Online-Lecture “Taiwan’s Youth Movement and Politics since the 2014 Sunflower Movement” (2021-05-18)

Lecturer: Ming-Sho Ho, National Taiwan University, Department of Sociology
Introduction and Moderation: Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, University of Vienna

In this lecture, Mr. Ho will survey the causes and the outcomes of Taiwan’s 2014 Sunflower Movement, which involved a student-led occupation of the national legislature. After that incident, Taiwan’s youth activism proliferated and helped the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party to capture the national power in 2016. After the power turnover, youth protests still continued, particularly on the issues of same-sex marriage and labor rights. In particular, young voters’ fear of being annexed by People’s Republic of China, which was intensified by Hong Kong’s anti-extradition protest in 2019, helped consolidate the landslide reelection victory for the Democratic Progressive Party in 2020.

Date: Tuesday 18th May, 2021
Time: 10:00 – 11:00 CET
Location: Online. Please register here: