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Conference report: Rethinking Transnationalism in the Global World

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By Isabelle Cheng (University of Portsmouth), Lara Momesso (University of Central Lancashire) and Dafydd Fell (School of Oriental and African Studies) Academics around the world are frequently reminded by their governments, funding agencies, audiences and their own community that scholarship is not only for the pursuit of knowledge but also for making a difference to human life. Claiming that organising a conference can achieve these goals is an overstatement. Yet, hoping to facilitate a close dialogue between scholarship and activism was the rationale behind the design of our recent conference, Rethinking Transnationalism in the Global World: Contested State, Society, Border, and the People

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Feminism, co-option and (racial) neoliberalism

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By Terese Jonsson At a recent event organised by the Women’s and Gender Studies research cluster at the University of Portsmouth, titled ‘Feminisms, anti-racism, social justice: Theories and strategies for our times’, the topic of feminism’s co-option by capitalist and racist forces was much discussed. The co-option of feminist language and politics by a variety of nefarious forces is a recurrent topic of feminist concern, with some of the most common culprits identified as capitalism/neoliberalism, racism, imperialism. For example, Nancy Fraser’s and Angela McRobbie’s analysis of the neoliberal co-option of feminist language and politics in the service of the market

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Living with One China as a Migrant Wife in Taiwan

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By Isabelle Cheng Officially, since 1949 at the end of the Chinese Civil War, Taiwan and China do not talk to each other, partly due to the ongoing dispute over the sovereignty of Taiwan.  When they talk to each other, they often use a messenger (publicly or privately) since there is no official political contact between the two, in spite of the intensive socio-economic and cultural interactions after the resumed contact in 1987. Would it be a good idea to have Donald Trump as their go-between? Apparently not. The tensions across the Taiwan Strait after Trump talked to Taiwanese President

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