Ti-han is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Asia Pacific Studies at University of Central Lancashire. She researches and teaches across a range of interdisciplinary subjects such as environmental development and socio-political movements in the Asia Pacific region. Specialised in in Taiwan studies, she also delivers module specifically dedicated to the postcolonial history, literature and society in Taiwan. Ti-han is particularly interested in postcolonial ecocriticism, which draws her attention to topics such as nonhuman agency, borders and nations, climate change and migration. Since 2019, she has undertaken a research project which investigates the impacts of climate change to the Pacific Islands and indigenous populations. Currently, she works on issues related to i-Kiribati climate migrants.
Experience
2018–present
Lecturer, Asia Pacific Studies, University of Central Lancashire
2016–2016
Research fellow, ERCCT, University of Tübingen
Education
2018
University of Lyon 3 (France) , PhD in Transcultural Studies
Publications
2021
Shaping Taiwan's History through Non-human Agents: Wu Ming-yi and His Postcolonial Ecological Writings, European Journal of East Asian Studies
2020
L'Éco-terrorisme ou éco-héroïsme ? Analyse littéraire de The Rice Bomber de Cho Li basée sur l’autobiographie de Yang Ju-men, Atlantis
2016
Excluding the Included: des Hommes Étrangers in Taiwan and France via Theories of Giorgio Agamben, Identity, Belonging and Human Rights: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective
Grants and Contracts
2014
EATS Library Grant
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European Association of Taiwan Studies
2014
2-Year Scholarship for Overseas Doctoral Students
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Taiwan Ministry of Education
Professional Memberships
Board Member, Francophone Association of Taiwan Studies (AFET)
Member, European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS)
Steering Committee Member, UCLan Research Centre for Migration, Diaspora and Exile (MIDEX)
Member, Northern Institute of Taiwan Studies (NorITS)
Member, Northern England Policy Centre for the Asia Pacific (NEPCAP)