Josephine Chuen-juei Ho

 

Professor and Chair, Department of English

President, Cultural Studies Association, Taiwan

Coordinator, Center for the Study of Sexualities

National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan 320
TEL: 886-3-4262926 (O)
FAX: 886-3-4262927 (O)
E-mail:
Website: http://sex.ncu.edu.tw


 

Academic Credentials

1992 

Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, Dept. of English

1981

Doctor of Education, University of Georgia, Dept. of Language Education

1975

Master of Science, University of Pennsylvania, School of Education

1972

 

Bachelor of Arts, National Chengchi University, Dept. of Western Languages and Literature

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Professional Experience

2005-07

President, Cultural Studies Association, Taiwan

2004-07

Professor and Chair, National Central University, Dept. of English

2003

Visiting Professor, Institute of Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

2001-present

Professor, National Central University, Dept. of English

1995-present 

Founder and Coordinator, Center for the Study of Sexualities, National Central University

1988-2001 

Associate Professor, National Central University, Dept. of English

1981-1982

Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Dept. of English

1981-1983

Teaching Assistant, University of Georgia, Dept. of English

1978-1981

Research Assistant, University of Georgia, Dept. of Language Education

1975-1978

Director of Language Lab, Providence University

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Editorial Work

2004

Advisory Board, Gendering Asia - NIAS Press book series

2004 Advisory Board, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies: Movement

2004-present

Editorial Board, Journal of Chinese Feminism (PRC)

2003-present

Editor, Book Series on Gender/Sexuality Studies, Center for the Study of Sexualities, National Central University

2001-2002

Editor, Book Series on Gender/Sexuality Studies, Chuliu Books

1997-1999

Editor, Bulletin of Sexuality Education, National Central University

1997-1999

Editor, Working Papers in Gender/Sexuality Studies, National Central University

1990-present

Editorial Board, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies

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Conference Organizing

2004

Member, International Advisory Committee, SEXUALITIES, GENDERS AND RIGHTS IN ASIA: An International Conference of Asian Queer Studies

1996-present

Organizer, Annual International “Super-Slim” Conference On Gender/Sexuality Politics

1996-present

Organizer, Annual Conference On Sexuality Education, Sexology, Trans/Gender Studies and LesBiGay Studies

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(Inter)National Honors

2005 Nominee, 1000 Women for Nobel Peace Prize

1994

Woman Who Changed Taiwan, Awarded by United Evening News

1994 Woman of the Year, Awarded by Independence Evening News

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Honors and Awards

2006-2009  Distinguished Professor, National Central University
2005    Outstanding Research Award, National Central University

 

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Publications

Books  
2006

The Zoophilia Webpage Incident. Chungli: Center for the Study of Sexualities, NCU. (in Chinese)

2005

Introduction to Politics of Sexuality: Lectures on Sex Rights Movement in Taiwan. Collaborative work with Naifei Ding and Yin-Bin Ning. Chungli: Center for the Study of Sexualities, NCU. (in Chinese

2003

(Ed.) Transgender. ChungLi: Center for the Study of Sexualities, NCU. (in Chinese)

2003

(Ed.) Sex Work Studies.  ChungLi: Center for the Study of Sexualities, NCU.  (in Chinese)

2001

(Ed.) Tonzhi (Queer) Studies.  Taipei: Chuliu Book Company.  (in Chinese)

2001

(Ed.) Sex Work: The Prostitutes’ Rights Perspective.  Taipei: Chuliu Book Company.  (in Chinese)

2000

(Ed.) Gender/Sexuality Politics and Subject Formations: Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference On Sexuality Education, Sexology, Trans/Gender Studies and LesBiGay Studies.  Taipei: Rye Fields.  (in Chinese)

2000

(Ed.) From Queer Space to Education Space: Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference On Sexuality Education, Sexology, Trans/Gender Studies and LesBiGay Studies.  Taipei: Rye Fields.  (in Chinese)

1998

Radical Sexuality Education: Gender/Sexuality Education for the "New Generation."  Taipei: Meta Media Publishers.  (in Chinese)

1998

The Admirable/Amorous Woman.  Taipei: Meta Media Publishers.  (in Chinese)

1997

(Ed.) Visionary Essays in Sexuality/Gender Studies: Proceedings of the First Annual Conference On Sexuality Education, Sexology, Trans/Gender Studies and LesBiGay Studies.  Vols. 1 & 2.  Taipei: Meta Media Publishers.  (in Chinese)

1997

(Ed.)  Contestations Over Female Sexuality: Dissenting Essays on "The Gallant Woman".  Taipei: Meta Media Publishers.  (in Chinese)

1996

Sexual Moods: A Therapeutic and Liberatory Report on Female Sexuality.  Taipei: Living Psychology Publishers.  (in Chinese)

