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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Beth Tsai for a wonderful review on our anthology, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, EUP):
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Taiwan Lit and the Global Sinosphere

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 2d

Adina Zemanek introduces her research on 'Material Culture, Home Spaces and Taiwan as a Home', published in the book, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, @edinburghup.bsky.social):
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Dr Adina Zemanek and Taiwanese-language cinema

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 3d

Ming-yeh Rawnsley explains the origin of the book, Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (2024, @edinburghup.bsky.social), and some future plans in 2026: youtube.com/shorts/bLKHo...

Taiwanese-language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered

YouTube video by Ming-Yeh Rawnsley

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 7d

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 7d

Professor Chris Berry talks about his interest in Taiwanese-language cinema: youtu.be/hoRlHMAfMtY

Chris Berry and Taiwanese-language Cinema

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 10d

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Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered - Edited by Chris Berry, Wafa Ghermani, Corrado Neri and Ming-yeh T. Rawnsley. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2024. xxi + 260 pp. £90.0...

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 10d

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Preview for Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 10d

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Chris Berry et al., "Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered" (Edinburgh UP, 2024) - New Books Network

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 10d

For more details see edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-taiwane...

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · 16d

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media 2nd Edition is published. Has your library got a copy yet? www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Sep 7

So pleased to have a wonderful book review on our anthology, Taiwanese-Language Cinema: Rediscovered and Reconsidered (Edinburgh University Press, 2024), published in The China Quarterly: doi.org/10.1017/S030...
Hope more scholars and students will find the value of taiyupian research!

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Aug 28

After several years of hard work, the Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media 2nd Edition is finally out: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

Look forward to organising book launch events to celebrate it with all our contributors and editors! Watch this space.

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Aug 22

Exciting to see several great Taiwanese films will be available in London soon: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/taiwa...

Taiwanese Cinema: Now and Then 2025 / The Garden Cinema

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Aug 22

The National Museum of Taiwan Literature is looking for translators to bring Taiwan literature to the world. Applications are now open — and spaces are limited. C𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺.

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國立台灣文學館

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Jul 21

There are currently 44 articles published in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies which are open access and free to download. For a full list of these open access articles, please click this link: drive.google.com/file/d/1fVp8...

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Jul 16

Meet the fantastic team of IJTS copyeditors. Thanks to John Wood, Jon Wilcox and Simon Green for ensuring the journal’s high quality.
16/7/2025

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Jul 11

International Journal of Taiwan Studies 8(2) is published: brill.com/view/journal...
This issue contains a topical section "Transitions and Challenges in Taiwan’s Economy and Society". There are also two open access articles and two book reviews. Happy reading in summer! @iuliaivana.bsky.social

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Apr 21

Sense of Place and Transculturality International Conference will take place 18-19 May 2025 in Taipei: sites.google.com/view/senseof...
To register: docs.google.com/forms/d/1746...

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Apr 15

We'd like to announce the publication of the 100th research article in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies. Christopher Joby (April 2025), 'Language Revitalisation Using Historical Texts: the Case of Siraya', advance published online ahead of print. It is open access: doi.org/10.1163/2468...

Language Revitalisation Using Historical Texts: the Case of Siraya

Abstract To achieve national recognition, Plains Indigenous people (aka Pingpu) in Taiwan need an ethnolect. The language of one Plains Indigenous group, the Siraya, was extinct for most of the twenti...

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Apr 14

The final instalment of the Taiwan Insight-IJTS Special Issue on "IJTS Open Access Awards" (March-April 2025) is Dr Carla Figueira's work on 'INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AS NON-STATE DIPLOMATIC ACTORS IN THE PUBLIC/CULTURAL DIPLOMACY OF TAIWAN'. Enjoy: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/11/r...

Revisiting Research: Indigenous Peoples as Non-State Diplomatic Actors in the Public/Cultural Diplomacy of Taiwan

Written by Dr Carla Figueira. This article reflects on the 2024 IJTS Open Access Award-winning paper, “Indigenous Peoples as Non-State Diplomatic Actors in the Public/Cultural Diplomacy of Taiwan: …

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Apr 14

Taiwan Research Hub (TRH) of the University of Nottingham is organising an Early Career Researchers workshop on Taiwan Studies on 4 June 2025. It is suitable for master's students, doctoral researchers, and post-docs. To attend, see: www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

A Workshop for Early Career Scholars on Taiwan Studies - The University of Nottingham

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Ming-Yeh Rawnsley @mytrawnsley.bsky.social · Apr 9

In the midst of a new global trade war, for people who study Taiwan it is particularly important to learn about Taiwan economy's strengths and weaknesses. Read Thung-Hong Lin's longitudinal research about the changing roles of Taiwanese firms in the global economy: taiwaninsight.org/2025/04/09/t...

The Expansion of Taiwanese Firms and the US-China Trade War: The Subcontractors’ Dilemma in Global Supply Chain Competition

Written by Lin, Thung-Hong. This article introduces the 2023 IJTS Open Access Award-winning paper, “Subcontractors’ Dilemma: The Expansion of Taiwanese Firms 2002–2015”, and discusses a follow-up s…

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