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Panel Program
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Date: June 17-19, 2000
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:00 - 9:40 a.m. June 17.
Yenching Auditorium
Mr. Huang-Hsiung Huang, President, Taiwan Research Fund
Professor William Kirby, Director, Harvard Asia Center
Professor Weiming Tu, Director, Harvard Yenching Institute
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Roundtable Panel: TTaiwan in Transition: Trends and Challenges
of Taiwan Studies in the New Century
9:50 - 11:50 a.m. June 17. Yenching Auditorium
Presiders: Professor William Kirby, Director, Harvard
Asia Center
Mr. Huang-Hsiung Huang, President, Taiwan Research Fund
Professor Hsin Huang Michael Hsiao, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Professor Robert Marsh, Brown University
Professor Masahiro Wakabayashi, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Panel 2: Mixing Religion and Politics
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. June 17,
Room 2, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Lung-Chih Chang, History and East Asian Languages,
Harvard University
Discussant: Harry Hsiao, Pacific and Asian Studies, University of
Victoria, Canada
Chris Jochim
"Understanding Sectarian Popular Confucianism:
The Way of Unity (Yiguan Dao) in Postwar Taiwan Comparative Religious
Studies
San Jose State University
Alison Marshall
"Staged Possession: Taiwanese Politicizing of the 'Nine
Songs'"
University of Toronto, Canada
*** Panel 3: Sociolinguistics of Taiwan: Language, Society, and
Nationalism
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. June
17, Room 3, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Wei-Der Shu, Sociology, Syracuse University
Discussant: Wi-Vun Chiung, Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington
Toru Sakai
"Linguistic Nationalism in Taiwan:
Comparative Studies with Latvia and Other East European States"
Independent scholar, Japan
Khinhoann Li
"The Lexical Influence of the Bible Translation on
Taiwanese Novel Writing, 1916-1998:
A Computer-Assisted Corpus Analysis"
Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Panel 4: Democratization, Political Party, and Social Forces
2:10 - 3:40 p.m. June 17,
Room 2, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Stephane Corcuff, Political Science, Paris
Political Science Institute
Discussant: Lucian Pye, Political Science, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
Michael Stainton
"Creeping Corruption and Roads of Desire:
The 'Dynamic Stability' of the KMT System in Taiwan's Kleptodemocracy"
Anthropology, York University, Canada
Tsung-Wei Liu
"The Transition of the Democratic Progressive Party -
Where is the Evidence?"
Government, University of Essex, UK
Rosie Y. Hsueh
"Mobilization of Civil Society in Taiwan's Path to Democratization:
The Case of the Taiwanese Presbyterian Church"
Political Science, University of California at Berkeley
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Panel 5: Contemporary Literature and Performing Arts
2:10 - 3:40 p.m. June
17, Room 3, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Zong-Rong Lee, Sociology, University of Chicago
Discussant: Christopher M. Lupke, Bowdoin College
I-Fen Wu
"Floating in Taipei?:
The Cultural Landscape and Film Aesthetics in Tsai Ming-Liang's
Trilogy"
Literature, University of Essex, UK
Liling Huang
"Narrative of Silence : Su Weizhen's Island of Silence"
Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK
Shu-Mei Wei
"Performing Diaspora - Cultural Identities in Contemporary
Taiwan Theatre"
Theatre Studies, University of Warwick, UK
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Panel 6: The State and Public Policy
3:50 - 5:20 p.m. June 17, Room 2, Coolidge
Hall
Presider: Jou-Juo Chu, Institute for Interdisciplinary
Studies
National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Discussant: Joseph Wong, Political Science, University of Wisconsin
at Madison
Yi-Ling Chen
"Housing Policies, State and Women in Taiwan"
Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University
Jyh-Jia Chen
"The Politics of 'Deregulating' National Standardized Textbooks
in Taiwan, 1989-2000"
Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Wen-Hua Kuo
"When State and Policies Reproduce Each Other :
Making Taiwan a Population Control Policy; Making Population Control
Policy for Taiwan"
Program in Science, Technology and Society, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
*** Panel 7: Disaster Policy and Emergency Management
3:50 - 4:50 p.m. June
17, Room 3, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Li-Fang Yang, Sociology, University of Wisconsin
at Madison
Discussant: Arthur Wu, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Washington,
D.C.
