The conference aims to bring together scholars from Taiwan and around the world to discuss research on Taiwan, pre-historically, historically and in the contemporary world, as well as from all disciplinary backgrounds.

Watch the welcome address on our media page here.

Keynote Speakers

Mr Tsai Ming-liang 蔡明亮, Film Director

Tsai Ming-liang's talk on Stray Dogs (2013) can be viewed on here.

Tsai Ming-liang's talk on No Form (2012) and The Skywalk is Gone (2002) can be viewed here.

Dr Mark Harrison, Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania

Listen to the talk here

​Professor Michael Hsiao Hsin-huang 蕭新煌, Director, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica

Listen to the talk here

Professor Huang Fu-san 黃富三, Founding Director, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica

Emeritus Professor Bruce Jacobs, Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University

Dr Francis Yi-hua Kan 甘逸驊, Advisor, National Security Council, Republic of China (Taiwan)

Listen to the talk here

Professor Samuel Shiouh-guang Wu 吳秀光, Chairman, CDIB Partners Investment Holding Corporation