Summer School Program
Monday (16 June 2025)
10:00-10:30 Welcome note by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl
10:30-11:15 Marina Svensson: "Geostrategic Uncertainties and China's Role in South-East Asia”
11:30-12:45 Marina Svensson: “Resilient China Studies”
12:45- 14:00 LUNCH (for students)
14:00-15:15 Friedrich Edelmayer: “Insular Studies”
15:30-16:45 Friedrich Edelmayer: ”Ethnic Minorities in the Indo-Pacific”
16:45-17:00 Wrap up by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl
17:00-18:00 Olomouc City Tour (optional)
Tuesday (17 June 2025)
10:00-11:15 Petr Janda: “Austronesian History of Taiwan”
11:30-12:45 Rosalie Chen: “All About Taiwan: What Should You Know?”
12:45- 14:00 LUNCH (for students)
14:00-15:15 Rosalie Chen: “Cross-Strait Relations”
15:30-16:45 Elizabeth Allyn Woock: "How to Communicate Research to the Public: Newspaper Articles, Analytical Pieces, and Op-eds"
16:45-17:00 Wrap up by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl
Wednesday (18 June 2025)
10:00-11:15 Rosalie Chen: “National Identity in Taiwan”
11:30-12:45 Rosalie Chen: “Ideology/Culture in Contemporary Taiwan”
12:45- 14:00 LUNCH (for students)
14:00-15:15 Rosalie Chen: “International Relations: Taiwan-US Relations”
15:30-16:45 Tereza Motalova: “Laying the Foundations of Research Data Management”
16:45-17:00 Wrap up by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl
18:00-19:30 Movie screening: Invisible Nation (2023, 85 min, optional)
Thursday (19 June 2025)
10:00-11:15 Kristina Kironska: “Human Rights in Taiwan”
11:30-12:45 David Broul, Renata Westlake: “AI Tools: Best Practices Workshop”
12:45- 14:00 LUNCH (for students)
14:00-15:15 Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik: “East Asia as Contact Zone”
15:30-16:45 Panel discussion: “The EU as a Mediator in the Indo-Pacific? Taiwan, Myanmar, and the South China Sea “ (Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik, Julie Yu-Wen Chen, Kristina Kironska, and Alfred Gerstl)
16:45-17:00 Wrap up by Kristina Kironska and Alfred Gerstl
Friday (20 June 2025)
09:00-11:00 Julie Yu-Wen Chen: “Surprise”
11:00-12:00 EUVIP Team: “Summary & Conclusion” and lunch (for students)