Co-sponsored with UCLA-NTNU Taiwan Studies Initiative
Ku’er, the Mandarin transliteration of the English word “queer,” has a distinctly Taiwanese genealogy, as implied in the homophonic meaning of being “cool.” This conference examines the interrelationships between queer studies and Taiwan studies, from placing Taiwanese history and culture on the map of queer inquiry to the queering of Taiwan studies. Does queer Taiwan studies mean a focus on queer content, or is “queering” a method that can be used in studying any content in Taiwan studies? In light of the emergence of queer indigenous studies and queer of color critique in North America, how might we consider the question of indigeneity, race, and ethnicity in queering Taiwan studies? Ultimately, what can a focus on Taiwan do to exceed the existing limits of queer theory, and how might the method of queering advance the transgressive potential of Taiwan studies?
Conference Schedule
(Subject to Change. Stay tuned for further update)
| Day 1 (Nov 14) | Location |
| 9:00 AM Opening Remarks – Howard Chiang & Shu-mei Shih | HSSB 4020 |
| 9:15-10:35 AM Panel I: Decolonial Orientations I Chair: Mayfair Yang | HSSB 4020 & Zoom |
Presentation
Wen Liu- The Timeliness of Queer Taiwan: From Sinocentrism to Sovereignty
Chao-Kai Huang / Ciwang Teyra- Navigating Intersectional Challenges: Coping Strategies of Indigenous Tongzhi in Taiwan
| 10:45 AM – 12:05 PM Panel II: Decolonial Orientations II Chair: Shu-mei Shih | HSSB 4020 |
Presentation
Yu-ting Huang – Beyond Objectification and Subjectivity: Representing the Indigenous Queer in Taiwanese Literature
Jih-Fei Cheng- From “Coolie” to 酷兒: The Global “Pig” Trade and Indigenous Taiwan
| Lunch Recess |
| 1:15 – 3:35 PM Panel III : Genders in Motion I (Mandarin Chinese) Chair: EK Tan | HSSB 4020 |
Presentation
Hsiu-ping Tseng – “Anti-reticent” Taiwanese Hokkien Rural Lesbian Cinema: Sexual Representation and Nativist/Gender Politics in The Silent Thrush
Hsiao-Yung Wang- “Transsexual Narratives of The Chen Story and Its Embodied Gender/Sexual Consciousness: A Note on Doing Transsexual Studies in Taiwan”
| 4:00 – 5:20 PM Panel IV: Genders in Motion II Chair: EK Tan | Wallis Annenberg Conference Room (SSMS 4315) & Zoom |
Presentation
Fan-Ting Cheng- Queer Reparative Solidarity in Contemporary Taiwan
Ta-wei Chi- “Being Thrown Like a Girl: A Feminist Phenomenological Reading of the Yuri Fiction by Yang Shuangzi”
| Day 2 (Nov 15) | Location |
| 9:00 – 10:00 AM Panel V: Queer Author Seminar: 陳栢青(Mandarin Chinese) Chair: Gang Huang | McCune Conference Room |
Presentation
Po-ching Chen- 台灣同志文學時區校準
| 10:10 – 11:30 AM Panel VI: Genealogies of Change I Chair: Jih-Fei Cheng | McCune Conference Room & Zoom |
Presentation
Paris Shih- The Queer Time and Place of Taiwanese Millennial Pop
Jyun-Jie Yang- The Compressed Modernity of Legalizing Same-sex Marriage in Taiwan (2016-2019): Digital Activism, Human Rights, and the Contested Sexual and National Identity
| Lunch Recess |
| 12:30 – 1:10 PM Panel VII: Genealogies of Change II Chair: Phung N. Su | McCune Conference Room |
Presentation
Ying-Chao Kao- Organized Queerphobia: A Multi-Insitutional Politics Approach to Analyzing Anti-LGBTQ Mobilization in Taiwan (1945–2022)
| 1:30 – 3:00 PM Graduate Student Workshop Chair: Yu-ting Huang | McCune Conference Room |
Contributors
Sheng Chiang, Yen-Jen Chen, and Gang Huang
| 3:10 – 4:30 PM Panel VIII: Genealogies of Change III Chair: Ying-Chao Kao | McCune Conference Room & Zoom |
Presentation
Shih-chan Dai- A Legal-Political Perspective of “Queer” in Taiwan: Analysis of J.Y. Interpretation No. 748 and the Act for Implementing Interpretation No. 748
JhuCin (Rita) Jhang- Queering Taiwan Public Health Studies
Conference Venue:
Wallis Annenberg Conference Room
Contact Us
Howard Chiang, Director of Center for Taiwan Studies (howardchiang@ucsb.edu)/ Rose Kuo, Academic Coordinator (rose_kuo@ucsb.edu)
Accommodation
UC Santa Barbara
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