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The "Taiwan-France Cultural Award," jointly established by the Ministry of Culture and the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences under the Institut de France, hosted its 25th awards ceremony at the institute in Paris on March 1.

We are cordially inviting you to the online guest lecture by Prof. Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang (University of Texas at Austin): »The Modernist Literary Movement in Taiwan (1950s to 1970s)«, on Thursday, March 25, 16: 30-17:30 (CET).

We are cordially inviting you to the online guest lecture of dr. Isabelle Cheng: “We asked for workers but human beings came: Labour migration in East Asia” on Thursday, March 18, between 16: 30-17:30.

You are kindly invited to attend the digital event Society 5.0 on March 18 at 9.00 CET, focusing on cyber security and urban air mobility.

We are cordially inviting you to the online guest lecture of prof. Ming-sho Ho: “Nuclear energy and same-sex marriage: the recent politics of social movement in Taiwan” on Monday, March 8 at 9: 30-10: 30 PM.

The East Asia Research Library (EARL) is one of the co-organizers of the East Asia: The COVID Pandemic, the Ethics of Global Humanism, and the Fate of Cultural Heritage Symposium. The event, co-organized with the Department of Asian Studies and the Asian Languages and Cultures program groups of the Faculty of Arts, will mark the 25th anniversary of the Department's establishment.

The East Asia Resource Library (EARL) is co-hosting the Situations International Conference 2021, with the title Between Asia and Europe: Whither Comparative Cultural Studies? The conference will take place in Ljubljana, between May 21-22, 2021, in a hybrid form (combination of online and in-person events). The deadline for 4,000-word research proposals, including a 100-word bio statement and a 150-word abstract, is April 15, 2021.

EARL invites you to the online “Taiwan Lecture on Chinese Studies” cohosted by our partners, School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS), U.K., National Central Library (Taiwan), and Center for Chinese Studies (Taiwan).

This is our fourth Report about activities and plans of the EARL published for the attention of the institutions, participating in the EARL, and for information to all our supporters, users and followers, who have enjoyed the EARL thus far – and hopefully will continue to do so in the future.

Yomidas Rekishikan database is a digital archive covering the entire history of newspaper publishing in Japan. Students and staff of Faculty of Social Sciences and Faculty of Arts can access the trial from 5 January until 7 March 2021.