Upcoming Events

“Trans Without Borders: Decolonial Histories,” invited lecture scheduled to be delivered at the Asia Research Institute and the Global Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, University at Buffalo (Buffalo, New York: 1 April 2027)

“號外臺灣與華語語系研究的未來 (Taiwan Extra and the Future of Sinophone Studies),” Yushan Scholar Inaugural Lecture, Graduate Institute of Taiwan Literature and Transnational Cultural Studies, National Chung Hsing University (Taichung, Taiwan: 16 December 2026)

“不為人知的華語語系台灣：酷兒政治與歷史反思 (An Uncharted Sinophone Taiwan: Queer Politics and Historical Reflection),” invited lecture scheduled to be delivered as part of the International Academic Lecture Series, Graduate Institute of Gender Studies (invited by Shu-Chun Li), Kaohsiung Medical University (Kaohsiung, Taiwan: 12 November 2026)

“Geocritical Taiwan: Pathways of Global Positioning,” keynote address at Global Taiwan: An International Conference, Australian Taiwan Studies Association, University of Melbourne (Melbourne, Australia: 4-5 November 2026). 

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Recent Notable Events

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07/30/2026 Anti-(Trans)gender Politics Workshop (host: Adnan Hossain)

2/26/2026 Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies Lecture: “Historicizing Transness Otherwise: Asia Narratives and Decolonial Thought” at the University of Michigan (Photo Credit: Joseph W. Ho)

4/2/2025 “Queer Sinophone Studies and the Question of Geopolitics” Workshop at Academia Sinica Institute of Ethnology

9/24/2024 “Becoming Taiwanese” Conference at National Cheng Kung University

12/22/2023 “Queer Sinophone Cultures: A 10th Anniversary Conference” at the University of Hong Kong

5/15/2023 Sabine Frühstück, Beth Tsai, and Nicholas de Villiers at UCSB Center for Taiwan Studies

1/8/2023 MLA “Comparative Queerness, Racalization, and Sinophone Studies” Panel Group Dinner in San Francisco

10/20/2022 University of Chicago Pozen Family Center for Human Rights