Schedule of Panels 

June 4, 1999

Check-in and Registration (1:00 ¡V 6:20 p.m.)

June 4, 1999 

Reception (8:00 ¡V 9:20 p.m.)

June 5, 1999

Welcome and Opening Remarks (8:30 ¡V 9:20 a.m. )

• Shu, Wei-Der, President, North America Taiwan Studies Conference
• Huang, Huang-Hsiung, President, Taiwan Research Fund
• Chiang, Frank Yung, Professor of Law, Fordham University;  President, North America Taiwanese Professors' Association
• Friedman, Edward, Professor of Political Science, University of  Wisconsin-Madison

Panel 1. Re-imagining Political Community - Taiwan Facing the New  Millennium  (9:20 ¡V 11:20 a.m.)

    Presider: Hong, Keelung, Research Fellow of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, California Pacific Medical Center
    Discussant: Wu, Ruei-Ren, Political Science, University of Chicago

• Chen, Grace Yueh-Ying. "Social Change and Collective Memory:  Taiwan's Two Pasts," Department of Sociology, The University of Georgia
• Corcuff, Stephane. "The Reform of Political Symbols  and the Transition of National Identity," Paris Political Science Institute,  France.
• Lin, Chia-Lung. "Taiwan's Emerging Civic Nationalism:  Origin and Implications," Political Science Department, National Chung Cheng  University, Taiwan

Panel 2. Family and Gender Re-structuring (11:20 ¡V 12:50 a.m.)

    Presider: Lai, Wen-Feng, Early Childhood Education, Boston University
    Discussant: Hsiung, Ping-Chun, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto, Scarborough College

• Huang, Chien-Chung & Hang, Wen-Jui. "The Growth of Divorced Mothers in  Taiwan,1990-96," School of Social Work, Columbia University.
• Chen, Yi-Ling. "Urbanization, Family change, and  Women in Taiwan," Department of Urban Planning & Policy Development, Rutgers  University

Panel 3. Electoral Design and Political Participation(11:30 - 12:20 p.m.)

    Presider: Shu, Wei-Der, Sociology, Syracuse University
    Discussant: Wong, Joseph, Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Liu, Tsung-Wei. "Do Political Parties Matter in  Elections Under the Single Non-Transferable Voting System in Taiwan? " Department  of Government, University of Essex
• Yang, Wan-Ying. "An Inquiry to the Politics of Gender  Difference in the Legislative Yuan," Department of Political Science, Michigan  State University

Panel 4. Between Ethnicity and Nationhood (1:30 ¡V 3:00 p.m.)

    Presider: Wang, Horng-Luen, Sociology, University of Chicago
    Discussant: Johnson, Marshall, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Superior

• Fu, Ming-Ying. " Ethnic, National Identity and Lee  Teng-hui Syndrome A Search of the Underlying Psychological Mechanism of Taiwanese,"  Department of Political Science, The University of California at Los Angeles
• Marsh, Robert. "National Identity and Ethnicity in  Taiwan: Some Trends in the 1990s," Department of Sociology, Brown University
• Shu,Wei-Der. "One Movement, Three Interpretations: 'Academic'  Narratives of Taiwan Independence Movement," Department of Sociology, Syracuse  University

Panel 5. Foreign Policy and International Relations  (3:10 ¡V 4:40  p.m.)

    Presider: Marsh, Robert, Professor of Sociology, Brown University
    Discussant: Chiang, Yung Frank, Professor of Law, Fordham University

• Harwit, Eric. "Taiwan's Foreign Economic  Relations with Pacific Islands Nations: An Overview of the ROC's Strategy, and a Focus on  the Republic of Palau," Asian Studies, University of Hawaii
• Hsiao, Anne. "The Legal Position of Taiwan in the  International Community Re-considered," Law Department, London School of  Economics and Political Science, UK.
• Tai, John & Welch, Jonathon. "Washington-Taipei-Beijing  Triangle-The Battle of Words," Independent Scholars

Panel 6. Media and Public Life (3:10 ¡V 4:40 p.m.)

    Presider: Chiung, Wi-Vun, Linguistics, The University of Texas at Arlington
    Discussant: Lin, Tsong-Jyi, Political Science, Purdue University

• Chen, Chun-Fu. "Open Sky: Star TV Phenomenon in Asia  -- Taiwan as a Case Study," Communication Studies, Northwestern University
• Chang, Angela. "A Content Analysis of the  Advertisements and News Coverage in Business, Forbes, and Fortune: An Assessment of  Taiwan's Image as Promoted and Portrayed in the United States," Communication and  Advertising Program, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio; Advertising Department,  Chinese Cultural University, Taiwan.

