East Asian Junior Workshop: Highlights from Exchange Program between Sociology
Departments from Kyoto University, Seoul University, and National Taiwan University
The annual East Asian Junior Workshop was hosted by NTU’s Department of Sociology this year. This five-day exchange took place from Aug. 14, during which 15 faculty members and students from Japan and Korea, and 20 professors and students from NTU jointly participated in the workshop. The first three day of the workshop, under the theme “Governing Urban Space: Globalization, Life-styles, and Class Politics,” guided participants to different communities in Taipei. The last two days was a seminar that covered six presentations by the students, including topics such as migration, national identity gender inequality, national governance, risk adjustment, and culture and solidarity.