SIAAS 2015: “The Subject(s) of Human Rights”
Summer Institute Program
Jointly Hosted by National Taiwan Normal University and National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
July 16-19, 2015
(**UPDATED VERSION AS OF JULY 2**)
THURSDAY JULY 16
9:00-9:15
Welcome: Opening Remarks
Hsiu-chuan Lee (National Taiwan Normal University)
Guy Beauregard (National Taiwan University)
9:15-10:30
Plenary I: Christopher Lee (University of British Columbia)
“Of Refugees and Relatives: Narrating Chinese Canadian Subjectivity, circa 1949”
Moderator: Te-Hsing Shan (Academia Sinica)
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:30
Roundtable I: “Sexuality, the Nation, and Human Rights”
Moderator: John Nguyet Erni (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Eun Kyung Min (Seoul National University)
Yin Wang (National Cheng Kung University)
M. Bob Kao (Queen Mary University of London)
Ferdinand M. Lopez (University of Santo Tomas Manila)
12:30-14:00
Lunch break
14:00-15:30
Break-out Session I
Discussion Facilitators:
Group One: Eun Kyung Min (Seoul National University)
Group Two: Min-Jung Kim (Ewha Womans University)
Group Three: Mayumo Inoue (Hitotsubashi University)
Group Four: Masumi Izumi (Doshisha University)
Group Five: Iping Liang (National Taiwan Normal University)
Group Six: Yin Wang (National Cheng Kung University)
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-17:30
Keynote: Madeleine Thien (Nanyang Technological University)
Moderator: Yu-cheng Lee (Academia Sinica)
18:00-20:00
Welcome banquet
FRIDAY JULY 17
9:15-10:30
Plenary II: Cathy Schlund-Vials (University of Connecticut)
“The Subject(s) of 1948: Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Asian America”
Moderator: Pin-chia Feng (National Chiao Tung University / Academia Sinica)
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:30
Roundtable II: “Difficult Histories: (Re-)engaging the Past”
Moderator: Wen-ching Ho (Feng Chia University)
Masumi Izumi (Doshisha University)
Ioana Luca (National Taiwan Normal University)
Y-Dang Troeung (City University of Hong Kong)
Madeleine Thien (Nanyang Technological University)
12:30-14:00
Lunch break
14:00-15:30
Break-out Session II
Discussion Facilitators:
Group One: Eun Kyung Min (Seoul National University)
Group Two: Min-Jung Kim (Ewha Womans University)
Group Three: Mayumo Inoue (Hitotsubashi University)
Group Four: Masumi Izumi (Doshisha University)
Group Five: Iping Liang (National Taiwan Normal University)
Group Six: Yin Wang (National Cheng Kung University)
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-17:30
Panel: Professional Concerns
Moderator: Shu-ching Chen (National Chung Hsing University)
Annie Fukushima (Rutgers University/University of Utah)
Vinh Nguyen (McMaster University/University of Waterloo)
Hui-chuan Grace Wu (National Central University)
Ju Young Jin (George Mason University, Korea)
Christopher Patterson (New York Institute of Technology, Nanjing)
18:00-20:00
SIAAS dinner
SATURDAY JULY 18
9:15-10:30
Plenary III: Colleen Lye (University of California, Berkeley)
“The Asian Bourgeois”
Moderator: Andy Chih-ming Wang (Academia Sinica)
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:30
Roundtable III: “Framing Human Rights: The Politics of Knowledge Production”
Moderator: Shyh-jen Fuh (National Tsing Hua University)
Mayumo Inoue (Hitotsubashi University)
Min-Jung Kim (Ewha Womans University)
Chien-Ting Lin (National Central University)
Firat Oruc (Georgetown University-Qatar)
12:30-14:00
Lunch break
14:00-15:30
Break-out Session III
Discussion Facilitators:
Group One: Eun Kyung Min (Seoul National University)
Group Two: Min-Jung Kim (Ewha Womans University)
Group Three: Mayumo Inoue (Hitotsubashi University)
Group Four: Masumi Izumi (Doshisha University)
Group Five: Iping Liang (National Taiwan Normal University)
Group Six: Yin Wang (National Cheng Kung University)
15:30-16:00
Coffee break
16:00-17:30
Roundtable IV: “Program Building: Challenges and Opportunities”
Moderator: Joan Chiung-Huei Chang (National Taiwan Normal University)
Christopher Lee (University of British Columbia)
Cathy Schlund-Vials (University of Connecticut)
Colleen Lye (University of California, Berkeley)
Kuan-Hsing Chen (National Chiao Tung University)
17:30-18:00
Closing: After SIAAS
Pin-chia Feng (National Chiao Tung University/Academia Sinica)
SUNDAY JULY 19
9:30-14:00
Tour: Jingmei Human Rights Memorial and Cultural Park (the former Jingmei Detention Center), in Taiwan’s proposed National Human Rights Museum (advance reservation needed; lunch and transportation included.)