Name: EX-Theatre Asia – The Anatomy of Performance: Dialogues on the Nāṭyaśāstra & the Theatre of Essence
Start: 2026-10-27T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-10-27T13:50:00-07:00
Location: South Hall 1415

October 2026
October 14 @ 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Lillian Tsay – In Search of Subjectivity: Researching Taiwan in Japan Studies

ILP 4101 Interactive Learning Pavilion, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

TAIWAN TALKS In Search of Subjectivity: Researching Taiwan in Japan Studies In recent years, Taiwan has attracted growing scholarly attention, driven in part by the rise of its semiconductor industry and by increasing geopolitical tensions surrounding the island. Yet within East Asian Studies, Taiwan has often been approached primarily through the frameworks of Chinese Studies…
October 14 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Beatrice Zani – When the Field Won’t Stay Still: Trust, Risk, & Complicity in Maritime Ethnography

HSSB 4020 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Organized by and co-sponsored with UCSB East Asia Center Currently a visiting scholar at the Institute of Sociology of Academia Sinica, Beatrice Zani ((French National Center for Scientific Research) examines transnational labor in the Asian fishing and shipping sectors, including the links between labor and commodity mobilities, global work and supply chains, and informality and…
October 15 @ 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Beatrice Zani – Who Catches the Fish? Migrant Labor and the Hidden Worlds of Global Seafood

HSSB 1174 Humanities and Social Sciences Building, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

Organized by and co-sponsored with UCSB East Asia Center Currently a visiting scholar at the Institute of Sociology of Academia Sinica, Beatrice Zani ((French National Center for Scientific Research) examines transnational labor in the Asian fishing and shipping sectors, including the links between labor and commodity mobilities, global work and supply chains, and informality and…
October 19 @ 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Chia-li Kao – The Invention of Taiwanese Natural Aesthetics in Japanese Tanka Poetry

ILP 4101 Interactive Learning Pavilion, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

TAIWAN TALKS The Invention of Taiwanese Natural Aesthetics in Japanese Tanka Poetry During the Japanese colonial period, Japanese settlers in Taiwan confronted a drastically different natural environment. The tanka (waka) tradition, which had long been rooted in the characteristics of four distinct seasons, suddenly lost its anchor within Taiwan's tropical and subtropical climates. Concurrently, a…
October 24 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Samuel Glicklich & Yi-Chen Feng (Winners of the International Maestro Piano Competition) – Joint Piano Recital

Karl Geiringer Hall Karl Geiringer Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

ARTS FORMOSA The UCSB Center for Taiwan Studies and the Department of Music present a joint piano recital in Karl Geiringer Hall on October 24, 7:30 pm of two recent First Prizewinners of the International Maestro Piano Competition in Taiwan. Samuel Glicklich (1st Prize 2025) and Yi-Chen Feng (1st Prize 2020) will be performing works…
October 26 @ 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

EX-Theatre Asia – Beyond Form, Between Cultures: The Aesthetic Practice of EX-Theatre Asia’s Theatre of Essence

ILP 4101 Interactive Learning Pavilion, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

ARTS FORMOSA Beyond Form, Between Cultures: The Aesthetic Practice of EX-Theatre Asia's Theatre of Essence Speakers: Chongtham Jayanta Meetei (Artistic Director, EX-Theatre Asia) & Lin Pei-Ann (Executive Director, EX-Theatre Asia)
October 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:50 pm

EX-Theatre Asia – The Anatomy of Performance: Dialogues on the Nāṭyaśāstra & the Theatre of Essence

South Hall 1415 South Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

ARTS FORMOSA Co-presented with the UCSB Asian Pacific Islander Graduate Student Alliance The Anatomy of Performance: Dialogues on the Nāṭyaśāstra & the Theatre of Essence An Intercultural Asian Theatre Workshop for graduate students Speakers: Chongtham Jayanta Meetei (Artistic Director, EX-Theatre Asia) & Lin Pei-Ann (Executive Director, EX-Theatre Asia)

October 2026