1994

The Gallant Woman--Feminism and Sexual Emancipation.  Taipei: Crown Publishers.  (in Chinese)

1994

Gendered Nations--Sexuality, Capital and Culture.  Taipei: Independent Publishers.  (in Chinese)

1990

Why They Didn't Want to Tell You--Introduction to Sexual Politics.  Co-author with Ka Wei-Bo.  Taipei: Fang Zhi Publishers.  (in Chinese)

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Essays  
 
2006  “Sex Work Rights and Sex Industry Regulation,” Sexual Politics, ed. by Yau Jing, Hong Kong: Cosmos, 48-59. (In Chinese)
2006  “Embodying Gender: Trans Body/Subject Formations in Taiwan,” InterAsia Cultural Studies 7.2 (June 2006): 228-242. 
2005  "From Anti-Trafficking to Social Discipline: The Pastoral Project of Taiwan's Child-Protection NGOs," Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies 59 (20005.9):1-42.(in Chinese)
2005

 The Woman Under the Burial Quilt—Death of a Trans Warrior,” Left Curve 29 (2005): 127-128.

2005

“The Birth of A Crime: Reflections on the Zoophilia Hyperlink Incident,” Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies 57: 275-287. (In Chinese)

2005

“In Defence of Academic Research and Internet Freedom of Expression,” InterAsia Cultural Studies 6.1 (March 2005): 147-150. (In English)

2005

“From Anti-Trafficking to Social Discipline: The Case of Taiwan,” Trafficking and Prostitution Reconsidered: New Perspectives on Migration, Sex Work, and Human Rights, Edited by Kamala Kempadoo, Jyoti Sanghera, and Bandana Pattanaik (forthcoming by Paradigm in 2005). (In English)

2004

Trans-Sexuality: Bisexual Formations and the Limits of Categories.”  Journal of Gender Studies (Ochanomizu University, Tokyo) 7 (2004): 1-14.

2003

“Trans-Sexuality: Bisexual Formations and the Limits of Categories.”  The Fifth International Super-Slim Conference on the Politics of Gender/Sexuality, Chungli, Taiwan. 

2003

 “From Spice Girls to Enjo-Kosai: Formation of Teenage Girls’ Sexuality in Taiwan,” InterAsia Cultural Studies 4.2 (Aug. 2003): 325-336.

2002

 “Gender/Sexuality Oppression: Transgendered Subjects in Taiwan.”    Published in Transgender, ed. by Josephine Ho, Taiwan: National Central University, 2003: 73-122. (In Chinese)

2002

 “Gender/Sexuality Oppression: Transgendered Subjects in Taiwan.”  presented at the 4th National Convention of Cultural Studies (Nov.14-15), Taipei.  

2002

 “The Embodiment of Identity: Forging the Transgendered Body.”  Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies 46: 1-44.   Published in Transgender, ed. by Josephine Ho, Taiwan: National Central University, 2003: 73-122. (In Chinese)

2002

 “Introduction to Sexuality Studies--A Seminar for the Asian Context,” Understanding Sexualities in Asia: Feminist Reflections on Cultural Production, Consumption and Counter-culture in Asia in the context of Capitalist Globalization Feb 25-Mar 1, Asian Center for Women's Studies, Ewha University, Seoul, Korea.

2001

 From Spice Girls to Enjo Kosai: Formations of Teenage Girls’ Sexualities in Taiwan.”  International Conference on Teenage Girls' Sexualities and Sex Work in East Asia, Yonsei University, Korea.

2001

"Sex, Power and The Newly Emerged Erotic Dance Pubs: A Field Observation. "  Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies 44(Dec. 2001): 167-199.  (In Chinese)

2001

"Self-Empowerment and Professional Performativity: Conversations with Taiwanese Sex Workers."  Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies 41 (March 2001): 1-52 (Complete version, in Chinese)

2000

"Self-Empowerment and ‘Professionalization’: Conversations with Taiwanese Sex Workers."  InterAsia Journal of Cultural Studies 2 (Aug. 2000): 283-299.  (In English)

2000

“Toward a Sexuality Education in the Perspective of Multiculturalism: Education is Sex Education, Sex Education is Education.”  (Co-Author with Yin-Bin Ning)  From Queer Space to Education Space.  Ed. by Josephine Ho.  Taipei: Rye Fields.  373-398.

