IMAS-TKU 2021 Workshop: Taiwan in the Asia-Pacific – Between Past and Future
The Graduate Institute of Futures Studies (GIFS) and the Department of Diplomacy and International Relations (DDIR) at Tamkang University (TKU), will hold a joint workshop, titled “Taiwan in the Asia-Pacific: Between Past and Future,” with IMAS on March 5th ~6th, 2021.
Introducing 2021 IMAS Full International Student Scholarship Winner Seth Paternostro
Seth Paternostro is a recent graduate of Princeton University, where he received an B.A. in East Asian Studies, summa cum laude. His coursework focused on Chinese language, politics, and culture. Through research projects, Seth also explored multiple topics, including eunuchs after the fall of the Qing dynasty, propaganda posters in early reform-era China, and culinary history. His senior thesis, “Tasting Communism: Comrade Cookery and the Politics of Eating in Mao’s China, 1949—1965,” challenges previous conceptualizations of socialist cuisine and probes its intersections with national identity. Lingering questions about food culture