The Relevance of Post-colonial Imagination in 21st Century Asia

Serena Di Maria．May 26, 2025

On May 26, 2025, the workshop The Relevance of Postcolonial Imagination in 21st Century Asia was hosted by the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS-NYCU) and the International Master's Degree Program in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS, NYCU) at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. The event was part of the sub-project The Geopolitics and Cultural Economy of Societal Relations in a New Greater China convened by Professor Allen Chun. Read more

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Revisiting Digital Nationalism in China: Narratives, Technology and Practice

陳妍均 ．May 7, 2025

本次演講邀請荷蘭萊登大學的Florian Schneider教授，核心問題是：「民族主義在數位化之後發生了什麼變化？它仍是舊式的民族主義形式，或是進入了新的階段？」他提醒我們，不應將當代中國民族主義簡化為單一線性的政權工具，而是從敘事策略、技術媒介與群體實踐層面重新理解其運作邏輯。透過實際案例，我們得以重訪數位民族主義的實踐場域，並思考這些變化如何動態、持續地重塑中國民族主義的地景。Read more

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Chip Diplomacy: Taiwan-India Relations Amid the Reshaping of Global Techno-Geopolitical Order

Poonam Sharma．May 19, 2025

The session started with Prof. Joyce C.H. Liu, director of the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS), welcoming and addressing the Speaker, the discussants, and the audience. Prof. Liu addresses the event under “The Chip Era & Digital Governance”. She reflects on the strategic hold of the semiconductor industry in the 21st century by structuring global power. Prof. Liu explains how ‘Chip’ is now the backbone of this emerging power struggle that produces 5G, a Surveillance regime, and an automated world space. Moreover, the competence to meet the production and supply chain demands signifies the Geopolitical Power ship. While the United States has already started to work and plan for China’s rise, China has diversified its growth through its Digital Silk Road Policy. Read more

Keynote

Yao-Chi, Chan．April 30, 2025

The symposium opened with remarks by Prof. Liu, Director of the International Center for Cultural Studies at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Prof. Liu emphasized that despite its transformation throughout the history, slavery still persists in modern forms through legal and administrative frameworks, and are showcased in hidden forms of exploitation in distant-water fisheries, factories, agriculture, and domestic care sectors in Taiwan. Read more

Session 1

吳易儒．April 30, 2025

Moderator Mr. Yu-Lien Sun, opened the session with a case involving a migrant worker forced to choose between no overtime or unlimited overtime work, and ultimately led to injury due to over-loaded working. The case highlighted the session’s core discussion： what constitutes true freedom and consent in the context of forced labor? Read more

Session 2

張雅祺．April 30, 2025

In the keynote speech, Yu-Fan Chiu, Associate Prof., NYCU Law, criticized Taiwan’s longstanding institutional failures and unlawful administrative practices regarding labor protections for distant-water fishers. Prof. Chiu noted that Ministry of Labor has relied on press releases to argue that Taiwan-flagged vessels operating in international waters are not part of national territory, and thus excludes migrant fishers from Labor Standards Act application. Read more

鯊鮪鯖鰺：宜蘭南方澳與海共生的地方經濟與社會文化

羅浩弘．May 10, 2025

五月，台灣進入濕潤多雨的梅雨季。我們搭乘遊覽車，在滂沱大雨中沿着國道五號——北宜高速公路——通過橋樑與隧道，緩緩穿越綿延不斷的雪山山脈，前往宜蘭。穿過雪山隧道，我們行經頭城、宜蘭、羅東市鎮，掠過一片片翠綠的秧田與散佈其中的工廠與工業區，遠眺雨霧中若隱若現的龜山島。直至看到多間色彩繽紛的觀光工廠，再來是蘇澳港的鋼鐵結構、陡峭的跨港大橋，以及各式寫有「祝大漁」字樣的路牌和廣告看版。灰濛濛的大海映入我們眼前，南方澳港灣三面環山，沿着港邊停泊著形態各異的漁船。我們抵達了南方澳。恰巧雨勢稍緩，我們在南方澳旅客中心下車，與今天上午帶領我們進入這片南方澳漁港世界的引路人——吳文明老師會合。Read more