JUNE 2 - Spring Colloquium - Taiwan Studies Program

Please join us for our annual Taiwan Studies Program Spring Colloquium where we celebrate the end of a busy academic year with research presentations from graduating students as well as visiting scholars of the Taiwan Studies Program. This event will take place on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 2 – 4 p.m, at HUB 334. Light refreshments will follow presentations. Please register at the link below.

2026 Presenters:

Bernard Chih-chieh Chou

Professor of Political Science at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
Changes in Taiwanese Public Opinion Toward Cross-Strait Relations

Yang-hsun Hou

University of Washington Doctoral Candidate, Learning Sciences and Human Development
Changing with Urban Landwaterscapes: Learning in Ljavek’s Stories of Indigenous Urban Migration to Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Hui-nien Lin

Associate Professor in the Studies of Indigenous Cultural Development Program at National Pingtung University, Taiwan
Managed Retreat, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Collective Continuity: Indigenous Climate Relocation Cases from Louisiana and Washington State

Tin Pak

University of Washington Senior, Political Science and International Studies
China’s Expanding EMP Arsenal and its Threat to Taiwan

Charlie Shih

University of Washington Masters Student, Culturally Sustaining Education
Revitalizing Pazeh: Nesting Language in Our Homes Through Children’s Literature

Margaret Yun-pu Tu (Nikal Kabala’an)

University of Washington Doctoral Candidate, School of Law
Practices of Indigenous Self-Determination in Cultural and Digital Governance

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This event is open to the public. Please register to attend either in-person or online at the link above.
This event will be both live-streamed and recorded.

JUNE 2 – Spring Colloquium