Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, will discuss how the youth, as members of our society, can contribute to shaping a resilient and sustainable future for their generation. Book essential - Kapuscinski Development Lectures - UCLan Top global thinkers discuss development in the European Union...
2022 Bruce Jacobs Memorial Lecture ‘In Remembrance of Bruce Jacobs and The Rise of the Dutch Empire' Date: 9th December 2022 Time: 1pm-2pm Location: Adelphi Building, ABLT4 Register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2022-bruce-jacobs-memorial-lecture-tickets-473364625337 Lecture Bio: This lecture will reflect on one of Bruce’s last publications that appeared in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies...
Book Launch: ‘Pacific Voices and Climate Change’ Date: 8th December 2022 Time: 5pm-6pm Location: Attend in person in Adelphi Building, ABLT2, or online via Microsoft Teams. Register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pacific-voices-and-climate-change-book-launch-tickets-474666850327 Free refreshments available! Book Bio: This book provides a comprehensive overview of issues related to climate change in the Pacific and will be...
NorITS Taiwan On-Air podcast: 'Film Chat with Asio Liu' A new episode of Taiwan On-Air 空中直播台灣 has been released! In this podcast, the host, Lara Momesso, interviews the Taiwanese movie director Asio Liu on his most recent movie project on the Vietnamese refugee camps in Penghu. Many...
2022 UCLan APS Scholarship Discussion Join us on the 7th December 2022 for our UCLan APS Scholarship Discussion. In this you will hear from funders and previous recipients of scholarships, study abroad opportunities and work placements available to students of UCLan focusing on the Asia Pacific...
NorITS Taiwan On-Air podcast: 'Book chat with Norbert Danysz - Comics in Taiwan' A new episode of Taiwan On-Air 空中直播台灣 has been released! For this installment, we had the pleasure of hosting Norbert Danysz, a PhD candidate at Université Lumière Lyon 2. We chatted about recent developments...
2022 UCLan Spotlight Taiwan Indigeneity Event NorITS and COAST is pleased to announce our upcoming cultural event, supported by the Ministry of Culture Spotlight Taiwan Project and ISAP. The '2022 UCLan Spotlight Taiwan Indigeneity Event' will take place on 21st October, and will include a talk from...
The Place of Exception Vietnamese Refugee Camps in the Taiwan Strait Film Screening and Q&A with Director, Chi-Hsiung Liu. Join us in the Manchester Everyman Cinema on the 22nd October for a film screening of "The Place of Exception: Vietnamese Refugee Camps in the Taiwan Strait" followed by...
NorITS Taiwan On-Air podcast: 'Queering the Anthropocene in Taiwan Sci-fi with LGBTQ writer Chi Ta-wei' A new episode of Taiwan On-Air 空中直播台灣 has been released! In this episode, we have the pleasure to have Mr Chi Ta-wei, a renowned Taiwanese writer, talk about his acclaimed LGBTQ+ novel,...
Taiwan On-Air 空中直播台灣 Podcast Film Chat with Maja Korbecka - "Queer and Sci-fi and the Family" A new episode of Taiwan On-Air 空中直播台灣 has been released! For this installment, we had the pleasure of hosting Maja Korbecka, a PhD candidate at Freie Universitat Berlin. We chatted about five...