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Harvard University Karen L. Thornber Lecture and Workshop

Organizer: Department of Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University (NTU), Department of Japanese Language and Literature, National Taiwan University (NTU), Graduate Institure of Taiwan Literature
Co-organizer: Graduate Institure of Taiwanese Literature, National Chengchi University

Activities:
I. Joint Lecture: "Global Environmental Crises and East Asian Regional Literature" (Global Environmental Crises and Asia)

Moderator: Prof. Ming-Ju Fan, Director, Graduate Institute of Taiwanese Literature, National Chengchi University
Place: Conference Hall, 1st Floor, BaiNian Building, National Chengchi University
Time: March 14, 2018, 2-4 p.m.


Abstract:
Climate change, mass extinction of plant and animal species, and widespread pollution of sky, sea, and land make clear the extent to which humans have shaped global ecologies. This talk overviews environmental concerns in Asia - home to more than half the world's population, an increasingly significant contributor to global carbon dioxide emissions, and an area acutely vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels. The talk then introduces the work of creative writers from India to Korea, Japan, and the United States, exploring how literary works have grappled with Asian environmental crises from the local to the global.

II. Workshop: East Asian Regional Studies: Retrospect

Place: Conference Room, College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University
Time: March 16, 2018, 3-5 p.m.
Workshop Introducer.
Prof. Karen L. Thornber
Prof. Liang-Ya Liu (co-appointed by the Department of Foreign Languages and the Institute of Taiwanese Literature, National Taiwan University)
Associate Professor Hung-Ching Lee (Department of Foreign Languages, National Taiwan University)
Prof. JU, Chiou-er (Professor, Department of Japanese, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Chair of the Department of Japanese, National Taiwan University)
Assistant Professor HUNG, Sechun (Department of Japanese, National Taiwan University)
Prof. Mei-er Huang (Professor and Director of the Institute of Taiwanese Studies, National Taiwan University)
Assistant Professor Fang-Ting Cheng (Institute of Taiwanese Studies, National Taiwan University)


Please register by March 12, 2018
Registration website:https://goo.gl/forms/qvqsru4Txt0tq0bf2
 
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