2000

"'Feminist' Perspectives on Sexology."  Sexuality in the New Millennium: Proceedings of The 14th World Congress on Sexology.  Bologna, Italy: Editrice Compositori.  31-34.  (In English)

1998

"The Prejudice in Gender/Sexuality Education: The Power Dynamics of Sex Education," Quarterly of Gender Equality Education 3: 68-73 (in Chinese)

1998

"From Left to Queer: The Queering of the American Homosexual Movement."  Working Paper in Gender/Sexuality Studies 3-4: 260-299.  (in Chinese)

1998

"The Good, the Bad, and the Perverted Sisters: Recent Debates in Taiwanese Feminist Discourse."  Problematizing Asia: An InterAsia Cultural Studies Conference.  Taipei.  (In English)

1998

"A Feminist View of Sex Work."  Working Paper in Gender/Sexuality Studies 1-2 (Jan. 1998): 200-239.  (in Chinese)

1997

"Towards A Multi-Cultural Perspective in Sexuality Education: Education as Sexuality Education, and Sexuality Education as Education."  Co-author with Yin-Bin Ning.  From Queer Space to Education Space.  Ed. By Josephine Ho.  Taipei: Rye Field.  373-398.  (in Chinese)

1997

 "Sexual Revolution--A Marxist Perspective on One-Hundred Years of American History of Sexualities."  Visionary Essays in Sexuality/Gender Studies: Proceedings of the First International Conference On Sexuality Education, Sexology, Trans/Gender Studies and LesBiGay Studies.  Ed. By Josephine Ho.  Taipei: Meta Media Publishers.  33-99.  (in Chinese)

1997

"Sexuality in Contemporary China."  International Conference on "1997: Building a Global Civil Society."  Hong Kong (In English)

1996

"Pornography and Female Sexual Agency."  Chung-Wai Literary Monthly 25.4: 6-37.  (in Chinese)

1995

"Crisis Discourse and the Study of Literature."  Journal of Humanities East/West 13: 107-126.  (In English)

1995

"It's Difficult for Women to Achieve Sexual Pleasure: The Need for Sexual Emancipation."  Taiwan Studies: A Journal of Translations 1.4 (winter 1995-6): 73-86.  English Translation of Chapter 5 from own book The Gallant Woman: Feminism and Sexual Emancipation

1994

"The McDonaldization of Taiwan--The Cultural Logic of Multi-National Service Industry Capital."  Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly of Social Studies 16: 1-20.  Collected in Identity and Public Culture, ed. by Chen Qing-Qiau, Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1997.  141-160.  (in Chinese)

1994

"Feminism and Women's Novels."  Taiwan Literary Monthly 5: 7-11.  (in Chinese)

1994

"Hope In Place of Knowledge--Rorty's Lectures in Taipei."  Contemporary Monthly 94: 22-31.  (in Chinese)

1993

"The Locus of Truth/Ideology in the German Debate: A New-Pragmatic Reappraisal of Lukacs, Benjamin, Brecht, and Adorno."  Journal of Humanities East/West 11: 125-146.  (In English)

1993

"Conversations with Deconstruction--Rorty's Pragmatic Strategy."  Chung-Wai Literary Monthly 22.7: 29-44.  (in Chinese)

1992

"Richard Rorty and the Literary Culture."  Journal of Humanities East-West: 10: 149-164.  (In English)

1991

"Another Look at the Spread of English."  Journal of Humanities East/West 9: 237-250.  (In English)

1991

"Orality and Writing--A Theoretical Reconsideration."  Chung-Wai Literary Monthly 19.2: 73-91.  (in Chinese)

1991

"A Pluralistic and Open Literature Classroom: Stanley Fish's Pragmatic Pedagogy."  Meta-Thinking on Literature.  Ed. by Lu Cheng-Huei.  Taipei: Zheng Zhong Publishers.  182-204.  (in Chinese)

1990

"Subjectivity and Belief: Walter Benn Michaels' Re-Circulation of Classical Pragmatism in the Field of Literary Studies."  Journal of Humanities East/West 8: 177-186.  (In English)

1990

"From Reader Response to Anti-Theory: Stanley Fish's New Pragmatism."  Chung-Wai Literary Monthly 18.12: 86-109.  (in Chinese)

1989

"The Quest(ion) of Origin: Freud's Conception of Effectivity."  Journal of Humanities East/West 7: 121-30.  (In English)

1988

"Talking about Politics is Talking about God--Harvey Cox and Secular Theology."  Contemporary Monthly 31: 43-50.  (in Chinese)

1987

"The Rise and Fall of Comparative Literature."  China Times Literary Supplement, Sept. 15-17.  (in Chinese)

1987

"A Criticism of the Criticism Aimed at New Criticism--A Historicist Perspective."  Hai-Xia Monthly 5: 78-88.  (in Chinese)

1987

"The Dead-End Alley of Feminist Literary Criticism."  China Times Literary Supplement Mar. 24-25.  (in Chinese)

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Invited Lectures
2006.05.26-28

 “Life of a Parasite: A Survival Story of Cultural Studies,” Conference on Cultural Studies and Institution, Ling-Nan University, Hong Kong

2005.7.22-24 

 “Embodying Gender: Transgenderism in Taiwan,” InterAsia Cultural Studies Conference, Seoul, Korea

2005.07.07-09

“Is Global Governance Bad for Asian Queers?” Keynote Address, "Sexualities, Genders and Rights in Asia: An International Conference of Asian Queer Studies," Bangkok, July 7 to 9, 2005.

