The fourth East
Asian Colloquium of the spring semester is Friday, the 8th of
February. Please note the fourth colloquium will take place in Ballantine Room
004.
PRESENTER:
Shelley
Rigger (Political Science; Chair of Political Science and Chinese Studies,
Davidson College)
TOPIC:
“Why Taiwan Matters”
DATE: Friday, February 8, 2013
DATE: Friday, February 8, 2013
TIME: 12:00-1:15
p.m.
LOCATION: Ballantine 004
LOCATION: Ballantine 004
Taiwan is a
small country with an out-sized influence on global political and economic
affairs. In this talk, Shelley Rigger builds a case for why Taiwan is important
– to the world, to the United States, to the People’s Republic of China, and to
its own people. She describes the distinctive Taiwanese identity that grew out
of the island’s history and shapes its culture and politics today.
Shelley Rigger is the Brown Professor of East
Asian Politics, Chair of Political Science and Chair of Chinese Studies at
Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. She has a PhD in Government from
Harvard University and a BA in Public and International Affairs from Princeton
University. She has been a visiting researcher at National Chengchi University in
Taiwan (2005) and a visiting professor at Fudan University in Shanghai (2006).
Rigger is the author of two books on Taiwan’s domestic politics, Politics in
Taiwan: Voting for Democracy (Routledge, 1999) and From Opposition to
Power: Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (Lynne Rienner Publishers,
2001). In 2011 she published Why Taiwan Matters: Small Island, Global
Powerhouse, a book for general readers. She has published articles on
Taiwan’s domestic politics, the national identity issue in Taiwan-China relations
and related topics. Her monograph, “Taiwan’s Rising Rationalism: Generations,
Politics and ‘Taiwan Nationalism’” was published by the East West Center in
Washington in November 2006. Currently she is working on a study of Taiwan’s
contributions to the PRC’s economic take-off.
Persons with disabilities
interested in attending our events who may require assistance, please contact
us in advance at (812)
855-3765.
East
Asian Studies Center
Indiana
University
1021
East Third Street
Memorial
Hall West 207
Bloomington,
IN 47405
Phone:
(812) 855-3765
Fax:
(812) 855-7762
E-mail:
easc@indiana.edu
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