4th Tuesday – Taiwanese History Seminar – 4/27

We are going to have regular meetings every 4th Tuesday at the Taiwanese Center. For the month of April, we’re planning a Taiwanese History Seminar. Dr. Chen, a retired professor of East Asian History at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, will give a talk on Taiwan under the Chinese Nationalist (KMT) rule Here’s an outline of the talk:

1. Taiwan “restored” to Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China
2. The 228 Incident/Massacre of 1947 and the emerging idea of Taiwan Independence
3. The 1952 San Francisco Peace Treaty, in which Japan renounced its sovereignty over Taiwan , and subsequent unsettled status of Taiwan
4. KMT Party-State system and martial law (1959-1987)
5. US aid and Taiwan ’s economic transformation
6. Impact of US-China normalization and continuing PRC military threat on Taiwan : Rising demands for democracy vs KMT’s repression
7. Finally, democratization but political and ideological disputes (independence vs “unification”

Dr. Chen’s Bio:
Born and grew up in Taiwan

Educational background:
B.A. in Political Science, Tunghai University, Taiwan
M.A. in East Asian Studies, Harvard University
Ph.D. in History, Harvard University

Professor of East Asian History, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, 1969-2001

Currently retired

Facebook event link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110086849012976&ref=mf

We usually go out to eat afterwards, so we hope you can join us for that too.