2005.04.29-30

“Queer Existence Under Global Governance: A Taiwan Exemplar,” Keynote Address, “Beyond the Strai(gh)ts: Transnationalism and Queer Chinese Politics” Conference, University of California, Berkeley

2004.08.23

“Terror-Filled Sexuality Education,” Keynote Address, Conference on Gender Equity Education, Ministry of Education, held at Shu-De University, Taiwan

2004.08.23

“Sex and Power,” 2nd Asian Congress of Sexuality Education, Shu-De University, Taiwan

2004.05.22

“Gender/Sexuality Oppression and the Gay Culture,” Conference on Gay Counseling, Soochow University, Taiwan.

2004.05.21

“Sex Work Rights and Regulation of Sex Industry,” Conference on the Sex Industry and Ethics, Tamkang University , Taiwan.

2004.05.02

“The Long Road toward Decriminalization of Sex Work in Taiwan,” Out in the Sun: Legal Constraints and Possibilities in Protecting the Rights of Sex Workers, An International Conference on the Sex Industry and Sex Workers’ Rights, City University of Hong Kong in collaboration with Ziteng, Hong Kong.  

2004.04.23-24

“Gender Embodiment: Transgender Body-Subject Formation in Taiwan ,” Problematizing Global Knowledge: Towards a New Encyclopaedia for a Global Knowledge Archive, National University of Singapore , Singapore.

2003.5.28-7.4

Lecture Series on Emerging Challenges to Feminist Theory and Politics in East Asia, Institute of Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

2001.11.16-17

“The Em[bodi]ment of Identity: Forging the Transgendered Body.”  International Conference on Exclusion and Marginality in Chinese Societies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong  (in Chinese). 

2000.08.26

"Sex Liberation and Its Impact on Feminism of Taiwan."  Workshop on Feminism, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

1999.08.24

"Feminist' Perspectives on Sexology."  The Fourteenth World Congress of Sexology, Hong Kong.

1998.11.09

"Sexuality and the Commercialization of Sex."  Woman Doing Theology Workshop, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea.

1998.07.16

"The Good, The Bad, and The Perverted Sisters: Recent Debates in Taiwanese Feminist Discourse."  Problematizing Asia: An Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference, Tsing Hua University, Taipei.

1997.07.10

"The 'West' in Asian Context: The Case of Sexuality." 「面對亞洲」Conference, National Tsing Hua University 

1997.06.06

Sexuality in Contemporary China.”  International Conference on “1997: Building a Global Civil Society.”  Hong Kong.

1996.05.18

Shifting Boundaries of Gender Co(llege)- Existence.” International Conference on Envisioning College Coeducation for the 21st Century, Yeonsei University, Seoul, Korea

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Prefaces/Introductions
2005 "Love for the City," Introduction to The Erotic City, 6-9.
2005  “Tidbits of My Sex Career,” Introduction to My Sex Career: Photographs by Sex Workers, 4-7.
2005 “The Joy of Being Gay,” Introduction to Chinese translation of The Joy of Gay Sex, 8-10.
2003 "Why Are There Obscenity Sweeps: From Sex Work Studies to Obscenity Sweeps Studies," Introduction to Sex Work Studies, Center for the Study of Sexualities, National Central University, iii-xiii.
2002 “The Liberation of Psychedelic Drugs,” Introduction to the Chinese translation of Matthew Collin & John Godfrey’s Altered States: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House, (co-author with Ka Wei-Bo), 5-10
2001  “Reflexivity and Modern Intimate Relationships,” Preface to the Chinese translation of Anthony Giddens’ The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Societies, iii-xvii  
2001 “How to Grow Yourself into a Gay,” Preface to Gay and Lesbian Youths Rise Up, 5-7
2000 “Unpurifiable Masturbation,” Preface to the Chinese translation of Betty Dodson’s SEX FOR ONE: The Joy of Self-loving , 26-34
2000 “The Song of Transgenderism,” Preface to the Chinese translation of Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues, 5-8
1999 “Nymphomania Gay,” Preface to The Nymph, 6-10
1999 “Women Found the Right to Choose,” Preface to the Chinese translation of Bernard Asbell’s The Pill: A Biography of the Drug that Changed the World, 1-5
1998 “Toward an Equal and Free Virtual World,” Preface to the Chinese Translation of Cleo Odzer’s Virtual Spaces: Sex and the Cyber Citizen, 9-15
1997 “Fin de Siecle Homosexuality,” Preface to Seeing Homosexuality, 7-14
1995 “The Culture of Orgasm,” Preface to the Chinese translation of Shire Hite’s The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality, Shire Hite, 5-10

   

  

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