Research Projects - Our Project
In April 2013, our Centre and the Research Institute for the Humanities (RIH) had jointly submitted a 1-year proposal entitled “Taiwan Angle: Literature, Film, and History” (from 1 August 2013 to 31 July 2014) to MoE applying for establishing Taiwan Research Lecture in The Chinese University of Hong Kong, aiming to explore the “soft power” of Taiwan through the 3 perspectives as stated in the title. The crisscrossed cultural background of Taiwan and its multi-cultural historical background have inspired us to explore her literature and history while Taiwan films have earned international recognition with the unconditioned, continuous dedication from film directors like Ang Lee and Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Our proposal plans to invite Taiwanese Oscar-winning Director Ang Lee to give an outstanding lecture at CUHK and well-known cultural scholar Prof. Lee Ou-fan, Leo to hold sharing sessions on Taiwan Humanities with Prof. Hsiung Ping-chen, the RIH Director, as the moderator. We also plan to invite notable scholars working on Taiwan Studies to offer courses at the Department of History and Department of Chinese Literature and Language of CUHK. A workshop or conference on Comparative Hong Kong and Taiwanese Literature will be organized to collect and consolidate further thoughts and ideas deriving from academic perspective. Prof. Chen Pingyuan of CUHK and Prof. Lee Jui-teng, Director of the Museum of Taiwan Literature are on our top priority to be the keynote speakers for this event.
Taiwan angle
Taiwan Angle: Literature, Film and History
本臺灣研究講座以「臺灣視角—文學、電影、歷史」為主題。在為世界所熟悉的臺灣政經局勢以外，我們冀能通過對臺灣文化的人文關懷，進一步剖釋和深入了解臺灣各種「軟實力」。臺灣自近代以來，逐漸發展出具特色的本土文化，其中我們挑選了文學、電影、和歷史三個互相交錯影響的主題作為是次講座的中軸。 本計劃將從「文學、電影、歷史」三個主題切入推廣臺灣相關領域之研究。一方面從「軟實力」著手，以為眾人所熟悉的臺灣文學，電影等藝術產業，輔以與香港相似的殖民歷史背景為對照，作為軸心去設計活動。以深化學術研究和教學推廣為主體，包括邀請臺灣資深學者至本校進行本科與研究院教學，舉辦課程和講座，及邀請著名文化研究學者主講師生論壇等。希望通過一年之教研活動，達到「深耕人文、關懷生命」的目的。
