Talk 1: Alain Brossat

Talk 4: Juan Alberto Ruiz Casado

Juan Alberto Ruiz Casado:  Juan Casado is a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Chiao Tung University. His research interests include populism, nationalism, discourse theory, independence movements, and social media and politics. Powered by Firstory Hosting [https://firstory.me]

Talk 3: Rafal Smoczynski

Prof. Rafal Smoczynski: Rafal Smoczynski is an Associate Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research focus is on social control, migration, sociology of religion, social theory, and sociology of markets. See:  http://www.ifispan.pl/en/members/rsmoczynifispan-waw-pl/ [http://www.ifispan.pl/en/members/rsmoczynifispan-waw-pl/] Powered by Firstory Hosting [https://firstory.me]

Talk 2: Yuan-Horng Chu

Prof. Yuan-Horng Chu: Yuan-Horng Chu is a professor and the former direct (2004-2008) of the Graduate Institute for Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He obtained his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1990. He served as former president of the Cultural Studies Association in Taiwan, 2003-2004. In 2005 he founded an international Chinese journal, Router: a Journal of Cultural Studies and remains the editor in chief. His research areas include History of Social Thoughts, Social Theory, and Urban Ethnography. His publications include In Different World We Live: Sociological Notes on Framing, and Thomas Kuhn: a Critical Reader (co-edited with D. Fu). See: http://www.srcs.nctu.edu.tw/srcs_en/teachers_cv_02_e.htm [http://www.srcs.nctu.edu.tw/srcs_en/teachers_cv_02_e.htm] Powered by Firstory Hosting [https://firstory.me]

Talk 1: Alain Brossat

Prof. Allain Brossat: Alain Brossat is an Emeritus Professor at the department of philosophy of Paris 8 University as well as a Professor at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He is also co-sponsor of the International Summer Universities network that has set on foot seven Summer Universities from 2005 on – the ICCS being one of the main supporters of this network. His research focuses on eurocentrism, hegemony, the construction of narratives, decoloniality, the crisis of the West. He is the author of over 20 books. See: http://www.srcs.nctu.edu.tw/srcs_en/teachers_cv_12_e.htm [http://www.srcs.nctu.edu.tw/srcs_en/teachers_cv_12_e.htm] Powered by Firstory Hosting [https://firstory.me]