2019 Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights, and Modern East Asia: 40th Anniversary Memorial Events for Lei Chen

The year 2019 marks the 40th anniversary of the passing of Mr. Lei Chen. His choices regarding the hierarchy of values and his ethnic sentiments during his lifetime enable us to find our proper place in cultural, social, and political life without interference. Furthermore, they represent the safeguarding of freedom and human rights, the pursuit of social justice, and the upholding of democratic constitutionalism.

September 4 marks the date in 1960 when Mr. Lei Chen was arrested by the Taiwan Garrison Command on suspicion of sedition. Scheduling the memorial events for Mr. Lei on this day serves to remind and enable more people on the island of Taiwan to understand the ideals of democracy and freedom pursued by Mr. Lei and his partners back then. Moreover, in this turbulent Taiwan, we should actively unite the people of Taiwan, hand in hand, and stride forward toward the broad avenue of democracy, freedom, and human rights!

※ Deadline for registration is Friday, August 30. Successful registrants will be provided with a complimentary light lunch. Lunch will not be provided for those who have not registered.

Online Registration

40th Anniversary Memorial Events for Lei Chen
2019 Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights, and Modern East Asia

Time

Morning Session September 4, 2019 (Wed) 10:00~12:15
Afternoon Session September 4, 2019 (Wed) 13:30~14:30

Venue

Morning Session International Conference Hall (Room 313), College of Education, National Chengchi University
Afternoon Session First Conference Room, Social Science Materials Center, National Chengchi University

Agenda

Time	Title	Details	Venue
10:00~10:30	VIP Remarks	VIP Remarks	National Chengchi University International Conference Hall, College of Education
10:30-10:45	Tea Break	Tea Break
10:45-11:15	New Book Launch	"Biography of Lei Chen" and "Lei Chen and Taiwan's Political Development in the 1950s: A Transitional Justice Perspective"
11:15-12:15	Panel Discussion	"Lei Chen and Transitional Justice" Panel Discussion. Panelists: Prof. Hsueh Hua-yuan, Minister without Portfolio Lo Ping-cheng, Chairperson Ku Li-hsiung
12:15-13:30	Lunch
13:30-14:30	Seminar
		"Studies on Post-War Taiwanese Literary History" Shirai Kai / Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Studies on Language and Society, Hitotsubashi University	National Chengchi University First Conference Room, Social Science Materials Center
		"Studies on Post-War Overseas Chinese History in Japan" Okano Shota / Doctoral Program Candidate, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University & Visiting Scholar, Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica

Organizers

Lei Chen Democracy and Human Rights Charitable Trust
College of Liberal Arts, National Chengchi University
Lei Chen Research Center
Lei Chen Memorial Museum

Co-organizers

National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Management Office
Foundation for Freedom Thought Academic Foundation
Top University Project of the College of Liberal Arts, National Chengchi University: "Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights, and Modern East Asia"
228 Memorial Foundation
College of Education, National Chengchi University

International Young Scholars Workshop
2019 Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights, and Modern East Asia

Time

September 5, 2019 (Thu) 9:50~16:15

Venue

First Conference Room, Social Science Materials Center, National Chengchi University

Agenda

Time	Agenda
	Moderator	Presenter	Paper Title	Discussant
9:50-10:20	Registration
10:20-10:30	Opening Remarks
Session I
10:30-12:00	Hsueh Hua-yuan Dean, College of Liberal Arts, National Chengchi University	Chiang Tzu-yang	Decolonizing Indigenous Transitional Justice: The Disintegration and Reconstruction of Historical Perspectives	Hsueh Hua-yuan
		Li Chen-hsiang	Inquiry into the Massacres of the 228 Incident	Hsueh Hua-yuan
		Chang Ya-hsuan	Oscillating Between a Bridge for Communication and Party Propaganda: The "Chung Yang Jih Bao" and the February 28 Incident	Huang Shun-hsing
12:00-13:30	Lunch and Break
Session II
13:30-14:30	Li Ming-jen Board Director, Foundation for Freedom Thought Academic Foundation	Chang Wei-lun	The Impact of NTU Administration on Student Group Operations Around the Time of the April 6 Incident (1948-1950)	Su Jui-chiang Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Taiwan Culture, National Taipei University of Education
		Wu Chien-jung	Historical Investigation into the Landscapes of Taiwan's "Sacred Grounds of Democracy"	Chu Tien-cheng Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for General Education, I-Shou University
14:30-14:45	Tea Break
Session III
14:45-16:15	Tseng Shih-jung Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Taiwan Literature, National Chengchi University	Okano Shota	Politics of "Non-Politics": The Establishment and Characteristics of Taiwanese Organizations in Japan in the 1960s	Tsuruzono Yuki
		Shirai Kai	An Investigation into Recent "Taiwanese Literary Histories": Prefaced with 1979 as the Starting Point	Tseng Shih-jung
		Tsuruzono Yuki	The Blockaded Island: The Formation of Entry Control in Taiwan Around the Withdrawal of the Central Government (1949-1951)	Okano Shota
16:15	Closing Remarks and Departure

Organizers

Lei Chen Democracy and Human Rights Charitable Trust
Lei Chen Research Center · Lei Chen Memorial Museum
Top University Project of the College of Liberal Arts, National Chengchi University: "Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights, and Modern East Asia"

Co-organizers

Foundation for Freedom Thought Academic Foundation
228 Memorial Foundation
Lin Pen-yuan Cultural and Educational Foundation