News and information

The EARL is proud to announce the Situations Virtual Conference, one of the most anticipated events in the year 2021! The conference is co-hosted with the Department of English Language and Literature at Yonsei University, Korea. It will be held between 21 and 22 May 2021.

We are cordially inviting you to the online guest lecture of prof. Awi Mona (蔡志偉): “National Apology and Reinvigoration of Indigenous Rights in Taiwan”. The lecture will be held on Monday, May 10, 9:30-10:30 (CET) via Zoom.

We are cordially inviting you to the online guest lecture by Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China: “The risks of War in the Taiwan Strait«” on Monday, May 3, 9:30-10:30 (CET).

We are cordially inviting you to the online guest lecture by prof. Shelley Rigger, Davidson College, U.S.A.: “Taiwan Strait Tensions: How worried should we be?” on Thursday, April 29, 16:30-17:30 (CET).

The Embassy of Japan in Slovenia is announcing a call for scholarships from the Japanese government MEXT 2022 - scholarships for undergraduate, postgraduate research and postgraduate professional studies in Japan.

The textbook “Taiwan: A Pearl in a Relentless Geopolitical Reality,” by dr. Saša Istenič Kotar was published by the Ljubljana University Press at the Faculty of Arts. The textbook provides a comprehensive and professional insight into the past and present of Taiwan and contains a more detailed analysis of its relations with China, Japan, the USA, the EU and Slovenia.

A new book by Jana S. Rošker entitled "Crisis as Danger and Hope: The Ethics of Pandemics, the Rise of Autocracies and the Dream of Autonomy in a Transcultural Perspective" was published on March 22, 2021, as part of the Studia Humanitatis Asiatica collection.

We would like to inform you that from 5 April 2021 to 11 May 2021, applications for participation in the DUO-Korea program are open. The DUO-Korea Scholarship Program was established in 2001 with the aim of promoting a balanced and lasting exchange between South Korea and 30 European countries.

You are cordially invited to a virtual tour of two Taiwanese film classics and a relaxed conversation with film experts on 22 April 2021 at 4.30 pm. Two films in different genres, spy drama and comedy, will be presented to the Slovenian audience in April as part of the Taiwan Lost Commercial Films European tour, and will offer us valuable glimpses from Taiwan's past.

We are cordially inviting you to the online guest lecture by Prof. André Laliberté (University of Ottawa): »Filial piety in Taiwan’s religious ecology« on Thursday, April 15, 16:30-17:30 (CET).