FLYING INTO THE FUTURE: FANTASIES OF MODERNITY IN LATE QING LITERATURE //李歐梵//文化時空//

20150615
Prof. Ou-Fan Leo Lee 李歐梵 (Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture at The Chinese University of Hong Kong) //飛向未來:晚清文學中的現代幻想// The renowned scholar and cultural critic Ou-Fan Leo Lee gives a lecture about "flying" as a time-space transformation in late Qing literature. By exploring works of modern Chinese fiction and translations, Prof Lee aimed to recover the moment in hi...
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‘DIMENSIONS OF MOBILITY’ INTERNATIONAL NETWORK WORKSHOP //跨域//行者物語//

20150615
16/06/2015
Dimensions of Mobility: Travel and Adventure in Modern China's Literary and Cultural Landscape Network Organisers: Kean-Fung Guan (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan), Xuelei Huang (University of Edinburgh) Edinburgh Co-organisers: Christopher Rosenmeier (Asian Studies), Chia-Ling Yang (History of Art)   Modern Chinese culture arose in a time that witnessed the ...
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SEX, FOOD AND POLITICS //李昂//食色性也//

20150827
Ang Li 李昂 (Writer) Ang Li is the most controversial woman writer in Taiwan. In this lecture, she examines the intertwining of gender, food and politics, which continues to break new ground of literary reflection, creating a new space of questions involving female sexuality and Asian women’s literature in the international literary scene.     ABOUT THE SPEA...
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TRANS-DISCIPLINARY ART IN THE MAKING: JUN-JIEH WANG’S ‘FUTURE MEDIA’ //王俊傑//未來媒體//

20150429
Jun-Jieh Wang - Transdisciplinary art
Jun-Jieh Wang 王俊傑 (Artist) Innovative, ambitious, meticulous, a magnet for sponsors, a genius: Taiwan artist Wang Jun-jieh is recognized as all of these. Playing the twin roles of artist and entrepreneur, Wang brings his exciting new works and visions on ‘future media’ to Edinburgh.   (L'Après-midi de la Gravité, 2010)   ABOUT THE SPEAKER Jun-Jieh Wa...
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Events 2017

Event Programme 2017 Godspeed (一路順風)              Mong-Hong Chung / Taiwan / 2016 / 1h51min Michael Hui, Na-Dou Lin, Leon Dai   DATE : 22/06/2017 & 24/06/2017 VENUE : Cineworld Fountain Park Edinburgh   The Receptionist (接線員) & Post-screening Q&A with Film Director Jenny Lu  Jenny Lu / Taiwan / 2017 / 102 mins  Teresa Daley...
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MUSIC FROM FORMOSA //黃裕翔//樂音飛翔//

20131129
Yu-Siang Huang (黃裕翔) obtained a BA in Piano Performance from the National Taiwan University of Arts in 2009. The now 26 year-old Yu-siang suffered from a retinal disease when he was born and lost his eyesight as a result. He showed his music talent at very young age as he remembered every single note he had ever heard and that inspired him to learn the piano. He once said, “Mus...
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TAIWAN FILMFEST 2013-2014

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03/12/2013
7 award winning feature films by emerging Taiwanese filmmakers had been handpicked to share with the audience of Edinburgh, each with a unique theme and telling touching modern stories in Taiwan, connected by the common thread of relationship and family. We hope they give a glimpse into the kaleidoscopic life of Taiwan. We are also honoured to have film directors Jung-Chi Chang...
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