2023 EUTW Internship Program for foreign students in Taiwan is now open

The application period for the EUTW Internship Program is now open. The application deadline is 10 March 2023. A short CV must be submitted on or before the application deadline to ntueutw@ntu.edu.tw The interview will be arranged based on “first-come-first-served” basis.

Please note that it is an Unpaid internship with 3-6 months duration, at least two half-days office hours at Centre. During the internship, the intern will have the opportunity to also have a dual internship at Low Carbon Initiative Action of the European Chamber of Commerce (ECCT) or the European Values Center for Security Policy (EVC) Taipei office. EUTW will not help to apply Work permit/ARC.

Come to join us in 2023!

The EUTW Office will be closed from 19 to 30 January 2023, Happy Lunar New Year of the Rabbit!

EUSA ASIA PACIFIC CONFERENCE 2023.BANGKOK, THAILAND
Thursday 29 & Friday 30 June 2023

Twenty-five Years of EU Studies in the Indo-Pacific: challenges, changes, prospects.

The 2023 EUSAAP annual conference and postgraduate workshop hosted by Chulalongkorn University and EUSA Thailand will celebrate and revisit the state of EU Studies within our region. This past quarter century has seen a number of frameworks introduced spanning from the ASEM format initiated in 1996 to the 2021 EU Indo-Pacific Strategy, and interspersed with the designation of four Indo-Pacific countries as EU Strategic Partners (Japan, Korea, China, India). This conference invites papers that explore these innovations and changing priorities embracing interdisciplinary perspectives – International Relations, Political Science, Law, Economics and History.

Papers can be submitted either individually or in a panel format (up to 4 people). Online applications are open from early December 2022 and will close on the 28th February 2023, with email notification of acceptance/ rejection sent by mid-March 2023.

The academic conference will be held over two days (Thursday and Friday) and participants are expected to attend both days.

The postgraduate workshop will be held on one day parallel to the academic conference. The workshop will be conference-style presentations and facilitated by experienced academics which will provide supportive and constructive feedback.

The organisers reserve the right to re-arrange panels and presentation at short notice to accommodate operational requirements. Sessions are 90 minutes each, and presentations are expected to be 15 minutes in length, allowing approx. 5 minutes Q&A per paper. The session chair will facilitate the discussion.

Timeline
Call for papers closing: 28 February 2023
Applicants notified of paper acceptance: mid-March 2023
Participants’ acceptance: 10 calendar days after post-acceptance notification sent
Full paper submission (required): 01 June 2023
Guest registrations closing: 15 June 2023

EUTW Cross-Strait Book Series on EU Studies: Book Launch of "EU in the Ever-evolving 21st Century: Pandemic Governance and Economic Diplomacy" on 29th Oct at NDHU.

2022 EUTW Internship Program for foreign students in Taiwan is now open (Due 9 September)

The application period for the EUTW Internship Program is now open. The application deadline is 9 September 2022. A short CV must be submitted on or before the application deadline to ntueutw@ntu.edu.tw Places will be offered on a first-come, first-reviewed basis

Please note that it is an Unpaid internship with 3-6 months duration, at least two half-days office hours at Centre. During the internship, the intern will have the opportunity to also work at Low Carbon Initiative Action of the European Chamber of Commerce (ECCT). EUTW will not help to apply Work permit/ARC.

Come to join us in 2022!

The 4th EUTW Forum 2022
Theme: Global Gateway, Fighting Inflation and the Future of EU Integration

Time: August 26, 2022 (Friday) 9:40 am to 12:00 am

Venue: Conference Room 301, Arts and Culture Center, National Central Library (3rd Floor, No. 20, Zhongshan South Road, Taipei City)

Organizers: European Union Center in Taiwan, National Taiwan University European Union Centre of Excellence, National Chengchi University European Union Research Center, National Central Library.

Co-organizers: Institute of Diplomatic & International Affairs, MOFA; European Community Studies Association Taiwan (ECSA-Taiwan)

Agenda:
09:40~10:00 (20 minutes) Check-in and presentation.
10:00~12:00 Start of the forum
Host: Chang Tailin (Adjunct Professor, Department of Public Affairs, Fo Guang University, Convener of the EUTW Forum)
Speakers:
Cho Chung-hung (Professor and Director of the Institute of European Studies, Tamkang University)
Leon Ling-Long Shen (Vice Chairman Appacus Financial Foundation)
Lin Tzu-Li (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Tokai University)

In conversation with:
David Lin (ambassador, former Minister of Foreign Affairs)

Due to limited seating and social distancing restrictions for indoor gatherings, on-line registration will have priority over on-site registration in case the event reaches full attendance capacity.

Conference on Post-war Investment Opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe on July 29, 2022.

Date: July 29, 2022, 13:00h - 17:20h
Venue: Liang Kuo Shu International Conference Hall, 3rd Floor, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University
Organizer: Paul Hsu and Partners International / European Union Centre in Taiwan / National Taiwan University College of Social Sciences
Co-organizer: GF FT European Fund Management / Central, Eastern Europe and CIS Association (CEECA)


On July 29, the Center will hold the conference "Post war Investment Opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe", a forum on industrial opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe after the war, in the International Conference Hall on the third floor of the National Taiwan University College of Social Sciences. For the two round-table forums, in addition to the advanced domestic industry and academia, representatives from Central and Eastern Europe in Taiwan are also invited to come to the forum to analyze the post-war industrial development in Central and Eastern Europe from the perspective of industry, government and academia.

Agenda:

13:00 – 13:15 Opening remarks
Thomas Jürgensen
(Acting Head, European Economic and Trade Office)
Dr. Hung-Dah Su
(Director General, European Union Centre in Taiwan)
13:20 – 14:40
Round Table 1
Introduction to the CEE region: Economic Shifts & New Supply Chains
Prof. San-Yi Yang
(Professor, Graduate Institute of International Politics, NCHU)
Robert Ouyoung
(Chairman, ANKO Food Machine CO.,LTD.)
14:40 – 15:10 Discussion
15:10 – 15:20 Tea Break
15:20 – 16:40
Round Table 2
For Taiwan’s Industries: Investment Opportunities for Regional Reconstruction
Lőrincz Dániel
(Head of Hungarian Trade Office)
Cyryl Kozaczewski
(Director, Polish Office in Taipei)
Gábor Lehoczki
(CIO, Chi Fu European Fund Management
Zrt.)
16:40 – 17:10 Discussion
17:10 – 17:20 Closing remarks
Paul Hsu & John Wu
(Chairman and Vice Chairman, Paul Hsu & Partners)

Welcome to sign up!

New Taiwan Studies Programme of Ghent University together with 3 European partner university - First Call for applications - APPLY NOW!

Ghent University (Belgium)
the University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
the Georg-August Universität Göttingen/Georg-August Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts (Germany)
University of Tartu (Estonia)

The first Call for Applications 2022 (for Year 1) in the framework of the Taiwan Studies Programme. Please find the full announcement of this Call for Applications in attachment.

This first “double call” is to find (a) suitable candidate(s) in the framework of our Taiwan Studies Programme: one for Ghent University (1st semester of the new academic year 2022-2023) and one for the University of Groningen (2nd semester of the academic year 2022-2023).

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
As the candidate for Ghent University is expected to start her/his mobility in the first semester, the deadline for this Call for Applications for Ghent University is 17 August 2022.

The selection result for Ghent University would be announced in the beginning of September 2022.


But because the candidate for the University of Groningen would only need to start her/his mobility in the 2nd semester of the academic year 2022-2023, the deadline for the University of Groningen is 17 September 2022.

The selection result for the University of Groningen will be announced by the middle of October 2022.

After the evaluation of the reviewers in the 12th National Postgraduate European Research Paper Publishing Conference, the best paper award for the conference of this year was selected from the finalists. The winner is....

Jiun-Chi Lin (林O棋) (PhD candidate, Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Institute of Media Studies, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)
“Trust news media or personal feelings? Examining the changes in the attitude of the Dutch-speaking people of Belgium towards the government epidemic prevention policy”

Wang Owei (王O緯) (Master student, Department of East Asian Studies, National Taiwan Normal University)
“The Trend of Modern Liberal Democracy in Europe: An Analysis Based on Spatial Autocorrelation”

Wu Oxun (吳O勳) (Master student at the Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University)
“Nothing to be courteous? Analysis of the recent Czech government foreign policy”

Congratulations to the three award-winning students!

Thank you again for your enthusiastic participation in the discussion during the event. Please check the briefing of the meeting hereby attached.

Agenda 25 June 2022 (Sat)

14:00-14:30

Associate Professor Adrian Rauchfleisch, Deputy Director of the European Union Center in Taiwan.

Professor Luisa Shu-Ying Chang, Convenor of Taiwan European Culture Forum.

