Lecture by Ian Rowen, National Taiwan Normal University
Monday, February 5, 2024
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Dodd Hall, Rm 147
Also Available Online via Zoom (see note)
Note: Due to inclement weather, today’s lecture now includes the option to attend online. Interested individuals may join via Zoom.
Please use Meeting ID 926 7959 0551 and contact asia@international.ucla.edu to obtain the meeting passcode.
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Individuals already on campus may still attend the lecture at Dodd Hall (Room 147) as safety allows.
Ian Rowen is Associate Professor in the Department of Taiwan Culture, Languages, and Literature at National Taiwan Normal University. He is the author of One China, Many Taiwans: The Geopolitics of Cross-Strait Tourism (Cornell University Press, 2023) the editor of Transitions in Taiwan: Stories of the White Terror (Cambria Press, 2021), and the lead translator of Tibetan Environmentalists in China: The King of Dzi (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015). His co-edited volume (with Ti-han Chang and Darryl Sterk), A Taiwanese Eco-Literature Reader, is under contract with Columbia University Press. He previously served as Assistant Professor of Sociology, Geography, and Urban Planning at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Colorado Boulder.
This lecture is presented in conjunction with the UCLA winter course "Asian Community: Border-Crossing, Diasporic Formation, and Social Transformation in the Asian World" (Sociology M139 / Asian American Studies M179), with generous funding from the Eurasia Foundation (from Asia).
The UCLA Taiwan in the World lecture series aims to promote Taiwan studies and disseminate knowledge about Taiwan in a global context and shed light on Taiwan’s political economy, international relations, and US-Taiwan-China relations, as well as Taiwan’s society, political system, social structure, and institutions.
For questions about the event, please contact asia@international.ucla.edu
Sponsor(s): Asia Pacific Center, Center for Chinese Studies