Chang-Tay Chiou
"Designing Disaster Management Integrated System for Taiwan:
Lessons from 921 Earthquake Tragedy"
Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University
Sawyer Mars
"The Disasters of Taiwan:
The Impasse for Sustainable Development and Modernization of Governing"
Building and Planning, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
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Panel 8: Socio-Cultural Analysis of Gender and Body
5:00 - 6: 00 p.m. June 17,
Room 3, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Ping Chou, Sociology, New School for Social
Research
Discussant: Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Sociology, Academia Sinica,
Taiwan
Lili Hsieh
"When Female Fantasy Meets Capitalist Society:
A Cultural Analysis of the 'Hello Kitty' Icon on Taiwanese
Credit Card"
Literature, Duke University
Chien-Juh Gu
"Volatile-Structurative Corporeality: Disciplined Bodies in
Direct Selling"
Sociology, Michigan State University
*** Business Meeting
8:30 - 9:30 p.m. June 17
*** Panel 9: International Relations and Foreign Policy
8:30 - 10:30 a.m. June 18,
Room 2, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Masahiro Wakabayashi, University of Tokyo,
Japan
Discussant: I-Chung Lai, Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party Mission
in the United States
Phil Deans
"Japan's 'Taiwan Lobby': The Institutions of 'Virtual Diplomacy'"
Political Studies, University of London, UK
Yuan-Kang Wang
"Ambiguity and Extended Deterrence: Taiwan in US Grand Strategy"
Political Science, University of Chicago
Ian Taylor
"The Republic of China on Taiwan's Diplomatic Initiatives in
Africa:
Understanding Taipei's Pragmatic Foreign Policy"
Political Science, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Chen Jie
"Love With Frontier:
Trans-nationalism of Taiwan's Social Movement NGOs and the Nation
State"
Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Australia
*** Panel 10: The Political Economy of
Workers
10:40 - 11:40 a.m. June 18,
Room 2, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Chris Jochim, Comparative Religious Studies,
San Jose State University
Discussant: Robert Marsh, Sociology, Brown University
Jou-Juo Chu
"The Ambiguous Class Identity of Taiwanese White-Collar Workers"
Interdisciplinary Studies, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan
Chin-Ju Lin
"The 'Other' Woman in 'Our' Home: Social Discourses on 'Foreign
Maids' in Taiwan"
Sociology, University of Essex, UK
*** Panel 11: Decentralization:
Community Movement and Local Politics
10:40 - 11:40 a.m. June 18,
Room 3, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Pei-Ju Yang, Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Discussant: Jeffrey Hou, Landscape Architecture and Environmental
Planning
University of California at Berkeley
Ching-Jyuhn Luor
"Slicing the Grants in the Taiwan Provincial Government:
Who Wins? Who Loses? Why?"
Public Administration, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Liang-Yi Yen
"Empowerment, Coalition, and Community Building:
Some Reflections on Community Planning Theory"
Urban Planning, University of California at Los Angeles
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Business Meeting & Lunch
11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. June
18, Room 2, Coolidge Hall
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Panel 12: Media and Politics
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. June 18,
Room 2, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Po-Chi Huang, Sanskrit and Indian Studies,
Harvard University
Discussant: Hui-Ching Chang, Communication, University of Illinois
at Chicago
Junhao Hong
"The Democratization in Taiwan and the Liberalization of Taiwan's
Media:
A Study of the Interaction between Media and Politics and Their
Implications and Problems.
Communication, State University of New York at Buffalo
Chyun-Fung Shi
"Construction of the Public Memory: A Case fo the 228 Incident
in Taiwan News Media"
Advertising, Fu-Jen University, Taiwan
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Panel 13: Welfare State and Health Care Reform: Comparative Perspectives
2:05 - 3:35 p.m. June 18, Room 2, Coolidge
Hall
Presider: Dafydd Fell, Politics, London School of Oriental
and African Studies, UK
Discussant: Chien-Juh Gu, Sociology, Michigan State University
Joseph Y. Wong
"Societal Mobilization and Social Policy in Democratizing
Taiwan"
Political Science, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Yu-Yu Nancy Wang
"Promoting the Right to Work of Disabled People?
A Comparative Study in Sweden, Britain and Taiwan"
Social Policy and Administration, University of Kent at Canterbury,
UK
Su-Fen You
"Challenging Medical Dominance:
A Case Study of the National Health Insurance Reforms in Taiwan"
Social Policy and Social Work, University of Warwick, UK
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Panel 14: Environmental Policy and Politics:
Local and Global
2:05 - 3:35 p.m. June 18,
Room 3, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Yi-Ling Chen, Urban Planning and Policy Development,
Rutgers University
Discussant: Chang-Tay Chiou, Institute for Social and Policy Studies,
Yale University
Jeffrey Hou
"From Protest to Planning:
New Environmental Activism and Environmental Planning in Taiwan"
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, University of California
at Berkeley
Li-Fang Yang and Tze-Luen Lin
"The State, High-Tech Industries, and Environmental Reforms
in Taiwan:
An Ecological Modernization Perspective"
Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison;
Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware
Kuei-Jung Ni
"The Status of Taiwan in International Environmental Law"
Law, University of Edinburgh, UK
*** Panel 15: Taiwanese Linguistics:
Vernacular, Literacy, and Grammar
3:40 - 5:10 p.m. June 18,
Room 2, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Wen-Hua Kuo, Program in Science, Technology
and Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussant: Khinhoann Li, Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Robert Cheng and Peiju Wu
"Vernacular and Literary Terms of Address:
The Grammar of Present-day Taiwanese and a 1925 Taiwanese Textbook"
East Asian Languages and Literatures, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shan-Shan Wang
"Syntactic Ergativity in Thao?"
Linguistics, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Wi-Vun Chiung
"Peh-oe-ji, a Childish Writing?"
