Center for Multi-cultural Studie

Introduction: During the mid-Holocene global warming, rising sea levels transformed Taiwan and parts of Southeast Asia into island ecosystems, making maritime travel essential for the exchange of people, goods, technology, knowledge, and culture between islands. For communities adapted to marine environments, the ocean was not a barrier but a fast transportation medium. This microcredit course aims to explore the different forms and patterns of human and cultural exchanges between islands. The course will focus on the human and cultural flows between Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia, presented chronologically through prehistory, history, and modern times, with the goal of rethinking the significance of island and maritime cultures.

Dates: Saturday, November 23, 2024, and Sunday, November 24, 2024.

Venue: Zhenzhi Lecture Hall, Department of History.
*The History Department building will have restricted access during the weekend. Participants are requested to enter the building before the start of morning and afternoon sessions.

Language: Mostly Chinese, a little bit English

Notes: Lunch will not be provided during the microcredit course. The microcredit course can be credited towards the Program in Southeast Asia Cultural Studies.

Registration

Lecture Schedule:

November 23 (Saturday)
8:30–9:00: Registration
9:00–9:30: Introduction to the Course and Workshop
(Prof. Chung-Ching Shiung, National Cheng Kung University)
9:40–10:40: Cultural Studies of Islands
(Prof. Chung-Ching Shiung, National Cheng Kung University)
10:50–12:00: Human and Cultural Flows in Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia during the Holocene
(Prof. Chung-Ching Shiung, National Cheng Kung University)
13:30–15:00: Early Austronesians: Pottery Techniques and Taiwan-Philippines Relations
(I-lin WU, Assistant Researcher, National Museum of Prehistory)
15:10–16:40: Prehistory of Sulawesi: From the First Settlers to the Emergence of Complex Society
(Prof. Anggraeni, Universitas Gadjah Mada)

November 24 (Sunday)
9:10–10:40: Prehistoric Jade Exchange between Taiwan and the Philippines
(Prof. Yi-Chang Liu, National Cheng Kung University)
10:50–12:00: Spices, Islands, and Network Relations: The Case of the Moluccas
(Prof. Chung-Ching Shiung & Prof. Mahirta, Universitas Gadjah Mada)
13:30–15:00: History of Taiwan-Philippines Exchanges in the Seventeenth Century
(Prof. Chen-Chen Fang, National Taipei University of Education)
15:10–16:40: The Race for Formosa: The Siraya in the Dutch Period (1622-1662)
(Prof. Jui-Yuan Li, National Chi Nan University)
16:40–17:30: Discussion