Feng-yi Chu 朱峯誼 obtained his PhD in Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. He has keen research interests in theories of identity, nationalism, social discourses and political ideologies. He worked as the programme convener for Taiwan Studies Programme at St Anthony’s College, University of Oxford, and as postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Lately he shifts his research interests in religious sociology, and in the meanwhile cultivates his profile as an art curator.
In 2019, Feng-yi curates exhibitions "GDR Service—Annulling good-nation-good-people-happy-proud-citizen identity" at 11 spaces in Taipei, Taiwan; "Myth of Sanctification" at Kathmandu, Nepal; "Challenges in the Republic—2019 the 6th Suwon International Photo Festival Taiwanese Artists' Group Exhibition" at South Korea; and “Relocating Divinity: Being an Atheistic Theist,” in Waley Art, Taipei.
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EDUCATION
2016 / Ph.D. in Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
2007 / M.A. in Department of Journalism, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
2006 / M.A. in Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
2002 / B.A. in Department of Agriculture Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
MAJOR EXPERIENCES
2017 – 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher / Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica / Taiwan
2014 – 2015 Program Convener / Taiwan Studies Program, University of Oxford / UK
2008 – 2015 Founding Member & Organizer / Oxford Taiwan Salon, University of Oxford / UK
1999 – 2008 Director, Actor, Stage Manager / 1968 Drive Fusion Theatre / Taiwan
1998 Co-founder/ Turn Around Drama Festival / Taiwan
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
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Chu F (2016) Diverse Facets in Identities and Party Affiliations of Native Taiwanese Elders. Issues and Studies 52(3).
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Chu F (2016) Benevolent self vs. malignant other: The East-West antagonistic narrative of Taiwanese people’s Chinese identity. Berliner China-Hefte - Chinese History and Society, 47: 37–55.
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Chu F (2016) Duelling Identities: Dimensions of Dual Identity in Contemporary Taiwan. DPhil thesis in Oriental Studies, University of Oxford.
CURATING
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2019 "Relocating Divinity: Being an Atheistic Theist" / Waley Art / Taipei
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2019 "Challenges in the Republic—2019 the 6th Suwon International Photo Festival Taiwanese Artists' Group Exhibition" / Suwon, South Korea
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2019 "Myth of Sanctification: Politics, Body Aesthetics, and Nationalist Dominion" / NexUs Culture Nepal / Katmandu, Nepal
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2019 "GDR Service—Annulling good-nation-good-people-happy-proud-citizen identity (undergo the procedure!); Yao Jui-lan Solo Exhibition" / 11 exhibition sites in Taipei
THEATRE DIRECTOR
2002 "Friday Horrifying Payday" / 1968 Drive Fusion Theatre / Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre / Taipei
2000 "I Thought You Would Believe Me, but I am Wrong. You Are Just Like Them" / NTU Drama Club / 2nd Turn Around Drama Festival / Taipei
2000 "Road" / NTU Drama Club / NTU / Taipei
STAGE MANAGER
2004 "Game Room" / 1968 Drive Fusion Theatre / Mina / Taipei
2001 "This Property is Condemned: Willy’s Solo" / 1968 Drive Fusion Theatre / Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre / Taipei
2000 "Work No. 2" / 1968 Drive Fusion Theatre / Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre / Taipei
ACTOR
1999 "Fusion#1" / 1968 Drive Fusion Theatre / Guling Street Avant-garde Theatre / Taipei
1999 "2 x 3 = 05" / NTU Drama Club / 1st Turn Around Drama Festival / Taipei
Curated Exhibitions
2019
November
2nd
November
1st
August
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February
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Relocating Divinity: Being an Atheistic Theist
重返神性：作為一位無神論的有神論者
11/2–12/1 @ Waley Art, Taipei
共和之後：2019 年第六屆南韓水原國際攝影節台灣藝術家聯展
11/1–11/10 @ Suwon, South Korea
Myth of Sanctification: Politics, Body Aesthetics, and Nationalist Dominion
8/24–8/31 @ NexUs Culture Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
GDR Service—Annulling good-nation-good-people-happy-proud-citizen identity (undergo the procedure!); Yao Jui-lan Solo Exhibition
2/17–3/18 @ 11 exhibition sites in Taipei