Panel 7. Religion and State(4:50 - 6:20 p.m.)

    Presider: Gu, Chien-Juh, Sociology, Michigan State University
    Discussant: Own, Su-Jei, Buddhist Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Chu, Ron Guey. "Birth of the Myth of a National Hero  in Religious Perspective," Institute of Literature and Philosophy, Academia  Sinica, Taiwan
• Jones, Charles. "Buddhism and Marxism in Taiwan:  Religious Resistance to Japanese Rule and its Postwar Legacy," Catholic  University of America
• Jochim, Christian. "The Treatment of Taiwanese Popular  Religion Under the Pro-Confucian Nationalist State, 1947-1987," Comparative  Religious Studies, San Jose State University

Business Meeting of NATSC (8:00 - 9:20 pm)

    Presider: Shu, Wei-Der. Department of Sociology. Syracuse University

June 6, 1999

Book  Project Session (8:10 ¡V 9:20 a.m.)

    Organizer: Corcuff, Stephane, Political Science, Paris Political Science Institute, France

Panel 8. Social Structure and Economic Organization (9:20 ¡V 11:20 a.m.)

    Presider: Kuo, Biing-Shen, Associate Professor of International Trade, National ChengChi University, Taiwan
    Discussant: Huang, Chung-Hsien, Sociology, University of Wisconsin- Madison 

• Liu, Li-Wei. "The Growth and Transformation of  Small and Medium Enterprises in Taiwan," City and Regional Planning, Cornell  University
• Chung, Chi-Nien. "Markets, Culture, and Institutions:  The Formation of Taiwan's Business Groups, 1950s-1970s," Department of Sociology,  Stanford University
• Lee, Zong-Rong. "Business Network Emboddedness of  Taiwanese State," Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
• Boestel, Johanna. "The Head of a Chicken or the Tail  of an Ox: Small Firms, Subcontracting and Firm Ownership in Taiwan," School of  Oriental and African Studies, University of London

 

* The Preparatory Council of the  1999 North America Taiwan Studies Conference dedicates this panel in memory of Mr.  Chih-Ching Wang, a former member of the 1999 NATSC Directors of the Board.   Chih-Ching was a Ph.D. student of sociology at the University of Washington and was  specialized in economic sociology under the advisory of professor Gary Hamilton. His  previous paper, entitled "Networking: The Dynamic of Economic Activities in  Taiwan", was presented at the forth annual NATSC meeting in 1998 and was considered  one of the outstanding scholarship in the NATSCs.  On December 25, 1998, he  disappeared in a boating accident at a lake near Seattle, Washington.  Before the  tragedy took place, Chih-Ching proposed a research paper, "Institutions, Networks,  and Agencies: A Comparative Study of Taiwanese Economy," to the 1999 NATSC review  committee.  Though his abstract was accepted by the NATSC, unfortunately, he was  unable to finish this project and to present this paper at this year's conference.

 

Business Meeting of NATSC (11:30 - 12:30 pm)

    Presider: Hsieh, Michelle, Department of Sociology. McGill University, Canada

Panel 9. Contemporary  Literature: Representation and Resistance  (1:30 ¡V 3:00 p.m.)

   Presider: Cheng, Tsai-fa, Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   Discussant: Ying, Feng-Huang, Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin

• Huang, Li-Ling. "Parodic Romance in Stories by  Eileen Chang, Lin Yuyi and Leo Lee," School of Asian Studies, University of  Edinburgh, UK
• Lee, Ken-Fang. "Cultural Difference and Translation:  A Glance at Maxine Hong Kingston's and Amy Tan's Works," Department of English,  University of Sussex at Brighton, UK
• Liu, Kai-Ling. "Li Ang's Colonial Letters,"  Foreign Languages and Literature Department, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Panel 10. Political  Economy: Historical Explorations(3:10 ¡V 4:40 p.m.)

    Presider: Hsieh, Michelle, Sociology, McGill University, Canada
    Discussant: Lee, Zong-Rong, Sociology, University of Chicago

• Tsai, Hung-Jeng. "The Transformation of State-led  Development: the Case of Taiwan," Department of Sociology, State University of  New York at Binghamton
• Lin, Tze-Luen. "The Political Economy of Ecological  Degradation in Taiwan: A Critical Analysis," School of Urban Affairs and Public  Policy, University of Delaware
• Huang, Chung-Hsien. "Steering State, Embedded Firm:  Unraveling the Economic Goverance Regime in Taiwan through Industrial Sector  Analysis" Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Panel 11. Cultural  Practices and Public Sphere(3:10 ¡V 4:40 p.m.)

