Visiting scholar, Dr. Maria Istvanova has registered at Center for Chinese Studies on July 16, 2024. She is a Slovakian scholar who is a postdoctoral fellow at Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia. Dr. Istvanova 's research period in Taiwan is from July to October, at Department of Foreign Language and Literature, National Cheng Kung University. Her research topic is “Image of the New Southbound Policy in the Domestic Taiwanese Media ".