Department of English, NCCU

2026 Wenshan x TSA International Conference Call for Papers Submission deadline extended to March 10, 2026.

The Department of English and the Department of Philosophy at National Chengchi University (NCCU) are pleased to announce the 2025 International Symposium “Critical Canons: Rethinking Aesthetics in a More-Than-Human World,” to be held on December 6–7, 2025, at NCCU’s Research and Innovation Incubation Center (RIIC) in Taipei, Taiwan. Sponsored by the MOE World Excellence 100 Project, this two-day symposium brings together scholars, researchers, and students from Taiwan and abroad to explore the dynamic intersections of literature, philosophy, and aesthetics within the “more-than-human” world. The event aims to showcase how canons—whether literary, philosophical, or artistic—serve not only as cultural and theoretical constructs but also as material and ethical sites where human and nonhuman agencies meet. Apart from our plenary/regular sessions, the symposium will also feature meditation/editorial workshops, music performances, and art/book exhibitions. We will also have special panels on indigenous landscape, transcultural thought, and our Enlightenment and Romanticism Network end-of-the-project presentation showcasing the research projects/publications of our EARN members. Those interdisciplinary dialogues highlight the tensions and resonances between close reading and abstraction, historical particularity and planetary universality. Participants will engage with questions of how aesthetic canons emerge, circulate, and transform within ecological, intercultural, and institutional contexts, and how they may be reimagined through the lens of planetary ethics and multispecies coexistence. We warmly welcome participants from all disciplines interested in aesthetics, philosophy, literature, cultural studies, and ecology to join this collaborative and inspiring exchange. Registration Link: https://reurl.cc/Vm85EZ-new link Official Website: https://2025criticalcanonssymposium.wordpress.com Contact: Ken Wu (English Dept., NCCU) 110551502@g.nccu.edu.tw / Jump Chiang (Philosophy Dept., NCCU) 111154003@nccu.edu.tw  

https://www.nccu.edu.tw/p/406-1000-21815,r17.php?Lang=en

Congratulations! Our Department Wins 6th Place and Best Ensemble at the 59th Culture Cup Date: December 29, 2025 On Saturday, November 29, 2025, the Department of English and the International College of Innovation (ICI) teamed up to compete in the Culture Cup Choral Competition. Performing "This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman as their selected piece, the team successfully secured 6th Place and the Best Ensemble Award.

https://www.nccu.edu.tw/p/406-1000-21253,r17.php?Lang=en

【Sharing EMI Teaching Practices: A Dialogue between Teaching and Research】Registration has begun We sincerely invite you to attend a lecture jointly organized by the College of Communication and the Department of English at National Chengchi University (NCCU). The lecture will be hosted by Professor Siaw-Fong Chung from the Department of English and will feature Dr. Ikuya Aizawa, Assistant Professor in the School of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham and a member of the EMI Oxford Research Group, as the keynote speaker. Dr. Ikuya Aizawa will deliver a talk on “Transitioning from Foreign Language Teaching to EMI: Reflections on Pedagogical Change”, sharing his valuable practical experiences and reflective insights on language education. In addition, we are honored to have Dr. Chung-Hsien Wu from the University of Hong Kong as the panelist. Dr. Wu will present a talk on cross-disciplinary variations titled “Mind the Gap!: Disciplinary Differences in Reporting Verbs in Corpora.” His discussion will shed light on how English reporting verbs vary across academic disciplines, offering new perspectives on language use and academic writing. We warmly welcome your participation in this intellectually enriching event that bridges theory and practice across disciplines. ✨ Speech Details Date：December 1, 2025 (Mon.) 10:00–11:30 Place：Research Building Room 304 Registration Form: https://reurl.cc/7b2k7k (Register by 2025/11/24 Monday) Agenda 10:00-10:10 Opening Host：Professor Siaw-Fong Chung, Department of English, National Chengchi University 10:10-11:00  Transitioning from Foreign Language Teaching to EMI: Reflections on Pedagogical Change Invited Speaker：Dr. Ikuya Aizawa   11:00-11:20 “Mind the gap!”:  Disciplinary variations in reporting verbs through the corpus Panelist：Dr. Chung-Hsien (Greg) Wu 11:20-11:30 Q&A  

Title: Writing instruction in the AI Era Speaker: Paul Kei Matsuda (Professor of English, Arizona State Univ.) Time: 10/29（Wed.）12：00-14：00 Venue: Commerce Bldg. 260315 Please scan the QR Code on the poster for registration

Class Lecture   Lecturer: Terry Hsieh, Author of “This Taiwanese Guy Speaks 25 Languages” Topic: My 20-Year Polyglot Journey and Why Taiwan needs Polyglotism Time: October 16 (Thursday) 14：10~17：00 Venue: Information Bldg. 140105

Lecturer: Prof. Cheng-Hsien Chen (Dept. of English, NTNU) Topic: Practical applications of Corpus analysis with R Time: October 7 (Tuesday) 9：10~12：00 Venue: Research Bldg. 250207

Class Lecture   Lecturer: Prof. Yao-Ying Lai (Graduate Institute of Linguistics, NCCU) Topic: Language in the Brain Time: October 3 (Friday) 9：10~12：00 Venue: Xue Si Bldg. 040301