Group photo

14:30-16:30

Taiwan European Culture Forum, "Contemporary Challenges of European Public Media: Disinformation, Digital Platform Monopoly and Public Practice”

Host: Sun Chia-sui, Professor, Department of Ethnic Languages and Communication, Donghua University, Advisory Committee Member of the European Union Center in Taiwan.

In conversation with: Hu Yuanhui (Professor of the Department of Communication, Chung Cheng University, Chairman of the Public Television Foundation).

Topic: Confronting Contemporary Democracy Challenges: Disinformation, Fact Checking and European Public Media.

Lo, Shih-Hung (Professor of the Department of Communication and Telecommunications, Communication Research Institute of Chung Cheng University, Chairman of the Taiwan Media Watch Foundation and Director of the Taiwan FactCheck Center).

Topic: The EU as a world leader: public broadcasting, media freedom and accountability for digital platforms.

Sun Chia-sui (Professor of Department of Ethnic Language and Communication, Donghua University, Advisory Committee Member of the European Union Centre in Taiwan, Director of PTS Taiwan).

Topic: Democratic Imagination, Public Practice and Pluralism in EU Public Media.

16:30

Closing Remarks

Luisa Shu-Ying Chang, Convenor of Taiwan European Culture Forum.

Sincerely, the European Union Centre in Taiwan.

NTU-WU-INU Workshop on the "Russian Aggression on Ukraine: Implications for Regional Order in Indo-Pacific" and NTU-INU MOU Signing Ceremony

Date/Time:10 June (Friday), 18:00 -20:00 (Taipei time). 12:00-14:00 (CET)

Co-organized:
• College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University
• Faculty of International Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
• Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
• European Union Centre in Taiwan
Agenda
18.00– 18.20 Opening Remarks
Prof. Hsiao-Wei Yuan, Vice President for International Affairs, National Taiwan University
Prof. Hungdah Su, Dean of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University/Director General of European Union Centre in Taiwan
Prof. Markiyan Malskyy, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Prof. Daniel Przastek, Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
Prof. Jakub Zajączkowski, Head of the Department of Area and Global Studies, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
Filip Grzegorzewski, Head of European Economic and Trade Office

18.20– 18.25 Signing Ceremony of NTU-INU MOU of Exchanges
Prof. Hungdah Su, Dean of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University
Prof. Markiyan Malskyy, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

18.25– 18.30
The premiere of MV:For a free Europe. For a free Ukraine

18.30-19.30 NTU-WU-INU Workshop on the "Russian Aggression on Ukraine: Implications for Regional Order in Indo-Pacific"
Presenters:
Prof. Oksana Holovko-Havrysheva, Associate Professor of the Department of European Law, Faculty of International Relations of IFNUL, Head of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence "Western Ukrainian Research Center for European Studies - WURCES"
Prof. Edward Haliżak, President of Polish Association for International Studies; Department of Area and Global Studies, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
Prof. Yu-Shan Wu, Academician of the Academia Sinica/ Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University

19.30– 19.50 Q&A session:
Chair: Prof. Roberto Rabel, Victoria University of Wellington/ Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw

19.50– 20.00 Closing Remarks:
Prof. Jakub Zajączkowski, Head of the Department of Area and Global Studies, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw
Prof. Oksana Krayevska, Faculty of International Relations, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Prof. Hungdah Su, Dean of Social Sciences at National Taiwan University

2022 The Third EUTW Forum
Topic: Technology Industry, Political Change, and the Future of European Integration

Time：24 June, 2022 9:40-12:00
Location：National Central Library Art Center Room 301
Host：European Union Centre in Taiwan, National Central Library, EU Center of Excellence, EURC, NCCU
Co-host：Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs, MOFA, R.O.C (TAIWAN)
European Community Studies Association Taiwan (ECSA-TAIWAN)

Agenda：
09:40 - 10:00 (20 mins) check-in
10:00 - 12:00 (120 mins) forum

Host:
Tailin Chang（Adjunct professor, Department of Public Affairs, FGU; Chairperson of EUTW Forum）

Presenter：
Cindy Wang (Assistant professor, Department of Financial and Economic Law, Fu Jen Catholic University)

Hsuyu Fang (Assistant professor, Department of German Language and Literature, SCU)

Tzu-Li Lin (Associate professor, The Department of Political Science, Tunghai University)


Discussant:
Klement Ruey-sheng GU (Director-General, Department of Policy Planning, MOFA)
John Huang（Deputy chief sub-editor, The Central News Agency）

The 21st Taiwan European Culture Forum "Contemporary Challenges of European Public Media: Disinformation, Digital Platform Monopoly and Public Practice” will be postponed to June 25th.