Globalization brings with it new forms of neoliberal domination, posing daunting challenges to critical theory. Questions regarding democracy and alternative paradigms are being asked and deliberated among critical scholars and intellectuals around the world. With a shared concern, we organize the following forum set, inviting prominent international critical theory scholars to discuss on two topics, “democracy” and “the Southern/Asian turn of theory,” which bear on Asia and have extensively attracted the global attention of critical humanities and social sciences. We sincerely anticipate your attendance at this intellectual exchange. 

Globalization brings with it new forms of neoliberal domination, posing daunting challenges to critical theory. Questions regarding democracy and alternative paradigms are being asked and deliberated among critical scholars and intellectuals around the world. With a shared concern, we organize the following forum set, inviting prominent international critical theory scholars to discuss on two topics, “democracy” and “the Southern/Asian turn of theory,” which bear on Asia and have extensively attracted the global attention of critical humanities and social sciences. We sincerely anticipate your attendance at this intellectual exchange.

Moderator: Li-Chun Hsiao (蕭立君) (National Taiwan Univ., Taiwan)
Discussants:
t Sarah Nuttall (Univ. of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
t Alex Taek-Gwang Lee (Kyung Hee Univ., South Korea)
t Nobutaka Otobe (Ibaraki Univ., Japan)
t Christophe Thouny (Kyushu Univ., Japan)
t Mirana M. Szeto (司徒薇) (Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
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Moderator: David Theo Goldberg (U California Humanities Research Institute, USA)
Discussants:
t King-Kok Cheung (張敬玨) (UCLA, USA)
t Oscar V. Campomanes (Ateneo de Manila Univ., Philippines)
t Woosung Kang (Seoul National Univ., South Korea)
t Kwai Cheung Lo (羅貴祥) (Hong Kong Baptist Univ., Hong Kong)
t Ackbar Abbas (UC Irvine, USA)

Contact: 助理李佳霖 (Chia-Lin Lee): b01102057@ntu.edu.tw

Moderators
David Theo Goldberg
t Director, UCHRI (University of California Humanities Research Institute), University of California, USA
t Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine, USA
Li-Chun Hsiao (蕭立君)
t Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
t Editor-in-chief, Chung Wai Literary Quarterly

Discussants
Ackbar Abbas
　●Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine, USA
Oscar V. Campomanes
　●Assistant Professor and Coordinator for International Linkages, Department of English, 　Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
King-Kok Cheung (張敬玨)
　●Professor, Department of English, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
　●Faculty Director, UC Education Abroad Program, China
Woosung Kang
　●Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, Chair of the Graduate Comparative Literature Program, Director of American Studies Institute, Seoul National University, South Korea
Alex Taek-Gwang Lee
●Professor in the School of Global Communication, Vice Rector of the Global Academy for Future Civilizations, Kyung Hee University, South Korea
Kwai Cheung Lo (羅貴祥)
●Professor and Director, Creative and Professional Writing Program, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
Sarah Nuttall
●Professor and Director, WISER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Nobutaka Otobe (乙部延剛)
　●Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Ibaraki University, Japan
Mirana M. Szeto (司徒薇)
　●Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Christophe Thouny
　●Associate Professor, Faculty of Languages and Cultures, Kyushu University, Japan

Organizers
　●Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Taiwan University
（臺灣大學外文系）
　●UCHRI (University of California Humanities Research Institute), USA
　●Asia Theories Network
　●Taiwan Humanities Society（臺灣人文學社）
　●MOST “Thought and Life in Theory” Research Project
Sponsors
　●College of Liberal Arts, National Taiwan University
　●UCHRI (University of California Humanities Research Institute), USA
　●Ministry of Science and Technology