Webpages tagged with «Taiwan Studies»
![Oyster fishermen in southwest Taiwan sailing out to sea for the annual commemoration of the dead from the 1845 flood (Image by Hsin-yi Lu)](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/the-taiwan-matters-lecture-series/2023/bilde-taiwan-matters_cropped.jpg?alt=listing)
In this lecture Dr. Lu will discuss the impact and conflicts arising from the development of offshore windfarms on Taiwan's western coastline among local fishing communities.
![Image contains a man in a suit, a woman in a black dress and a baby in a white cap and a full-body suit.](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/the-taiwan-matters-lecture-series/2023/taiwan-cinema.png?alt=listing)
Democratisation is arguably Taiwan’s most significant achievement since 1945. This lecture addresses the impact of cultural democratisation by using Taiwan cinema as a case study.
![Image contains Taiwan in the bottom right and China in the top left, both illuminated by the light pollution of their cities.](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/the-taiwan-matters-lecture-series/2023/cross-strait-relations.png?alt=listing)
This lecture will address Taiwan’s relations with mainland China and Taiwan’s domestic developments since 1949.
![The image shows women wearing white shirts and black skirts with lines of grey, all holding hands and dancing in their village.](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/the-taiwan-matters-lecture-series/2023/taiwan-indigenous.png?alt=listing)
Taiwan as the cradle of Austronesian expansion is a widely accepted hypothesis. This lecture discusses the significance of Taiwan as an island.
![A Buddhist-Daoist temple with red-tile roof and dragon statuettes. Trees and people in the foreground.](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/the-taiwan-matters-lecture-series/2023/taiwan-religion.png?alt=listing)
The religious landscape of Taiwan is made of a large variety of denominations. Buddhism, Daoism, Yiguandao, and also Christianity, Islam, aboriginal religions: These are just some of the faces of Taiwanese religion. These beliefs and practices also appear in society in different forms and on several platforms.
![Image contains a woman with a white filter mask holding a banner that reads "I love the Republic of China" in Chinese characters. People around her carry Taiwanese flags.](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/the-taiwan-matters-lecture-series/2023/taiwan-identity.png?alt=listing)
Alongside the democratic development and the rise of Taiwanese consciousness over the last three decades, the dominant China-centric discourse has given way to a Taiwan-first mindset. This lecture discusses the making of Taiwan identity.
![Image contains a brown clay plaquette with Chinese characters on it.](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/the-taiwan-matters-lecture-series/2023/taiwan-language.png?alt=listing)
In this lecture, Dr. Henning Klöter discusses the many facets of languages on Taiwan.
![The image contains a drawing of ships and an island with a castle and a small town, all not to scale.](https://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/2023/2023/the-taiwan-matters-lecture-series/taiwan-early-history.png?alt=listing)
This lecture will introduce the major trends and development of Taiwan history using the collections and exhibitions of National Museum of Taiwan History as examples.