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We are pleased to discuss with Professor Seiji Shirane the intermediary role of colonial Taiwan and overseas Taiwanese subjects in the Japanese Empire’s southern advance in South China and Southeast Asia. The interview is published in two parts. Part 1 details Professor Shirane’s academic trajectory and the historiographical interventions that his scholarship builds on and further extends.
We are pleased to discuss with Professor Lan her research on migrants, parenting, and second-generation children in Taiwan. In this last part, Professor Lan discusses her experiences in public sociology and shares some tips for students engaging in Taiwan Studies.
We are pleased to discuss with Professor Lan her research on migrants, parenting, and second-generation children in Taiwan. Part 2 focuses on Professor Lan’s study on parenting. She shares her framework of transnational relational analysis, which overcomes the pitfall of methodological nationalism, and her experiences publishing her parenting study in English and Chinese.
We are pleased to discuss with Professor Lan her research on migrants, parenting, and second-generation children in Taiwan. Reflecting on her academic journey, in Part 1, Professor Lan discusses how her research on migrant workers has evolved over the years. She also offers insightful analysis of how migrant workers navigate the changing landscape of Taiwanese society during the COVID-19 pandemic.
How have Taiwan’s civil society responded to the limits of state-organized transitional justice initiatives?
How can we understand the challenges and possibilities facing Taiwan’s quest for transitional justice through the lens of constitutionalism and political contestation?