    Presider: Chen, Yea-Fen, Assistant Professor of Foreign Language Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    Discussant: Hsiao, Harry, Professor of Pacific & Asian Studies, University of Victoria, Canada; Chang, Lung-Chih,                Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

• Chiung, Wi-Vun. "Language Attitude toward Taibun,  the Written Taiwanese," Department of Linguistics, The University of Texas at  Arlington
• Lin, Shin-Hui, "Heterogeneity and Multiplicity: In Search of  the Pin Bu Identity in Taiwan," Ethnomusicology, University of Washington
• Silvio, Teri. "From Tears to Signs: On the  Dialectic Between Taiwanese Opera Aesthetics and Taiwanese Identity Discourse,"  Center for Chinese Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Panel  12. Politics of Space and Urbanization(4:50 ¡V 6:20 p.m.)

    Presider: Liu, Li-Wei, City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
    Discussant: Chen, Yi-Ling, Urban Planning & Policy Development, Rutgers University

• Hou, Jeff. "Emerging Patterns of Local and  Regional Development Strategies in Taiwan: Problems and Prospects," Department of  Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, The University of California at  Berkeley
• Lu, Hsin-Yi, "Imagined Nation, Real Community: When  the State Project of Community Making Contests the Real Politics of a Community,"  Anthropology, University of Washington
• Yen, Liang-Yi. "Politics of the Urban Space: An  Analysis of the Urban Renewal Project of Park #14 &15, Taipei," Department of  Urban Planning, The University of California at Los Angeles  

Banquet Hosted by Taiwan  Research Fund (7:00 ¡V 9:20 p.m. June 6)

 

2000 NATSC Preparatory Council Meeting (9:30 ¡V 10:30 p.m. June 6)

    Presider: The 2000 NATSC President

June 7, 1999

Panel  13.  Re-mapping History (8:10 ¡V 9:10 a.m.)

    Presider: Lin, Tsong-Jyi, Political Science, Purdue University
    Discussant: Hsiao, Harry, Professor of Pacific & Asian Studies, University of Victoria, Canada

• Kuo, Huei-Ying. "State and Society in the Late Imperial  China: The Legitimation of the Cheng's Domination (1628 ¡V 1683),"  Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton
• Chang, Lung-Chih. "Scientific Colonialism and Colonial  Modernity -- Goto Shimpei and Japan's 'Civilizing' of Taiwan, 1898-1906,"  Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Panel 14. Educational  Policy and Reform (9:20 ¡V 10:20 a.m.)

    Presider: Chao, Chang-Ning, Continuing and Vocational Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Discussant: Cheng, Tung-Liao, Associate Professor of Education, National ChengChi University, Taiwan

• Chang, Bih-Ru. "A Study of Taiwan's New Special  Education Schools from Teachers' and Principals' Perceptions," Associate  Professor of Early Childhood Care and Education Department, Tzu-Chi College of  Nursing,Taiwan
• Jiwas, Bawan. "The Difficulties and Hopes of  Taiwanese Indigenous Education," College of Education, Division of Curriculum and  Instruction, Arizona State University  

Panel 15. Sociocultural  Bodies (9:20 ¡V 10:20 a.m.)

    Presider: Lin, Tze-Luen, Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware
    Discussant: Kuo, Wen-Hua, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Lee, Hua-Lun. "The Soft-porn Photo Portfolio  Phenomenon in Taiwan: A Multiperspectival Cultural Studies Approach," Graduate  School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
• Gu, Chien-Juh. "Asian Bodies in American Medical  Settings: Taiwanese Immigrants' Medical Experiences in East Lansing," Department  of Sociology, Michigan State University

Panel  16.  Taiwan in Comparative Perspective (10:30 ¡V 11:30 a.m.)

   Presider: Wu, Ruei-Ren, Political Science, University of Chicago
   Discussant: Yang, Kai-Yun, Associate Professor of Sociology, Tunghai University, Taiwan

• Lin, Chen-Wei. "Another "World"? ---  Welfare States in East Asia and Taiwan," Division of International Relations,  Graduate School of International and Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Tokyo
• Wong, Joseph. "Globalization and Taiwanese  Scholarship: 'Doing' Comparative Politics with Taiwan," Department of Political  Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Slide Show Provided by Taipei 228 Memorial Museum (11:40 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)

    Organizer: Corcuff, Stephane, Political Science, Paris Political Science Institute, France