Date: June 8th, 2012
Venue: Room B302A, Business and Management Building, Tamsui Campus, Tamkang University
Organisers: European Union Centre in Taiwan (EUTW), Graduate Institute of European Studies and European Research Centre at Tamkang University, Graduate Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chang Jung Christian University

The initiative and leadership for this edited volume came from the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS) based in Brussels. The book discusses questions related to the different European perspectives on Taiwan in various fields, asking, in particular: How has the European Union dealt with the unsolved status of the Republic of China on Taiwan? In which ways has Europe been seen as a model for Taiwan’s transformation, and, does the example of the EU offer any lessons for cross-Strait integration?

Symposium Agenda:
10:00-10:10 (10) Registration (B302A)
10:10-10:20 (10) Welcoming Remarks
Wan-chin TAI (Vice President for International Affairs and Dean of College of International Studies, Tamkang University)
Michael Yin-mao KAU (Senior Adviser of Taiwan Foundation for Democracy)
10:20-11:50 (90) European Perspectives on Taiwan
Moderator: Dr. Chiu-ching KUO (Director, Graduate Institute of European Studies and European Research Center, Tamkang University)

The Authors:
1. Paul Lim and Jens Damm (The Editors)
Introduction
2. Ann Heylen (Associate Professor, Department of Taiwan Culture, Languages and Literature & Director,
International Taiwan Studies Cente, National Taiwan Normal University)
Taiwan’s Historical Relations with Europe: Perspectives on the Past and the Present
3. Jens Damm (Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Taiwan Studies, Chang Jung Christian University,
Tainan, Taiwan)
Multiculturalism in Taiwan and the Influence of Europe
4. Paul Lim (Head, Centre for European Studies, Institute of Occidental Studies, University Kebangsaan
Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia)
Sigrid Winkler (Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
The European Union’s Relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Discussants：
Chia-ching CHENG (Executive Director, European Union Centre in Taiwan)
Chin-mo CHENG (Director, Department of Global Political Economy, Tamkang University)
Chin-ming LIN (Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Asian Studies, Tamkang University)
Chung-ko TZOU (Professor, Graduate Institute of European Studies, Tamkang University)
Yi-mond YUAN (Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of European Studies, Tamkang University)
Chung-hung CHO (Associate Professor , Graduate Institute of European Studies, Tamkang University)

11:50-12:00 (10) Closing Remarks and Group photo
12:00∼ Networking Lunch