Democracy Forum
The New School for Democracy holds forums and lectures in Taiwan and abroad, bringing together scholars, human-rights advocates, and civil-society representatives to deepen discussion of authoritarian expansion, transnational repression, and democratic resilience.
228 Memorial Day Forum: Lee Ming-che on His Nordic Speaking Tour, China-Hong Kong Human Rights, and Taiwan’s Democratic Resilience
On the afternoon of February 28, coinciding with 228 Peace Memorial Day, Jinan Presbyterian Church and the New School for Democracy Association jointly invited human rights advocate Lee Ming-che to give a talk sharing his Nordic speaking tour and his long-standing, in-depth observations on human rights issues in China. Speaking from the perspective of Taiwanese […]
June 6 | “Good Country Good People” Talk Recap — From “I” to “Wo Dei”: Art as Human Rights Advocacy
On the evening of June 6, the Good Citizen Culture Action Association and the New School for Democracy Association co-hosted the talk “From ‘I’ to ‘Wo Dei’: Art as Human Rights Advocacy” at Tacit Café in Taichung, inviting performance artist Loretta Lau — founder of Wo Dei NGO DEI, who traveled from The Hague in […]
Witnesses to History: The Scene of June 4th and Taiwan’s Memory
Thank you to everyone who came to the talk. It has now been 37 years since June 4th, 1989. As memory of June 4th is increasingly suppressed in China and Hong Kong and related discussion gradually disappears, it is all the more precious that Taiwan can still openly discuss, commemorate, and reflect on it. In […]
2026 Fundraising Tea Gathering | Democracy Lightning Talks
【Tomorrow | Democracy Lightning Talks Speaker Lineup Announced】 The New School for Democracy Association’s 2026 fundraising tea gathering takes place tomorrow. For this gathering, we’ve invited nine speakers to give democracy lightning talks — drawing on their different backgrounds and experiences to share diverse and important perspectives spanning the memory of June 4th, human rights […]
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