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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.

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs invites students from Slovenia to join the MIRAI (Mutual-understanding, Intellectual Relations and Academic Exchange Initiative) Program in Japan, in May 2021.

EARL is delighted to invite you to the 3rd online “Taiwan Lecture on Chinese Studies,” cohosted by Tel Aviv University (Israel), National Central Library (Taiwan), and Center for Chinese Studies (Taiwan).

The EARL was proud to be the venue for the virtual presentation of the book by Matjaž Uršič and Heide Imei, which took place on 1st December 2020.

Between tradition and modernity: The Korean Film Week 2020 deliberately focuses on the Korean woman and provides an insight into the life of “ordinary” Korean women in five selected feature films. In a cinematic foray through the last century, from Korea in the 1920s to the present day, the program focuses on the change of gender roles of women and the external and internal conflicts associated with it.