[Lecture Abstract] "Stars, Voyagers, and the Ocean" explores the intersection of Trans-Pacific and Trans-Indigenous studies, focusing on the literature and art of Indigenous peoples in North America and the Pacific Islands. By utilizing the imagery of shifting stars and ocean currents, this lecture deconstructs the conventional continental thinking shaped by imperialism.

The Pacific Ocean serves as a bridge connecting Indigenous studies across the Asia-Pacific and North America, fostering heterogeneity and using the daily practice of traditional knowledge as a foundation for Trans-Pacific alliances. These Indigenous intellectual and activist movements challenge colonial politics and continental ideologies rooted in nation-state sovereignty.

Speaker: Hsin-ya Huang (Distinguished Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Sun Yat-sen University) Moderator: Kate Chi-wen Liu (Distinguished Professor, Department of English; Dean, College of Foreign Languages and Literatures, FJCU)

Time: Friday, April 28 | 10:00–12:00 Venue: Father Franz Giet Memorial Hall (FG507), 5F, Te-Fang Foreign Languages Building, FJCU Registration: https://pse.is/4uebx3

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Principal Investigator: Kuo-jung Chen (Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, National Chung Cheng University)

Advisory Organization: National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)

Organizer: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, NSTC

Executive Organization: National Chung Cheng University

Co-organizers: Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (NSTC), College of Foreign Languages and Literatures (FJCU), Graduate Institute of Cross-Cultural Studies (FJCU)

Contact: Ms. Cheng | (05) 310 6273 / mostsalon@gmail.com