Symposium: “Taiwan Cinema: Yesterday and Today” & Book Release: “An Annotated Bibliography for Taiwan Film Studies”
April 21-22, 2016
Sponsored by Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University Press, Weather Head East Asian Institute, and Ministry of Culture, Taiwan.
The film screenings, lectures, receptions and panel discussions open to public.
April 21 (Thursday), 2016
Location: 203 Butler Library, Columbia University
10:00-12:00 a.m. |
Film Screening Banana Paradise / 香蕉天堂 (Wang Tong, 1989) Introduction, Q & A by Prof. Guo-Juin Hong, Duke University |
1:00-1:45 p.m. |
Panel Discussion on the book: An Annotated Bibliography for Taiwan Film Studies Authors: Jim Cheng, James Wicks, and Sachie Noguchi |
1:45-2:30 p.m. |
Lecture by the guest speaker What Does the Taiwan New Cinema Movement Mean 30 Years Ago? / Prof. Robert Chen, National Chengchi University, Taiwan |
2:30-3:15 p.m. |
Lecture by the guest speaker Dire Straits: Representation of 1949 and Wang Tong’s Cinema / Prof. Guo-Juin Hong, Duke University |
3:15-4:00 p.m. |
Lecture by the guest speaker Recent Taiwan Films: Currencies & Circulations / Prof. James Wicks, Point Loma Nazarene University |
Location: Taiwan Cultural Center of TECO New York (1 E. 42nd St., New York, NY, 10017)
5:30 pm- 6:00 pm
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Reception for the Book Release Remarks by |
6:00 pm-7:00 pm |
Reception |
7:00 pm-9:00 pm |
Film Screening Buddha, Bless America / 太平天國 (Wu Nien-Jen, 1996) Introduction, Q & A by Prof. James Wicks, Point Loma Nazarene University |
April 22 (Friday), 2016
Location: 203 Butler Library, Columbia University
10:10 a.m.-noon |
Film Screening Maverick / 菜鳥 (2015) Introduction, Q & A by Prof. Robert Chen, National Chengchi University |
Location: Taiwan Cultural Center of TECO New York (1 E. 42nd St., New York, NY, 10017)
7:00-9:00 p.m |
Film Screening 10 + 10 (Hou Hsiao-hsien and others, 2011) Introduction, Q & A by Prof. Robert Chen, Guo-Juin Hong, and James Wicks |
Chengzhi Wang, Ph.D.
Chinese Studies Librarian
307M Kent Hall
(212) 854-3721
cw2165@columbia.edu