Department of English, NCCU

English version https://www.nccu.edu.tw/p/405-1000-19215,c87.php?Lang=en （by Dept. of English) Chinese version https://www.nccu.edu.tw/p/405-1000-19209,c87.php?Lang=zh-tw （by College of Communication）

Congratulations to Yang Xu-Qiao from Class B of the first year of our department for achieving first place with outstanding performance in the university group of the marimba solo at the 113th academic year National Student Music Competition!!!

Speaker: Dr Helga Müllneritsch (Foreign Lang & Lit, NTU) Title: “Between the Normative and the Private: Female Agency in Eighteenth-Century German-Speaking Countries" Chair: Prof Shun-Liang Chao (English, NCCU) Time: 10.10-12.00, 10 April 2025 Venue: Rm 204, Commerce Building, NCCU (政大商學院大樓204室) Abstract: This presentation highlights the value of everyday-life notes and artifacts in understanding the social and cultural contexts of the past. Centring on the Austrian Monarchy in the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century, it emphasises the distinct characteristics of the Enlightenment in Austria and brings attention to the agency of several largely forgotten female authors. The focus will lie in particular on the Austrian writer Caroline Pichler’s Über die Bildung des weiblichen Geschlechtes (On the Education of the Female Sex, 1810), in which she attempts to build a basis for the public acceptance of working women, and contrasting it with what letters written by the Mozart family reveal about women’s work. By examining the material basis of their lives and works, this lecture seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the intellectual and cultural currents of the time, highlighting the importance of considering the agency and contributions of women in historical narratives.   Bio: Dr Helga Müllneritsch is Assistant Professor in German at National Taiwan University. Prior to her current post, she's taught at University College Dublin, Uppsala University, and Bangor University. She hails from Graz, Austria and holds a PhD in German from University of Liverpool. She's the author of The Austrian Manuscript Cookery Book in the Long Eighteenth Century: Studies of Form and Function (2022), and has published widely on female agency and book history in the long eighteenth century in journals such as Publications of the English Goethe Society and 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies.  

Congratulations to our MA-Lit. student, Cynthia Cheng for winning the outstanding teaching assistant for General Education Courses in the First Semester of the 113 Academic Year. Course: Western Literary Classics and Humanistic Traditions (Core General Education Course) Instructors: Profs. Chih-hsin Lin and Yen-bin Chiou

"NCCU College of Foreign Languages & College of Communication Joint Mentoring Event: The Interaction of British and American Literature and Film—From Shakespeare to Dickinson" Session 1: Throne of Blood (1957, 110 minutes) Screenplay: Hideo Oguni Director: Akira Kurosawa This film is an adaptation of Shakespeare's play "Macbeth," set in 15th-century Japan's Warring States period. Starring Toshiro Mifune, it won the Best Original Film award at the 1st London Film Festival. Post-screening Discussion: Assistant Professor Tang-Mo Shih, Department of English Associate Professor Ya-Wei Wang, Department of Radio and Television Time: March 19 (Wednesday), 18:30-21:30 Check-in Location: Dayong Building 210402 (A light meal will be provided. Check-in begins at 17:40. Please collect your meal box upon check-in. As eating is prohibited in the screening room, please finish your meal by 18:25 before proceeding to room 210417 to watch the film.) Screening Location: Dayong Building 210417 Registration Deadline: March 17 (Monday) Registration Link: https://forms.gle/V14Wm5uXpis2kB4p7 (QR code also available on the poster) Session 2: A Quiet Passion (2016, 125 minutes) Screenwriter/Director: Terence Davies This film portrays the life of American poet Emily Dickinson, starring Cynthia Nixon. It won the Grand Prix at the 2017 Film Fest Gent in Europe. Post-screening Discussion: Professor Li-Hsin Hsu, Department of English Professor Ru-Shou Robert Chen, Department of Radio and Television Time: March 26 (Wednesday), 18:30-21:30 Check-in Location: Dayong Building 210402 (A light meal will be provided. Check-in begins at 17:40. Please collect your meal box upon check-in. As eating is prohibited in the screening room, please finish your meal by 18:25 before proceeding to room 210417 to watch the film.) Screening Location: Dayong Building 210417 Registration Deadline: March 24 (Monday) Registration Link for Session 2: https://forms.gle/qYq2xAWhR7D64wV3A (QR code also available on the poster) Note: Meal boxes are available for the first 50 participants. Please collect them from room 210402 in Dayong Building starting at 17:40. Please finish your meal before proceeding to room 210417 in Dayong Building to watch the film.

The English Department of National Chengchi University and the Emily Dickinson International Society (EDIS) will jointly host the 2025 International Conference “Dickinson and Ecologies” this June (19-22 June 2025). This four-day event will bring together hundreds of distinguished scholars, translators, artists, writers, and educators from Taiwan and abroad. Besides 30 conference panels, the organizing committee has carefully curated various activities, including plenary roundtable discussions with poets, translators, eco-critical researchers, and Dickinson scholars, two botanical tours of the NCCU campus, music performances with the local drumming group the U-Theater, poetry readings, various workshops, as well as the Critical Institute for young scholars, educators, artists, and writers. This conference offers a unique opportunity for scholarly exchange, environmental conversations, creative expression, and cultural enrichment. We are currently finalizing the detailed program and we heartily invite all poetry and nature lovers from around the world to register and participate in the event! Date: June 19–22, 2025 Venue: National Chengchi University (CICII NCCU) Conference Title: Dickinson and Ecologies Registration Link: https://edis.press.jhu.edu/membership/conference No charge for Taiwanese University Faculty/Student Registration before March 31, 2025 Our Official Website: https://2025edisinwenshan.wordpress.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/2025wenshanedisofficial/ Email: nccu2025wenshanedis@outlook.com

Lecturer：I-Fan Ho (Associate Professor of Department of Theatre Arts, Taipei National University of the Arts) Topic：Ibsen and Modern Drama Time：March 4（Tues.）10：00～12：00 Venue：Information  Bldg. 140104  

https://www.nccu.edu.tw/p/405-1000-18379,c87.php?Lang=zh-tw

Congratulations to Yang Hsu-chiao, a freshman student in our department, for winning the First Prize in the Southern District of the College Marimba Solo AB Group at the 113th National Student Music Competition in Taipei City!