cold War
Wei-Yun Lin
Defending Democratic Values amidst External Threats: Taiwan’s Determination and Solution Strategy from a Hungarian Perspective
Bernadett Szél
Raising Political Issues and Setting Media Agenda: a Case of Czech President Zeman's & Senate President Vystrčil's Relationship with China and Taiwan
Renata Westlake
Taiwan and the Czech Republic´s Relationship Through the Lense of Its Soft Power Processes
Klára Schwarzová
Slovakia-Taiwan Relations: Slovakia's Practicality-based Approach as a Model of Engagement with Taiwan
Kristina Kironska
Panel 04: From Travelogues to Children’s Books: Taiwan’s Literary Landscape Location: Room 2.18 Chair: Ti-Han Chang
Myanmar-Chinese in Taiwan: From Cultural Outreach to Political Mobilisation
Dori Koppes
“No Discussion, No Democracy”: Literary Practices of Taiwan’s Bluebird Movement
Yu-Hsuan Lin
Addictionocene, Interobjectivity, and the Pharmakon in Tao Lin’s Writing—Perspectives of Taiwanese American Literature
Wei-ting Liou
Reflecting on and Looking forward to the Themes of Children’s Literature of Indo-Pacific Area Published by the Taiwanese Government
Shu-hui Lin
Lin Yi-Han’s Novel as a New Madman’s Diary: Reflections on Female Taiwanese Literature, Gender Roles, and Potential Sisterhoods in Today’s Society
Martina Renata Prosperi
6:00pm - 6:50pm
Tour: Olomouc Walking Tour
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Conference Reception Parkány gardens
9:00am - 10:30am
Panel 05: Bridging Continents: Taiwan’s Evolving Role in European Diplomacy and Policy Location: Room 2.03 Chair: Kristina Kironska
The visit of the German ambassador to Taiwan in 1910: A Digital Exploration of the Historical Process
Yu-Yin Hsu , Kuan-Wei Wu
Taiwan's Role in German Policy Towards the Asia-Pacific Region
Jens Damm
European States and Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific: A Digital Humanities Analysis of National Strategies
Stefano Pelaggi
Taiwan’s Outbound Relations – Intensifying Diverse Cooperation Amid International Tensions
Josie-Marie Perkuhn
Panel 06: Archipelagic Connections: Environment, Identity, and Indigenous Narratives in Taiwan Location: Room 2.18 Chair: Isabelle Cockel
Historical Relationality and the Role of Taiwan’s Indigenous Peoples in Canada’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
Scott Eliot Simon
Navigating with “Unclean Things” Archipelagically: Ghosts and Drifted Waste on the Beaches of Kinmen
Chengyu Yang
Migration as a Part of Modernization of Indigenous Communities in Taiwan
Petr Janda
Environmental Constructions Inherited from Textual Landscapes: Revisiting Taiwan Writing in Nieh Hua-ling's Mulberry and Peach
Huizhong Guo
10:30am - 10:45am
Coffee Break 3
10:45am - 12:15pm
Panel 07: The Evolution of Language and Translation in Taiwan Location: Room 2.03 Chair: Corrado Neri
Taiwanese Language Education and Literacy under Taiwan's Language Policy
Lekun Tan
Trajectories of Working with Dutch Formosa Materials
Ann Heylen
Our Memory in Your Language: Translating Indigenous Cultures in Taiwan’s Museums
Yan Ying
Digital Transformation in Translation Services: Taiwanese Language Professionals' Adoption of AI Technologies in the Context of Indo-Pacific Regional Integration
Daphne Qi-rong Chang
Who Is “Seediq Bale”? Representation of Taiwan Indigenous Culture in the Film *Warriors of the Rainbow
Salone Ishahavut
Panel 08: Navigating Uncertainty: Taiwan’s Resilience Amidst China’s Expanding Influence Location: Room 2.18 Chair: Josie-Marie Perkuhn
Taiwan’s Path to the ICC: the Delegation of ad hoc ICC Jurisdiction, the Strategic Benefits of a Unilateral Declaration for Rules of Engagement (ROE) and Countering Chinese Lawfare
Sasha Bonafede Chhabra , Sze Hong Lam, Kaichieh {KJ} Hsu
What Can Chinese Medicine Tell us About Taiwan? A Reflection From an Anthropological Case Study to Question Its Relationship With The Indo-Pacific And Beyond
Daniele Mario Buonomo
PRC’s Vision of the Global Rule of Law and Its Implications for Taiwan
Martin Lavička
Role of Taiwan in Sustaining Global Supply Chain: The Significance of Malacca Strait
Saroj Kumar Ratha
12:15pm - 1:00pm
Lunch 1: Book Launch
1:00pm - 2:30pm
Panel 09: To Defend and Protect: Taiwan’s Strategic Role in the Indo-Pacific Location: Room 2.03 Chair: Alfred Gerstl
Every Reproduction of Sovereignty in the Case of Civilian Defense
Yi-Hui Lin
Japan’s Indo-Pacific Grand Strategy and the ‘Taiwan Contingency’
Paul Jobin , Arata Hirai
An Indo-Pacific View of the Cross-Strait Tensions through a Japanese Media Prism
Lutgard Lams
Japan-Taiwan Relations in the 2010s and Beyond. Transformations and Limits of a Forbidden Relationship
Mattia Dello Spedale Venti
Panel 10: Museums, Music, Memory: Political and Cultural Expressions in Taiwan Location: Room 2.18 Chair: Nancy Guy
Museumifying the Bad Old Days: The Presentation of Dictatorship in Central Eastern Europe and Taiwan: A Reconnaissance
Thomas Baron Gold
Tsai's Days at the Museum: Taiwan, Laos, "Nanyang" & Queer Regionalism
Nicholas Andrew de Villiers
Retelling Traumatic Memories Of Taiwanese Imperial Japan Servicemen In Southeast Asia – A Case Study Of The Taiwanese Ballad 'New Song About The Lost War In The Shōwa Era'
Thomas Eduard Fliss
Parallelism and Paradox: Performance Experiment and Political Metaphor in the Experimental Opera Phaedra
Chenlin Kao
Navigating Censorship Routes: Taiwan’s Music Industry’s Path through Chinese Censorship
Chen-Yu Lin
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Coffee Break 4
2:45pm - 4:35pm
Panel 11: From Poetry to Politics: Taiwanese Cinema in Historical and Transnational Contexts Location: Room 2.03 Chair: Wafa Ghermani
Singing for Home or Sovereignty? Fei Xiang and the Geopolitical Framing of "Cloud of Hometown"
Chang Liu
Benshengren Abroad: Anxious Fantasies of Overseas Travel in Taiwanese-Language Cinema
Chris Berry
Film in Poetry: Cinematic Techniques in the Poetry of Hung Hung 鴻鴻
Sarka Masarova
Panel 12: Mobility, Integration, and Exclusion: The Realities of Migrant Communities in Taiwan Location: Room 2.18 Chair: Beatrice Zani
In search of the 'Taiwanese Dream': Aspirations and Challenges Among Skilled Migrants in Taiwan
Yen-Fen Tseng
From Monitored Subjects to Resourceful Citizens? Experiences of Vietnamese Marriage Migrant Women and Their Children in Taiwan
Thi Thu Mai
Immigrant Paradox or Immigrant Disadvantage? Educational Assortative Marriage and Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Taiwan
Kuo-Hsien Su
Cultural Nationalism and Vietnamese Working Migration to Taiwan: Principles of Political Exclusion, Social Subjection, and Economic Exploitation
Filip Kraus
The Ongoing Persistence of “Primordial Nationalism” in the Face of Cosmopolitan Futures
Allen Chun
Nikah Siri and temporality: Indonesian Migrant Workers’ Intimacy and Mobility in Taiwan
Isabelle Cockel , Jonathan Parhusip
4:35pm - 4:45pm
Coffee Break 5
4:45pm - 6:00pm
EATS Annual General Meeting (EATS Members only Location: Room 2.31
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Conference Dinner Konvikt - Univerzitní 3, 779 00 Olomouc
9:00am - 10:30am
Panel 13: From Colonial Encounters to Cold War Alliances: Taiwan’s Historical Trajectories Location: Room 2.03 Chair: Stefano Pelaggi
How Self-determination Travelled to Taiwan: Lin Hsien-t'ang (1881-1956) and the Concept of Zijue
Federico Brusadelli
The Overseas Branches of the Chinese Cultural Renaissance Movement (1969-1975)
Tommaso Rossetto
When Empires Discover Forest: European Cartography and the Reconceptualization of Natural Resources in the Late Nineteenth Century Taiwan
Chih-hao Chen , Why-fu Fang
Unlikely Ally: Rethinking Taiwan-India Rapprochement in the 1960s
Wen-shuo Liao
Clan Associations and Cold War Politics: Taiwanese-Filipino Chinese Networks and Identity in Post-War Southeast Asia
Kuan-fei Chen
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
The Response of Taipei Rice Export Firms under the Impact of the Russo-Japanese War: A Case Study of Chen Yuanshun Firm
Lin Yu-Ju
The Birth of Formosa Tea Industry, 1865-1870
Song-wen Huang
Maximizing Profits: Tax Avoidance Strategies of Taiwanese Han Medicine Merchants (1895–1934)
Xu Hui-Wen
Interwoven Networks: Jinyuanyi Firm's Role in Connecting Local and East Asian Seafood Trade between Tainan and Nagasaki, 1908-1922
Chiang Kuo-Yu
Gold, Silver, and Pepper: Commercial Entanglements at the VOC Trading Post in Taiwan
Chen Jung-Chen
10:30am - 10:45am
Coffee Break 6
10:45am - 12:15pm
Panel 15: Chip Diplomacy and Beyond: Taiwan’s Geopolitical and Economic Maneuvering Location: Room 2.03 Chair: Rosalie Chen
"Taiwan as an Important Player in US-China Tech Competition: How Influential is Chip Diplomacy in Taiwan’s Grand Strategy?"
