ITASA Midwest Conferences: Round Up

Title: ITASA Midwest Conferences: Round Up Location: UT Austin Link out: Click here Description: It's time to look forward to 2010 and the annual Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association regional conferences taking place from February through April! These gatherings are some of the most vibrant and inspiring times for the hundreds of students who meet up at each conference! If you are so inclined, consider traveling outside your region to check out the different flavors of each…

Women’s Movements in Twentieth-Century Taiwan

Women's Movements in Twentieth-Century Taiwan This book, published last April,  is the first in English to consider women's movements and feminist discourses in twentieth-century Taiwan. Doris T. Chang examines the way in which Taiwanese women in the twentieth century selectively appropriated Western feminist theories to meet their needs in a modernizing Confucian culture. She illustrates the rise and fall of women's movements against the historical backdrop of the island's contested national…

Meet Taiwanese Singer Cindy Yen in Austin, TX

Date: Monday, February 15, 2010 Time: 7:30pm - 8:30pm Location: Swirll Frozen Yogurt Shop, 2310 Guadalupe Street, Austin, TX Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=288323521234 Cindy Yen, a 2008 graduate from University of Texas with double degrees in music and broadcast journalism, was recently signed to JVR Music under the world renown Taiwanese pop star, Jay Chou. A new emerging Asian celebrity, she released a self-titled debut album in October 2009 featuring music…

Spoken Word Artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Around the Midwest/South

Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009 Location: Loyola University, New Orleans, LA Launching the Verse/Us Performance & Symposium Tour with Giles Li, Bao Phi, & Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai — More details to come — For more info on Verse/Us, check out http://www.verseustour.com. Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Location: Lincoln Land Community College, Menard Hall, Springfield, IL Time: 11:00 AM Cost: Free Presented as a part of their monthly poetry series. Hour-long performance plus 15…