Events Examined Transnational Migration in Taiwan
From left: Habib Zanzana, Ph.D, professor, world languages and cultures at The University of Scranton; Jessica Hu, representative of the Taipei Cultural Center-New York and Taiwan Ministry of Culture; Yu-ying (Sally) Wu, director of the award-winning documentary film, “The Good Daughter”; Hsin-chin (Evelyn) Hsieh, Ph.D., associate professor of the Graduate Institute of Taiwan Literature at National Taiwan University; and Anna Pang-White, Ph.D., professor of philosophy and director of the Asian Studies Program at The University of Scranton.The University of Scranton’s Asian Studies Program hosted two events that examined transnational migration in Taiwan and its cultural impact on the country’s literature and cinema. Hsin-Chin (Evelyn) Hsieh, Ph.D., presented “Bringing the World to Taiwan: Border Crossing and Transnational Cultural Flow in Contemporary Taiwan” and a screening of the award-winning film “The Good Daughter” and Q and A with the director Yu-Ying (Sally) Wu took place in October in Brennan Hall. The lecture and film screening and Q and A were sponsored by the University’s Asian Studies Program and its College of Arts and Sciences, and the Taipei Cultural Center in New York of the Taiwan Ministry of Culture.
