CHEN Wei-Ping

• Nov. 2016 – present: PhD in Sociology / École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), Paris, France
• 2016: Master 2 in Cultural Mediation / Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris France
• 2013: MA in Journalism (Concentration: Media and Cultural Studies) / National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Taiwan
• 2011: BA in Communication and Technology (Concentration: Media, Culture, and Society) / National Chiaotung University (NCTU), Hsinchu, Taiwan

• 2019: Grant for the LIFT Program launched by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan
• 2019: Scholarship for YSW at European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (CCKF-ERCCT) at University of Tübingen, Germany
• 2018: Scholarship “Séjour 3 Mois” for visiting doctoral researchers at the University of Virginia, USA (EHESS-UVa exchange program)
• 2018: Scholarship for European Sociological Association PhD summer school at Fondation Maison de Science de l’Homme, France
• 2017: Doctoral Excellence 2-year Scholarship GSSA, Government of Taiwan
• 2017: International Conference Travel Grant, ED 286 (EHESS)
• 2011: Honorary Member of Phi-tau-phi (Taiwanese Academic Community)
• 2011: Scholarship for Excellence, Ministry of Education Taiwan
• 2010: National Science Council of Taiwan (NSC) Research Grant for Undergraduate
• 2007-2011: Dean’s List at National Chiaotung University for 4 Consecutive Years
• 2007: NCTU “Golden Bamboo Award”–Full-ride Scholarship for Excellence

• 2018: Visiting Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Sociology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
• 2017: Parallel Session « Women and New Media » Organizer in Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS) Conference, Seoul, South Korea
• 2013-2014: Telephone Interviewer (CATI) at Social Science Information Center (SSIC), Taipei, Taiwan
• 2010-2014: Research Assistant / Scientific Coordinator of 4 Projects Sponsored by National Science Council of Taiwan including “Communication of Cancer: Between Media and Public” (Prof. Yi-Ning Chen, Project n° NSC101-2511-S-004-002-MY2); “Lifestyle Television Program in Taiwan: Comparative Study of Economic and Cultural Practices in Media” (Prof. Ti Wei, Project n° NSC100-2410-H-009-037-MY); “Aborigines and Communication Technology: Interpretations and Local Household Usage in Lanyu” (Prof. Yu-Pei Chang, Project n° NSC100-2420-H-009-005-MY3); “New Media and Scientific Communication: Representation and Production of Content in the Blogs about ‘Low-Carbon Life’ on the Internet” (Prof. Mei-Hua Lee, Project n° NSC100-2511-S-009-008.)

Review articles in refereed journals

• Chen, W. P. (2019). Belabored postfeminist wifedom [Review of Wife, Inc.: The Business of Marriage in the Twenty-First Century by Suzanne Leonard]. Cultural Studies. Advanced online publication. DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2019.1618357 [SSCI] [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09502386.2019.1618357]
• Chen, W. P. (2019). Review of Rated Agency: Investee Politics in a Speculative Age by Michel Feher. Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association, 8(1). DOI: 10.25158/L8.1.17 [ISSN 2469–4053][http://csalateral.org/reviews/rated-agency-investee-politics-feher-chen/]

Conference presentations & papers

• Chen, W. P. (2018, September). Mediated modern (un)love stories and female empowerment: Consuming emotional feminist identities and lifestyles on French women’s social networking sites. Paper presented at European Sociological Association (ESA) RN18 Mid-Term Conference – Communication, Capitalism and Social Change: Policy, Practice, Praxis [Parallel Session 3B], University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
• Chen, W. P. (2018, March). Guiding Emotion, Guiding Lifestyles? Cross-national subjectivity in Taiwanese Self-help culture. Paper presented at International Cultural Studies (CSAT) Annual Conference 2018 – Cultures Among Us [Parallel Session: Cultures and Contexts], National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. (in Mandarin)
• Chen, W. P. (2017, July). “Parisian seduction” discussions over single women on social media. Paper presented at Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (IACS) Conference 2017 – Worlding: Asia beyond/after Globalization [Parallel Session: Women and New Media], Sungkonghoe University, Seoul, South Korea.
• Chen, W. P. (2012, July). Mediascapes and Cultural Action: The Big Issue Taiwan and the Practices of Audiences. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Chinese Communication Society (CCS) 2012 – Interdisciplinary and Transformation: Communication and Interaction in the Changing Era, University Providence, Taichung, Taiwan. (in Mandarin)
• Chen, W. P. (2011, July). Alternative Media and Diaspora Identity: Vietnamese Bao Bon Phuong and Female Immigration in Taiwan. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Chinese Communication Society (CCS) 2011 – Popular Culture and Entertainment Technology [Parallel Session: New Communication Technology and Everyday Life], National Chiaotung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. (in Mandarin)

Workshop talks & papers

• Chen, W. P. (2019, July). Fabricating “Parisian seduction” in Taiwan. A sociological view of cultural fantasy as intimate commodities. Paper presented at European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (CCKF-ERCCT) 7th Young Scholar Workshop – China’s New Sharp Power: Consequences for Taiwan and Europe [Panel 3: Taiwan Society and Social Movements], University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
• Chen, W. P. (2018, June). Fabricating “Parisian seduction”: Love- and life-styles and cultural fantasy in modern capitalism. Paper presented at European Sociological Association (ESA) PhD Summer School 2018 – Reinventing Sociology in Uncertain Times: Sociological Research and Writing in the 21st Century [Group Work Parallel Session I], Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris, France.

Other writings for the public

• Chen, W. P. (2019, June 5). “Computer Grrrls”: A historical view of gendered technologies from the case of space exploration to digital affective labor. ComMagazine. (in Mandarin) [http://commagazine.twmedia.org/?p=5977]
• Chen, W. P. (2019, May 18). Honey and money in romantic Taiwanese drama Without Her, even Hero is Zero: A ten-year aftermath of My Queen’s success. ComMagazine. (in Mandarin) [http://commagazine.twmedia.org/?p=5977]
• Chen, W. P. (2019, February 19). Valentine’s Day Syndrome: What social crisis does the gossip media, college young women, and angry netizens tell us? ComMagazine. (in Mandarin) [http://commagazine.twmedia.org/?p=5822]

Mandarin (native), Taiwanese (native), French (fluent), English (fluent), Korean (conversational), German (basic)