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Yin-Zu Chen
National Taipei University
Department of Sociology
[email protected]
151 University Rd., San Shia District
237 New Taipei City, Taiwan
Phone: +886-2-874-1111-67052
Research Interests
Sociology of gender
Social movement studies
Latin American Studies
Education
1999–2005
1994–1999
1992–1994
PhD in Sociology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Diploma in Social Sciences, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Investigación Socioeconómica, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Argentinien
(attended)
Academic Positions
2015
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taipei University
2006
2003
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taipei University
Research Assistant, Project “Gender, Development and Globalization,” Ruhr Faculty of
Social Science, University Bochum.
Membership and Activities in Professional Associations
2014
Board of Directors, Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association
2010
Vice President, Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association
2009
Board of Directors, Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association
2006–2007
Deputy Secretary and Editor of Newsletter, Taiwanese Sociological Association
Membership
Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association (since 2005)
Taiwanese Sociological Association (since 2005)
International Sociological Association (since 2010)
European Sociological Association (since 2015)
Publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles
2015. Men as professional babysitters: Identity and the gender division of labor in cooperative child care
work. Journal of Women’s and Gender Studies, 36, 105-144 (with Yi-Chun Liu, in Chinese).
2014. How to become a feminist activist after the institutionalization of the women's movements? The
generational development of feminist identity and politics in Mexico City. Frontiers. Journal of
Women's Studies, 35(3), 183-206.
2014. Identidad latinoamericana de jóvenes activistas en espacios políticos internacionales. Revista
Internacional de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales, 10(1), 21–34.
2013. Campaña contra mortalidad materna: Un análisis de las estrategias discursivas feministas en el Perú.
La Ventana. Revista de Estudios de Género , IV(37), 231–261.
2012. Análisis de los sitios web del movimiento por los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en México.
Sociedade e Cultura, 15(1), 87–98.
2011. The logic of collective violence in street protests. Taiwanese Journal of Sociology, 46, 167–205
(with Yow-sue Sen and Ya-cin Chen, in Chinese).
2011. Protecting whose Life? News framing of public issues related to Peruvian women’s movement. Mass
Communication Research, 109, 121–166 (in Chinese).
Other journal articles
2004. De los encuentros feministas a las campañas transnacionales: Surgimiento y desarrollo de los
movimientos transnacionales de mujeres en América Latina. La Ventana. Revista de los Estudios
de Género, 20(2), 267–292.
2002. Movimientos de mujeres en transición. El caso de Chile. Cefiro, 2, 56–61.
2001. Interne Aspekte des Netzwerkes und seine Handlungsfahigkeiten. Das Beispiel eines
Frauengesundheitsnetzwerkes in Lateinamerika und in der Karibik. Zeitschrift fuer
Frauenforschung & Geschlechterstudien, 19(1+2), 151–162.
Book chapters
2014. Women’s empowerment. In Alex C. Michalos (Ed.), Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being
research (pp. 7154–7156). Springer Reference (with Hiromi Tanaka).
2011. Between frames and collective actions: A proposal for the analysis of social movements. In Emma
Mendoza Martinez (Ed.), Collective action. Selected cases in Asia and Latin America (pp. 21–35).
Ciudad de Colima: Universidad de Colima and Utsunomiya University, Mexico and Japan.
2010. Los marcos interpretativos feministas: Una propuesta para el análisis de los movimientos sociales. In
Yamile Delgado de Smith & María Cristina González (Eds.), Mujeres en el mundo:
Multiculturalismo, violencia, trabajo, literatura y movimientos sociales (pp. 233–246). Valencia,
Venezuela.
2007. En busca de espacios transnacionales de acción: El ejemplo de movimientos feministas en América
Latina. In Yamile Delgado de Smith & María Cristina González (Eds.), Mujeres en el mundo:
Historia, revoluciones, dictaduras, trabajo, religion y poesía (pp.253–266). Valencia, Venezuela.
2006. Redes en movimientos: Las redes transnacionales de mujeres hacia la regionalizacion, In Yamile
Delgado de Smith & María Cristina González (Eds.), Mujeres en el mundo (pp. 287–302). Valencia,
Venezuela.
