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[Academic Affairs Notice] Graduate Thesis Oral Defense (114-2 Academic Year, Session 5): Ping-kai Liao (Online Defense)

• Session: AY114 Semester 2, Session 5 (Online Oral Defense)
• Candidate: Ping-kai Liao (Master’s Student, Department of History)
• Date & Time: Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 10:00 AM (Timezone: Asia/Taipei)
• Advisor: Prof. Tzu-chin Huang (Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica / Adjunct Professor, Department of History, NTNU)
• Thesis Title: Yuan Jinkai and the Kwantung Army: The Political Inclinations of Northeastern Elites (袁金鎧與關東軍—東北菁英的政治傾向)

Google Meet Joining Information

• Video Call Link: https://meet.google.com/myo-vphh-qpe

Important Guidelines & Rules:

1. Log in to your Google account using Google Chrome and click the meeting link above.
2. Department students wishing to observe the defense are recommended to log in using their NTNU G Suite account (@gapps.ntnu.edu.tw) for identity verification.
   
   
   • NTNU Accounts (@gapps.ntnu.edu.tw): Display name will show “NTNU [Name]” and can enter the meeting directly.
   • Personal Google Accounts: Please modify your display name (e.g., “History Dept. [Name]”) and click “Ask to join.” Please keep your microphone muted upon entry to avoid audio interference.

• Please log in early to facilitate attendance confirmation and click the check-in link to sign in. The teaching assistant will take attendance online at unannounced intervals.

• When committee members discuss the student’s evaluation and grades, please wait patiently until they return to the meeting room to announce the result. The teaching assistant may take roll call again at this time.
• If a student is absent during both roll calls, it will be considered non-attendance, and the session will not count toward the oral defense observation requirement for graduation.