• 2019-04-15

The National Central Library followed the establishment of Taiwan Academy and Taiwan Resource Center for Chinese Studies by planning and holding the Taiwan Lectures on Chinese Studies. By holding such academic events overseas, it ishoped that Taiwan Academy can capture the international community’s attention,invigorate Taiwan and Chinese Studies research, and boost international research exchanges. This will help deepen Taiwan Academy’s relationships with the international sinology community and East Asian libraries, and enhance thebrand of Taiwan’s Chinese culture it promotes. The Taiwan Lectures on Chinese Studies kicked off in 2011 at the three Taiwan Academy locations. From 2012 itentered U.S. and Europe university campuses and public library to extend itscultural influence, becoming a weapon of Taiwanese culture’s soft power.

National Central Library invites Prof. Chiung-yun Evelyn Liu, the Associate ResearchFellow, Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, to deliver first two sessions of Taiwan Lectures on Chinese Studies in 2019.

Session1

Date：May7, 09:00-10:15

Venue：Ex Magazzini Frigoriferi, Aula 2, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Topic：Loyaltyin Print: Forming and Transforming Moral Paragons in Riji gushi (Stories of thePast to be Remembered Daily).

Session2

Date：May9, 15:00-17:00

Venue：3F,Marco Polo building, Sapienza Università di Roma

Topic：When Fantastic Narrative Encounters Empirical Knowledge: Imagining theWorld in The Record of Eunuch Sanbao's Voyage to the Western Ocean.