Taiwan Field School 2009

the Asian Institute’s Chu program piloted a field school delegation to Taiwan in December 2009. The students, which comprised both ASI and other A&S students, travelled to Taiwan for a week, during which time they met with and interviewed officials in government (including Taiwan’s former Premier), leaders in industry and academia, as well as social movement / NGO activists. The students also prepared papers in advance of their trip, which they presented “seminar style” to the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the National Taiwan University and National Chengchi University.

In short, these students experienced a truly global moment. The trip was such a great success that the field school will be continued in the coming years.

On February 2, 2010, the students presented their papers again at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs. View the webcast of their presentation.

Student Papers

Pierre Arnaud Barry Camu - coming soon

Mannu Chowdhurry - coming soon

Weronika Czapla - Challenges and Prospects of the Green movement in the Republic of China

Raha Jahani - Gender egalitarianism in a changing society

Remi Kanji - Taiwanese National Identity as Portrayed in Popular Culture: A Study of the Film Cape No. 7

Sherry Lu - Taiwanese Identity: From Ethnonationalism to Civic Nationalism

Reza Mirza - The Future of Disease Prevention Using Google Flu Trends to Detect Outbreaks

Wendy Pan - Taiwanese SMEs – Policies for Survival, Growth and Prosperity

Mohan Pandit - Preserving Taiwan's Political Status

Victoria Wang - Poetic Taiwan: Island of Dreams, Doubt and Hope