Linguistics, University of Texas at Arlington
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Panel 16: Women's Movement and Gender Politics
3:40 - 5:10 p.m. June 18,
Room 3, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Chien-Yu Huang, Anthropology, Boston University
Discussant: Ming-Cheng Lo, Sociology, University of California at
Davis
Doris Chang
"The Second Sex, Confucianism, and Individualism in Lu Hsiu-Lien's
New Feminism in Taiwan"
History, Ohio State University
Yen-Wen Peng
"Political Participation and Empowerment of Grassroots Women
Leaders
-- An Empirical Study of Female Neighbor head in Taipei City"
Building and Planning, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Yun Fan
"From Politics without Parties to Politics with Parties:
Women's Movement in Taiwan's Political Transformation, 1980s-1990s"
Sociology, Yale University
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Panel 17: Japan's Influences on Taiwan:
Literature, Intellectual Discourse, and Cultural Identity
5:15 - 7:15 p.m. June 18, Room 2, Coolidge
Hall
Presider: Chen-Wei Lin, International Relations, University
of Tokyo
Discussant: Harry Hsiao, Pacific and Asian Studies, University of
Victoria, Canada
Bert Scruggs
"Human Agency and Cultural Identity in Colonial Taiwanese Literature:
'Torrent' and 'The Remaining Snow'"
Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Shi-Chi Mike Lan
"Under the Shadow of Benevolent Hegemony:
The Taiwanese Discourse of Making Same/Keeping Different of the
1920s"
History, University of Chicago
Pei-Yin Lin
"In Pursuit of Aesthetic Autonomy and Cultural/Political Identity:
Lu Hero's Works and Life"
East Asian Literature, University of London, UK
Hsia-Ju Liu
"The Reception of Japanese Law in Modern Taiwan:
The Debate on the Abolishment of Chi-ssu-kung-yeh"
History, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Panel 18: Ethnicity, National Identity and Elections
5:15 - 7:15 p.m. June 18,
Room 3, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Michael Stainton, Anthropology, York University,
Canada
Discussant: Wei-Der Shu, Sociology, Syracuse University
Stephane Corcuff
"Taiwan's Mainlanders, New Taiwanese?"
Political Science, Paris Political Science Institute, France
Dafydd Fell
"The Role and Evolution of Campaign Issues in Taiwan's Elections
in the 1990s"
Political Studies, London School of Oriental and African Studies,
UK
Hui-Ching Chang
"The Interface between Preferences for
Presidential Candidates and Ethnolinguistic Identities of Taiwanese"
Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago
Kunhui Ku
"Aboriginal Rights Movements and National Identity in Taiwan"
King's College, UK
*** Panel 19: The Politics of Sexuality
8:30 - 11:00 a.m. June 19,
Room 2, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Ming-Cheng Lo, Sociology, University of California
at Davis
Discussant: Hsiu-Hua Shen, Sociology, University of Kansas
Paul Festa
"The Blue Whirlwind Strikes Below the Belt:
Male Sexuality, Gender Politics, and the Viagra Craze in Taiwan"
Anthropology, Cornell University
Evelyne Micollier
"Sexuality and Civil Society in the Era of AIDS in Urban Taipei:
An Anthropological Perspective"
European Science Foundation-IIAS/NIAS Alliance, The Netherlands
Jia-Shin Gian
"Enacting Eros: Contemporary Taiwanese Lesbian Practice"
Sociology, University of California at Santa Cruz
Carol Rennie
"Sexuality across borders: Xiandai wenxue and beyond"
Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK
Hsun-Hui Tseng
"National Imagination and the Construction of" the other":
during the 1950s in Taiwan-- a Conception of Sexuality"
Sociology, Tung-Hai University, Taiwan
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Panel 20: Language Education and Reform
11:10 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
June 19, Room 2, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Yea-Fen Chen, Language Education, University
of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Discussant: Wen-Feng Lai, Early Childhood Education, Boston University
P. Kerim Friedman
"Negotiating Taiwan's Language Hierarchy: Taiwan's New Language
Education Curriculum and the Role of the State in Shaping Linguistics
Markets"
Anthropology, Temple University
Jiwas Bawan
"Indigenous Language Instruction on the Navajo Nation and in
Taiwan"
Early Childhood Education, Arizona State University
Kuan-Chun Tsai and Terezinha Nunes
"Rethink: From Learning to Teaching Chinese Characters"
Child Development and Learning, University of London, UK
*** Panel 21: Revisiting Taiwan's Miracle
Economy:
Conventional and High-Tech Industries
11:10 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. June
19, Room 3, Coolidge Hall
Presider: Paul Festa, Anthropology, Cornell University
Discussant: Zong-Rong Lee, Sociology, University of Chicago
Yongping Wu
"State Dominant Engagement and Strategic Disengagement and
the Industrial Structure:
Reinterpreting the Role of the State in Taiwan's Economic Development'
History, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Chia-Wen Chao
"The Development of Personal Computer and Semiconductor Industries
in Taiwan"
Economics, Georgetown University
Michelle Hsieh
"Taiwan Miracle Revisited - Case Study of the Bicycle Industry"
Sociology, McGill University, Canada
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