2003. Zwischen Netzwerken und Bewegungen. Methodische Fragen empirischer Forschung
transnationaler Frauenbewegungen. In Jutta Allmendinger (Hg.), Entstaatlichung und soziale
Sicherheit. Verhandlungen des 31. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Soziologie in
Leipzig 2002. 2 Baende + CD-ROM. Opladen: Leske + Budrich.
Minor publications
2009. Book Review: C. Julia Hunag, 2009, Charisma and compassion. Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu
Chi Movement. Harvard University Press. Journal of Taiwan Studies, 5, 139–143.
2008. Book Review: Ming-Shio Ho, 2006, Social history: Social movement. Journal of Taiwan Studies 3,
95–105.
2002. Feministinnentreffen, Frauennetzwerke und Aktionskampagnen in Lateinamerika. Solidaridad.
Berichte und Analysen aus Chile, Mai-August 2002, Nr. 220/221, 23. Jg. S.15–17.
2002 (November). Frauen(Koerper) in Perioden: Einige Gedanken uber Menstruationsurlaub in Taiwan.
Ruberta, Nr. 7, Jg. 7, S. 31–32.
2001. Vom Frauennetzwerk zur internationalen Organisation. Das Frauengesundheitsnetzwerk in
Lateinamerika. Infobrief NRO-Frauenforum, Nr. 1/2001, S. 9–10.
Conference presentations (selected)
2015. Gender and street protests in Taiwan. XII Conference of the European Sociological Association.
Prague, Czech Republic, 25–28 August 2015.
2014. How to become a feminist activist after the institutionalization of the women’s movements? Young
feminists in Mexico. XVIII World Congress of Sociology. Yokohama, Japan, 13–18 July 2014.
2014. Bridging differences: Feminist alliance of Peruvian women's health movement. XVIII World
Congress of Sociology. Yokohama, Japan, 13–18 July 2014.
2010. “Internet´s strategies of social movement in Mexico City. XVII World Congress of Sociology.
Gothenburg, Sweden, 11–17 July 2010.
2009. Agentes sociales, medios de comunicación y globalización. International Congress of Americanists.
Mexico City, 19–24 July 2009.
2008. Old and new inequalities: How do young women negotiate with them?” X International
Interdisciplinary Congress of Women, Women's Worlds 2008, Madrid, Spain, 3–9 July 2008.
2007. En busca de espacios transnacionales de accion: El ejemplo de movimientos feministas de America
Latina. XIII Congreso de la Federación Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y el Caribe
(FIEALC), Macao, 25–28 de Septiembre 2007.
2005. Transnational Latin-American networks of women’s movements and national gender politics.
Women’s Worlds 2005—The 9th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women. Soul, Korea:
Ewha Women’s University, June 19–24, 2005.
Fellowships and Grants
2014–2015 Research Grant sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology. “Gendered
consequences of activism: A case study of young activists in Mexico.”
2012–2014 Research grant sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology. “Development of
women’s movements and young feminist generation.”
2008–2010 Research grant sponsored by National Scientific Committee. “Transnational public sphere
and the state.”
2007
Travel grant sponsored by National Scientific Committee to XIII Conference of Federación
Internacional de Estudios sobre América Latina y El Caribe (FIEALC) in Macao.
2000–2003 Scholarship for PhD Student by Heinrich Boell—The Green Political Foundation.
1997
ASA-Program Scholarship (administrated by Carl Duisberg Society) for internship in the
German-Colombia development cooperation project. “Gender training,” Bogotá, Colombia.
Teaching Experiences (Courses taught)
Introduction to Sociology (Undergrad)
Civil Society (Undergrad)
Feminist Theories (Undergrad & Graduate)
Social Movement Studies (Undergrad & Graduate)
Latin American Studies (Undergrad & Graduate)
Gender and Society (Graduate)
Sociological Research Methods (Graduate)
Teaching Awards
2013
University teaching award
2011
University teaching award
Language Skill
Taiwanese: native language
Chinese, Spanish, German: fluent (speaking, reading, writing)
English: good (reading), intermediate (speaking and writing)