Winston Lee , Yvette To
Taiwanization in the Semiconductor Industry Under the US-China Conflict
Yumiko Nakahara
Navigating Among (Rising) Middle Powers: Taiwan’s Three-Level Game.
Raian Hossain , Chun-Yi Lee
Behind the Silicon Shield of Sovereignty: Expectations and Hope in the Taiwanese Semiconductor Industry
Hsiao-Chen Lin
Panel 16: Young Scholar Award Panel Location: Room 2.18 Chair: Wafa Ghermani
Empty Stages, Crowded Studios, Networked Bodies:
ADAM’s Regional Perspectives on Contemporary Performance
Freda Fiala
Revisiting the Taiwanese Debate on “Civil Society” (1986-1987) or Outline of an Intellectual History of Taiwan’s Democratization
Chao-Hsuan Peng
Left Out? Centre-left political parties and the role of Taiwan in Australian and British foreign policy
Max Dixon
Beyond the Battlefields: Historical Agency and Military Spirit of Taiwanese Indigenous Soldiers during the Chinese Civil War
Megumi Hagiwara
World Literature and Queer Taiwan: Notes of a Desolate Man in Translation
Sheng Chiang
12:15pm - 1:00pm
Lunch 2
1:00pm - 3:15pm
Panel 17 (double panel): MA PANEL: Taiwan’s Cultural and Political Landscape Location: Room 2.03 Chair: Bi-yu Chang
Taiwan’s LGBT Representation in Media and Film as a Soft Power Tool in the Indo-Pacific
Joseph Jordan Black
Constructing One-China: History and its Application in China's Taiwan Policy
Alexandra Laurina Josephine Whitehead
Foreign Policy as Veto Player Theory?: Taiwan Arms Purchases from the US
Lewin Jander
“Do Clothes Matter?”: an Analysis of Tsai Ing-Wen as Taiwan’s First Female President through the Intersection of Fashion and Politics
Carlotta Rose Busetto
A Precursor to Marriage or Just a Bit of Fun? How Women’s Changing Views of Heterosexual Romantic Relationships Are Shaping Taiwan’s Society.
Elspeth Han Ling Lewis
Taiwanese Citizens Trapped in Southeast Asian Scam Centres: How the Government and Civil Society Have Varying Approaches to Helping Taiwanese Victims of Human Trafficking Overseas
Annabel Jane Simpson
Panel 18: Social Change and Policy in Taiwan: Gender, Housing, and Reproductive Rights Location: Room 2.18 Chair: Isabelle Cockel
New Anticipatory Governance of Low Fertility Rates: IVF Subsidy, Pronatalism and Stratified Reproduction in Taiwan
Chia-Ling Wu
Navigating Energy Poverty in Taipei’s Homeless Community: Underclass’ Agency, Infrastructure, and Street-level Bureaucrats
Ke-hsien Huang
Counting on Women’s Courage to Come Forward: How Taiwanese Legislators Frame #MeToo in their Legal Reform against Sexual Violence
Natalie Lau, Shan-Jan Sarah Liu
Research on Housing Policy and Housing Culture Changes under Taiwan’s Special Circumstances.
Chenyu Lien
Queer Pilgrimage: Moving from Urban to Rural in Taiwanese Popular Religion
Jacob Friedemann Tischer
The Diasporic Queer Subject in Hebei Taipei
Tze-lan Sang
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Coffee Break 7
3:45pm - 4:15pm
2025 YSA Presentation + Closing Location: Room 2.03