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Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies Taiwan Studies Project May 19, 2021 | 10:15 - 11:45 (CEST) | 16:15 - 17:45 (Taiwan) | ONLINE Registration required: https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/institut/events/registration.html ABOUT THE TALK: Prof. Dr. Ming-sho Ho will present and summarize the major findings of his 2019 book, Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven. He will use the perspective of social movement studies to make sense of the two student- led occupy movements in Taiwan and Hong Kong. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Prof. Dr. Ming-sho Ho is a professor in the Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University. He also serves as the director at the Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Ministry of Science and Technology). He researches social movements, labor, and environmental issues. He published Working Class Formation in Taiwan: Fractured Solidarity in State-Owned Enterprises (2014) and Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement (2019). His current research focuses on citizen's involvement in energy transition in Taiwan and other East Asian nations. REGISTER HERE: Zurich Taiwan Lecture Series 2021 Challenging Beijing's Mandate of Heaven: Perspectives from Taiwan and Hong Kong Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ming-sho Ho
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Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies Taiwan Studies Project
May 19, 2021 | 10:15 - 11:45 (CEST) | 16:15 - 17:45 (Taiwan) | ONLINE
Registration required: https://www.aoi.uzh.ch/de/institut/events/registration.html
ABOUT THE TALK:
Prof. Dr. Ming-sho Ho will present and summarize the major findings of his 2019 book, Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven. He will use the perspective of social movement studies to make sense of the two student-led occupy movements in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Prof. Dr. Ming-sho Ho is a professor in the Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University. He also serves as the director at the Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Ministry of Science and Technology). He researches social movements, labor, and environmental issues. He published Working Class Formation in Taiwan: Fractured Solidarity in State-Owned Enterprises (2014) and Challenging Beijing’s Mandate of Heaven: Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement (2019). His current research focuses on citizen's involvement in energy transition in Taiwan and other East Asian nations.
REGISTER HERE:
Zurich Taiwan Lecture Series 2021
Challenging Beijing's Mandate of Heaven: Perspectives from Taiwan and Hong Kong
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ming-sho Ho
