Festival tajvanske književnosti

Britanski Severni institut za tajvanske študije (NorITS) ter Center za migracije, diasporo in izgnanstvo (MIDEX) Univerze v osrednjem Lancashiru (UCLAN) vabi k udeležbi različnih spletnih delavnic na temo tajvanske književnosti, ki bodo potekale med 18. in 19. marcem 2021.

Prijava:

The 2021 Taiwan Festival – Literature Strand will host talks and interviews from contemporary Taiwan authors, Shawna Yang Ryan and Wu Ming-yi and academics, Dr Gwennaël Gaffric, Dr Ti-han Chang, Dr Lara Momesso and Prof Niki Alsford showcasing a range of Taiwan Literature covering topics of climate change and migrants.

To access the Taiwan Festival, please register your place on Eventbrite:

The current day plan is as follows:

Day 1 March 18, 2021 (Thurs)

14:15 – 14:30

Location: TEAMS

  • Opening Remarks by Director of ISAP

14:30 – 16:30

Location: TEAMS

  • Authors’ Perspectives: Taiwanese Literary Writing- History, Memory and Migration
  • Shawna Yang Ryan, “Green Island: Speaking Back to History”
  • Wu Ming-yi, “Historical Experiences and/or Experiences of History: On Migration History and Memory of The Stolen Bicycle”
  • Conversation with Contemporary Taiwanese Writers (Ti-han Chang and Gwennaël Gaffric)
  • Q&A session

Day 2 March 19, 2021 (Fri)

13:00 – 14:00

Location: TEAMS

  • Public Lecture I: Migration, Environment and Taiwanese Literature
  • Gwennaël Gaffric, University of Lyon 3, “Migrants of Yesterday and Migrants of tomorrow: Wu Ming-yi’s Postcolonial and Climate Fiction”
  • Q&A session

14:15 – 16:15

Location: TEAMS

  • Round Table discussion: Understanding Taiwanese Identity through the Lens of Literature, Migration and Memory.

Interlocuters (in alphabetic order)

  • Niki ALSFORD, University of Central Lancashire
  • Ti-han CHANG, University of Central Lancashire
  • Gwennaël GAFFRIC, University of Lyon 3
  • Lara MOMESSO, University of Central Lancashire
  • Shawna YANG RYAN, University of Hawai’i at Maona
  • Ming-yi WU, University of Dong Hwa
  • Q&A session

16:15 – 16:30

Location: TEAMS

  • Concluding Remarks