On Wednesday, November 12 the East Asia Center and Center for Japanese Studies is hosting a book talk with Dr. Andrea Gevurtz Arai, and Jeff Hou, professor emeritus, in a discussion moderated by Prof. Davinder Bhowmik for Spaces of Creative Resistance: Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia (Rutgers University Press 2025). November 12, 2026 3:30 –

The Taiwan Studies Program features articles written by our students on topics ranging from politics to history and education to human rights. Our two most recent posts include ‘Blue in a Box: Implications of Taiwan’s Devaluation of Blue-Collar Workers’, by recent International Studies graduate Euchari Majors (MAIS 2025), and ‘From Reconciliation to Action: Taiwan’s Pathway

We are joining the Tateuchi East Asia Library (TEAL) in welcoming Lucy Li as the new China collection librarian. Over the past two years, Lucy has served in this role in an interim capacity, demonstrating exceptional dedication, professionalism, and deep understanding of the research and teaching needs of our China and Taiwan Studies communities. Her strong academic

New Directions in Taiwan History – Taiwan at the Center and at the Margins February 26-27, 2026 University of Washington, Seattle This two-day workshop will bring together scholars working across the temporal range of Taiwan history to share and discuss works-in-progress and findings from their research projects.  We especially welcome contributions on legal, environmental, Qing,

Yen-Chu Weng, Taiwan Studies Program faculty, is one of four UW faculty researchers named as Fulbright Scholars for the 2025-26 year. Weng, assistant teaching professor in the Program on the Environment and the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. As a geographer, Weng’s work explores the dynamic relationships between human societies and the environment. She

During the 2024–2025 academic year, the UW Taiwan Studies Arts & Culture Program presented a dynamic slate of public programs exploring Taiwan’s history, identity, and cultural expression. In collaboration with the UW Tateuchi East Asia Library, TaiwanPlus, and the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (Taiwan), we launched Love, Taipei, a two-part program featuring a pop-up

Recording now available on YouTube In just half a century, Taiwan transformed from an agricultural colony into an economic power, spurred by efforts of the authoritarian Republic of China government in land reform, farmers associations, and improved crop varieties. Yet overlooked is how Taiwan brought these practices to the developing world. In the Global Vanguard

Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 undergraduate, graduate and professional students from the UW Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the University of Washington. Recognized in the 2025 100 is Tin Pak, B.A. – International Studies, and B.A. – Political Science

Yi-tze Lee, National Dong Hwa University gives his final talk of his Fulbright scholar time with the Taiwan Studies Program May 8, at 3:30 – 5PM in Thomson Hall 317. This talk explores the experiences of the Indigenous Amis people within urban infrastructures, with a focus on their everyday interactions with animal kin since the