Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Through untapped archival materials, contemporary sources, and numerous interviews with filmmakers, magazine editors, and student activists, Po-Shek Fu explores how global conflicts were localized and intertwined with myriad local historical experiences and cultural formation.
“What kind of life do we want in the 21st century?” THE CHINESE TRANSLATION OF COVID-19 is 新冠肺炎 (xinguan feiyan), literally, “new crown lung inflammation,” or, “new crown pneumonia.” Given its huge impact upon people of all walks of life around the world, the coronavirus pandemic is regarded by many people as the most serious … Read more
Author’s Note: During my trip to Asia in early 2020, the severity of the pandemic started to sink in. I left for Taipei with a friend in late January and the trip was uneventful. I was used to the long flight and fatigue crossing the Pacific, traveling East and West. Nevertheless, traveling is enjoyable, especially … Read more
Prof. Larry Tung will screen and discuss his 2018 documentary, Taiwan! Let’s Get Married, his 2019 follow-up documentary, A Big Fat Taiwanese Same-Sex Wedding Banquet, and the 2019 documentary, Double Dad & One Queer Teen: My Rainbow Family.
This talk uses inter-Asian television love dramas to illustrate the issues pertinent to the discussions on the concept of “East Asian pop culture” as a sphere of production, circulation, and consumption. In particular, this talk uses Taiwan as a case study to unpack the tensions between the local and the regional, with women caught in … Read more
Secret (Taiwan, 2007) Running Time: 90 Minutes Lun (Jay Chou) lives with his father, Chiu (Anthony Wong), the music teacher of Tamkang Secondary School. Both of them are very good at music and piano. This is the first day Lun admitted to Tamkang Secondary School. When he walks through the campus with his classmates, a … Read more